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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Animation, Podcasts

DN282: HENRI – Eli Sasich

Eli Sasich discusses how he used an impressive mix of quarter-scale miniatures, in-camera effects, and computer animation for sci-fi short 'HENRI'.

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Documentary

Innovation

In a tribute to Women’s History Month, Emily Bloom reveals the hard work that goes into true innovation as seen in the stories of some of history’s

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Live Action

Stick

They told me I’d be getting sick, but actually I’m just getting awesome. Part of Fresh Ink’s The Voices Project, Martha Goddard directs Emma

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Mine

Things get very steamy indeed in Álvaro de la Herrán’s NSFW film for GQ, Mine. “GQ Spain proposed a film to me inspired by the characters of the

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Cliff Dweller

A mix of music and videos from the LA based Ari Balouzian and a collection of collaborators – in this case Oliver Bernsen (When We Get To Heaven),

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Music Video

Eivør: True Love

True Love overcomes death in Heiðrik á Heygum’s Red Epic shot promo for Eivør.

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Animation

Pincel de Zorro

The death of a fox sparks an animated tale of magic and mystery in motion designer Hug Codinach’s passion project promo for Sergio A. Sierra’s

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Art & Fashion

Land of Vree

New York based director Charlie Wan presents a tribute to legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland in Land of Vree.

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Music Video

The Aprons: Sound Stain

An idyllic harmony with nature is shattered when hunters intrude in Liran Goldberg’s promo for The Aprons’ Sound Stain.

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Music Video

Broke feat Mø: Let The Youth Go Mad

Intensity builds alongside Broke’s relentless beats in Ian Isak Ploug Ochoa’s jumpstyle promo for Let The Youth Go Mad.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

Koukou

“Koukou is a visual work based on an abstract animation synchronized with a song comprising the unique syllabic sounds of the Japanese language, without

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Art & Fashion

My Dreamlapse

Motion designer Mitch Myers, puts the sounds of Eskmo’s Cloudlight to work in his infra-red shot, nature based dream scape short My Dreamlapse.

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