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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.

Live Action

Ronen’s Adventure in an iPhone

We’ve all seen films that incorporate synced iphone videos in their structure, but I’d argue that few have approached it with the same level of

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Animation, Asides

Matter Fisher – David Prosser

A few months ago the fine folks over at Short of the Week decided to expand their remit as one of the most read/watchable sites online and used their film The

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Music Video

Them Jeans: Balloons

Walter Robot’s Balloons promo from Them Jeans is a definite contender for most fucked up promo! Please remember this is satire, nobody was harmed and

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Live Action

Double Trouble

Dan Gitsham’s reworked version of The Sack shows the horror of being in Double Trouble.

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Music Video

Map of Belgium

Last month we took a looked at Iceland’s efforts to raise their profile with the Inspired by Iceland campaign, well it looks like Belgians are ready to

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN203: Falling Overnight – Conrad Jackson

Debut feature Falling Overnight takes us on a 24 hour ride through LA with Elliot and Chloe as they fall in love. Although the setup sounds ripe for

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Asides, Documentary, Music Video

ROJO ®Nova Cultura Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro #5

Episode no. 5 of ®Nova Cultura Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro features the world's hardest working experimental animator & DN friend, Max Hattler.

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Live Action

Meltdown

Most of us remain blissfully unaware of the epic battles that rage once we close the fridge door. Dave Green’s comedy short Meltdown reveals the selfless

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Asides, Music Video

Houses: Reds

Using handmade clay moulds, soldering irons for the detail work and lighting from TVs and Christmas Lights, directing team LAMAR+NIK created a frozen city for

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Live Action

Blue Valentine DVD

Even before I’d seen a single frame of Derek Cianfrance’s second feature Blue Valentine (his 1998 debut Brother Tied is still unavailably trapped

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Meta

Jurriën Boogert’s graduation film Meta expertly builds tension to just shy of breaking point before exploding our expectations on the other side.

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Animation

Chick

Michal Socha’s tritone animation Chick was one of the highlights of my visit to the Flatpack film festival last year. Unfortunately back then I could

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