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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

Frames

A man breaks out from the bounds of his reality in mixed media animation Frames from Martin Thoburn and Matti Adoma.

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Animation

VHX PSA – The State of Distribution

When creativity isn’t restricted by the past, we empower the next generation of filmmakers. Director Erica Gorochow and VHX send out a rallying cry for

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Asides, Live Action

Bear – Nash Edgerton

Nash Edgerton’s Spider has long held its position on DN’s ‘best shorts of all time list’ – it’s a pretty easy guess as to

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Animation, Live Action

Ubiquity

The barriers of time and place melt away as Alzheimer's transports an old lady back to a time of endless possibilities in Filip Piskorzynski's 'Ubiquity'.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN274: After Porn Ends – Bryce Wagoner

There have been numerous films which look in to the porn industry and the lives of the performers who make their living there, but very few have stuck around

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Music Video

Supercute!: Dumb Dumbs

And so the girls went to a teenage party, unaware of the tragic fate that would befall them… Part music promo, part PSA Greg Hanson’s video for

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Asides, Documentary

Whateverest

When we spoke to Kristoffer Borgli at the end of 2011 he told us that while features could wait, he did want to create more short films. So we’ve been

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Music Video

Post War Years: All Eyes | Glass House | The Bell

Over the past year or so UK band Post War Years and director Tobias Stretch have collaborated on All Eyes, Glass House and The Bell; an impressive trio of

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Animation

He was a Sweet Man

RCA Animation student Daniela Sherer’s monochrome animation He was a Sweet Man, is an abstract melodrama about a woman whose boyfriend turns into a pile

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Animation, Music Video

Tame Impala: Mind Mischief

It’s been great to watch David Wilson’s career progression through promos for Adam Buxton, Metronomy and Keaton Henson to name a few since he

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Music Video

Clubfeet: Everything You Wanted

Isn’t that always the way, you wait months for a doppelgänger style promo to come along then two arrive in the same day. This one comes from director

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Music Video

Passion Pit: Carried Away

Sneaking back onto DN for the second time this month, director Carlos Lopez Estrada combines fire and coloured dust to create a Multiple Man-esque explosive

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