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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, Asides

Will

Eusong Lee brings the devastating human cost of the events of 911 into personal focus in his deeply affecting animated short 'Will'.

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Live Action

Eradicate

Gems from this year’s Sci-Fi London 48hr film challenge seem to keep materialising into the DN mailbox, which frankly I’m all for. This time round

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Music Video

My Panda Shall Fly + Benjamin Jackson: Mantra

Don’t be put off by the gimp like suit in the opening moments of Andrew Corrigan’s Mantra promo, once the frenetic beats of My Panda Shall Fly +

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Documentary

A Momentary Lapse of London

Davide Roveri’s 6 minute short A Momentary Lapse of London features impressive time lapse shots of iconic London landmarks, often in silhouette against

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Animation

Orpheus´ Pony

Orpheus´ metamorphotic walk through the lost and found land. 2000 drawings passed through German animator Michael Fragstein’s hands as he created

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Animation

On The Table

The latest member to join French animation studio Je Regarde, Japanese animator Masanobu Hiraoka applies his interest in metamorphosis and strange or

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Documentary

Pointe Shoes

In amongst all the psychological horror of Black Swan did you like me think, why the hell is Natalie Portman destroying a perfectly good pair of pointe shoes?

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Music Video

Benga: I Will Never Change

Inspired by the mesmerising simplicity of the Soundcloud waveform for Benga’s I Will Never Change, UK design/directing duo Us (Christopher Barrett and

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Art & Fashion

The Lake | The Day The World Went Away

Watching photographer Pierre Debusschere’s The Lake and The Day The World Went Away, you’re struck by the Begium director’s skill in

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Asides, Documentary

This Is Oregon

Travel to ten locations within a 90-minute drive from downtown Portland, Oregon in this showcase of the awe-inspiring landscapes waiting to be explored.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN243: JT vs. the Good Guys – Chris Shimojima

Chris Shimojima’s JT vs. the Good Guys turns the tables on what we’ve come to expect from the high school bully narrative. We speak to Chris about

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Animation

Toob: Wavaphon

With animated visuals inspired by a desire to create “a graphical representation of the mathematization of motion, showing only a small amount of the

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