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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, Music Video

Evelyn Evelyn: Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn

Genius animated promo from Hoku Uchiyama for Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn.

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Animation

Worn Out

Ryan Kothe’s beautifully imagined title sequence Worn Out is “Based on how objects slowly deteriorate and wear down.” If you’re

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Animation

AICP Southwest 2011 Sponsor Reel

When the folks over at Element X Creative were asked to create the Sponsor Reel for AICP Southwest 2011 they went away and brainstormed until they hit upon an

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Music Video

Casiokids: Det Haster!

Our recent guest, the prolific Kristoffer Borgli reunites with Casiokids for Det Haster!, a promo full of destructive impulses and stuffed toys.

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Art & Fashion

Future Proof

Developed in response to the 2011 A/NZ PromaxBDA Conference title Future Proof, The DMC Initiative’s (DMCI) abstract dance film expresses ideas of the

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Documentary, Music Video

The Head and The Heart: Doe Bay Sessions

As you’ll no doubt know by now we’re suckers for a good live session band video. After several watches, Tyler Kalberg’s 2011 Doe Bay Sessions

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2011: Superheroes – Michael Barnett

Some are called, some are chosen but all attempt to work for the greater good of their communities. No it’s not the synopsis for Kick-Ass 2, but rather

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Music Video

Summer Camp: Down

Down from London director/animator Chris Boyle is a great Halloween party promo that finally justifies the existence of looping animated GIFS – the video

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2011: Li and the Poet – Andrea Segre

Andrea Segre’s debut feature Li and the Poet tells the story of Shun Li, a Chinese woman working off her debt to a better life in Italy and the forbidden

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2011: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering

Although I’ve been chasing Robbie Pickering for an interview since seeing his multi-award winning Natural Selection at SXSW, it was the London Film

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2011: The Dish and the Spoon – Alison Bagnall

Alison Bagnall’s The Dish and the Spoon features a woman betrayed, who takes a romantic English teen on her journey through blind rage. Alison and I

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Animation, Music Video

DyE: Fantasy

  An illicit late night swim gets very, very messed up. NSFW animation from Jérémie Périn for DyE’s Fantasy promo.

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