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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

Kickstart Path of Blood

When El Vez posted Eric Power’s paper craft animation Path of Blood – Demon at the Crossroads of Destiny I was immediately struck by two thoughts:

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Art & Fashion

Vattenkraft

Dennie van Dijk’s short motion about power and balance.

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Music Video

WAT: Kill Kill

A quick reminder from Remy Cayuela why we should beware of cute hitchhikers with access to late night diners!

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN210: Disco – Luke Snellin

Luke Snellin’s second short, and first instalment in his ‘Britpop Trilogy’ Mixtape topped 2009’s Virgin Media Shorts and made a large

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Art & Fashion

String Theory

“String Theory takes its viewer on the journey of a young girl experiencing brief rifts in the continuity of her reality. An artistic collaboration

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Music Video

DOM: Rewind

Florian Malak teams up with musical outfit DOM again for their track Rewind to chart Polish actress Karolina Gruszka’s unrelenting performance as she

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Art & Fashion

FRAGIL #15

Damien Vignaux a.k.a. elr°y headed up a talented team to create this stunning promo for the FRAGIL #15 event in Nantes, France at the end of April. Makes me

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Tentacled Head Women Walks in the Darkness

The title of Milan based motion designer Vincenzo Lodigiani’s Tentacled Head Women Walks in the Darkness pretty much tells you all you need to know,

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Herbst Titles

Clemens Wirth’s end title sequence for first World War drama Herbst is a lesson in the elegance of beautifully executed simplicity.

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Animation, Asides, Live Action, Music Video

Jeff Desom & Hauschka

Jeff Desom's visuals married with Hauschka's compositions have produced films of aching beauty, playfulness, and at times sadness. DN takes a look.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN EIFF2011: Nokia Shorts

Back in March Nokia continued their support of the short film format through the use of mobile phone cameras, with the launch of the Nokia Shorts competition.

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Animation

Coffee Time

Drawn away from commercial design to the world of stop motion animation after finding inspiration in Mike Crozier’s SNASK, Wan-tzu dived into a first

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