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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

Moxie Teaser

A crime scene with a dead bear named Moxie the sole victim, Stephen Irwin's teaser provides some intriguing clues for his new animated short.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

AANAATT

We finally get to see Max Hattler's Analogue Futurism short film AANSSTT in all its online glory.

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Live Action

Kickstart Man-child

You know what it’s like. You wait around for months and months hoping against hope that the filmmaker you really respect, the one who’s proved

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Live Action, Music Video

Monti Fiori: Bella

Much in the same vein as the Cults Go Outside promo we posted last month, director Ben Giladi transported members of Monti Fiori into a selection of 60s &

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Animation

Mac ‘n’ Cheese

From four students (Tom Hankins, Gijs van Kooten, Guido Puijk & Roy Nieterau) at the Utrecht School of Arts comes probably the best drug fuelled, animated

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Live Action

Super Massive Raver vs the Riots

When I’m in need of some well produced tomfoolery, Robin Schmidt’s Super Massive Raver is always my first stop for glow stick, shape throwing

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Documentary

8 Hours in Brooklyn

So, you’ve just taken part in a Saturday shoot using the Phantom Flex camera and it’s not due for drop off till first thing Monday. Do you pack it

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN213: Craig Murray

I’ve been a fan of the triple filtered, experimental video work of Craig Murray for quite a while now so thought it was high time I invited him onto the

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Animation

Untold: Anaconda

40 seconds of animated fun from Iain Acton set to the digital beats of Untold’s Anaconda.

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Live Action

Small Gods Teaser

Based on Jason Rand and Juan E. Ferreyra’s Image Comics series Small Gods, Marcus Perry’s fan film pits precognitive cop Owen Young and his

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Documentary

Space Miami

Director Joey Daoud will be joining us on the podcast next week to talk battle bots and high school for his feature documentary Bots High, but in the meantime

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Asides, Documentary

Frozen Wave | Experiment No. 1 – Skateboard Shades

Today I have two very different approaches to skate videos for you. Why? Well because I still miss my days of being a decidedly average skater and let’s

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