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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.

Live Action

The Scared is Scared

Bianca Giaever asked a six year old what she should make a movie about, the resulting film is a charming tour de force.

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Live Action

Dead By Dawn 20th Anniversary Festival Trailer

OK, Dan Gitsham’s previous films might have you convinced that peeking between your fingers is the de facto sensible viewing position for his work, but

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Music Video

Calvin Harris: Let’s Go – Remix Cut

I have no idea why we didn’t get round to posting Vincent Haycock’s extended Remix Cut promo for Calvin Harris’ Let’s Go as it was

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Art & Fashion

Fashion Film

Sometimes I think to myself in French & listen to old records from the 60s. Remember when Matthew Frost sent up the fashion film pitch whilst executing its

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN275: Online Now – Jake Ross

Online Now from Pocket Jakes, the creative partnership of directors Jake Dolgy and Jake Ross, depicts a journey into the world of social interaction. Jake Ross

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Animation, Music Video

Kill The Noise: BLVCK MVGIC (Kill the Noise Pt. 2)

A young witch extracts bloody revenge after she’s falsely accused of misdeeds by a torch bearing mob in BLVCK MVGIC, the latest stop motion gem from Lee

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Art & Fashion, Live Action

Support Alpha

“A” is much more than a feature film, it is inspired by the ancient myth of Antigone and has a totally different approach to filmmaking as a whole.

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Music Video

Real Life Exp.

We’re hoping to make 2013 the year of Kristoffer Borgli by posting at least one new film from the director each month. Well hot on the heels of

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Music Video

KAMP!: Melt

Tomek Goldbaum-Wlazinski leads us to an indoor swimming pool for the synchronised perfection of KAMP!’s Melt.

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Animation

Bicycle: A Tale About a Crazy Old Biker

Pask D’Amico takes a break from the kaleidoscopic gross out of L’Homme Grotesque with Bicycle, a charming animated tale about a crazy old biker.

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Animation, Asides

Yamasuki Yamazaki

Discovering the work of Japanese filmmaker Shishi Yamazaki was a definite highlight of last year’s film hunting, so six months on it’s great to

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Asides, Live Action

Sexy French Girl WTF!!

If your mother never told you to be wary of sexy French girls then pay very close attention to this teaser from Corin Hardy’s horror comedy 'Frogz Legz'.

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