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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.

Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2012: The Long Form Award

More space to spread your directorial wings, but all the time in the world to fall flat on your face, Rushes Soho Shorts’ Long Form Award is the place

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Film Festival, Music Video

RSSF2012: The Music Video Award

While last year’s Rushes Soho Shorts Music Video selection threw up a nice mix of impressive promos, this year I’ve had a hell of a time selecting

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN Special: 94 Elements

Mike Paterson joins DN with doc series '94 Elements' - a multi-year, worldwide project to explore issues of consumption, sustainability & environment.

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Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2012: The Newcomer Award

When I covered the Newcomer category last year I marvelled at the opportunity it provided for short film veterans to discover new filmmaking voices who were

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Asides, Music Video

Caspa ft. Keith Flint: WAR

Past experience has shown us that when it comes to a visceral filmic experience few do it better than director Matt Lambert, so it’s no surprise to see

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Music Video

Cage The Elephant: Aberdeen

Folks put down the guns and relax, it’s all just a terrible misunderstanding! A lonely monster has a hard time making his friendly intentions understood

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN252: Tumbleweed! – Jared Varava

The humble tumbleweed may not seem like an obvious focus for a short, but Jared Varava’s non-tumbling protagonist proves to be the perfect vehicle for

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Music Video

Beirut: The Rip TIde

If you took Nelson Boles’ heart warming animation Little Boat, stripped it of its cute characters and pulled it into a live action rather than animated

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Live Action

Extranjero

I realise that everyone was all over Extranjero when it topped the Sundance London Short FIlm Competition, but I’ve only just got round to seeing it, so

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Asides, Music Video

Mikhael Paskalev: I Spy

Risky Business meets some pretty impressive time remapping trickery in André Chocron’s Red Epic shot promo for Mikhael Paskalev’s 'I Spy'.

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Documentary

Burt Talks to the Bees

So did you know that all worker bees were female, or that drone bees face a pretty gruesome end after sex? Well you will after watching Isabella

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Music Video

Kirin J Callinan: Way to War

Whether it’s the experimental partnership of Agata Siniarska & Diego Agulló or a Chris Boyle directed Halloween party promo I can’t seem to

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