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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.

Art & Fashion

GRIND

Originally created for the Thank you for the music exhibition at Helsinki’s KIASMA, Miikka Lommi applies his bizarre talents to the world of Jamaican

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Music Video

Bjӧrk: Mutual Core

The ever talented Andrew Huang applies the mix of sand and puppetry which first wowed us in Solipsist to the shifting tectonic beats of Bjӧrk’s Mutual

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Animation, Art & Fashion

New Tokyo Ondo

What the hell is going on in Misaki Uwabo’s graduation film New Tokyo Ondo? No on second thoughts, even if you can explain it (weirdo!) I’d rather

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Animation

MTV EMA 2012 Director's Cut

We love a good zoetrope here at DN, whether it’s Mark Simon Hewis’ life sized approach or David Wilson’s wolf headed promo for Moray McLaren

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Animation, Asides

Moxie

A pyromaniac bear misses his mother in Stephen Irwin's delightfully off-kilter monochrome animation short 'Moxie'.

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Animation, Music Video

Clinic: Miss You

A kaleidoscope of freaky images and swirling colours from The 3 Sisters (Andy Knowles, Josh McCartney & James Hicks) for Clinic’s Miss You, the

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Music Video

Levek: Black Mold Grow

We’ve come to look forward to new promos from director Michael Lawrence, so his recent collaboration with Levek for track Black Mold Grow was a welcome

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Live Action

Ice Cream

Nicholas Santos’ Ice Cream is a fun short film about murder, mystery, and ice cream.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2012: Made in Ash – Iveta Grofová

Initially conceived as a documentary, Iveta Grofová’s debut feature Made in Ash uses a mix of non-professional actors and locals to depict the harsh

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Asides, Music Video

Lushlife: Magnolia

Switching ice cities for cardboard, LAMAR+NIK’s promo for Lushlife track Magnolia saw them painstakingly handmake 188 cardboard words from discarded

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2012: Clip – Maja Miloš

Inspired by online footage posted by teens of the bullying and sexual activity present in their everyday lives, Serbian director Maja Miloš’ debut

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

Kickstart Cryosphere

Long term DN friend and accomplished filmmaker Kurtis Hough seems incapable of taking a break from creating (something we’ll be talking to him about in

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