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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.

Asides, Documentary

The Cinescape & Filmography 2011

Hot on the heels of Hatinhand’s 2011 Portfolio come The Cinescape & Filmography 2011 from Matt Shapiro and Gen I. respectively, both transfixing

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Of Time & Stars

Ever wanted to know how to make your very own pretentious art film? Matt Simmonds gives you the tools of the craft. “I had a couple of days off recently,

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Asides, Film Festival

The 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards Submissions

Well of course they weren’t going to stop after just one year! Yep the submission clock has started for 2012’s Vimeo Festival + Awards. The

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Addictions

The march of technology was meant to free us from the shackles of work and time, enabling the enjoyment of a better life. Is that what’s happened or have

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Asides, Documentary

Hero

In an act which should be defined as the embodiment of dedication, artist Miguel Endara’s Hero documents the painstaking creation of his 3.2 million dot

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Asides, Music Video

St. Vincent: Cruel

St. Vincent discovers the difficulties of having motherhood forced on you only to find you don’t live up to expectations, in Terri Timely’s

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Asides, Music Video

One Fine Day, Love Came to Visit

I must admit, the big draw of this film interpretation of the children’s book One Fine Day, Love Came to Visit lies solely in the hands of Rus

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN225: Bummer Summer | TISFC – Zach Weintraub

Zach Weintraub joins us to discuss the merits of getting back to your indie roots and why selling lemonade may not be the best form of film funding.

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Asides, Documentary

The 2011 Portfolio

Around this time last year Gen I. strapped us in for Filmography 2010, a 6 minute run through the year’s cinema releases. This time round we have a new

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Asides, Live Action

Brush with Death

Corridor Digital get busy with the slick paint and fight skills in their latest short Brush with Death. After the death of his twin brother via freak paint

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Asides, Documentary

How to Lose $2400 in 24 Seconds

We’ve long known that our friend Kurtis Hough likes to push things to their limits in his experimental filmmaking, but it seems this time Kurt got pushed

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN224: BEAT – Or Bar-El

DN chats to Or Bar-El about the marriage of drums and animation and the great results you can achieve once you’re willing to jump off the creative cliff.

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