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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.

News

Nokia Shorts 2011 Launched

To flaunt the quality of their HD-quality N8 camera, Nokia has teamed up with Vimeo ‘to nurture new, HD mobile movie making talent‘ through the

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – Sound It Out – Jeanie Finlay

It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and

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Art & Fashion

Flying Hair

Does exactly what it says on the tin, but ever so beautifully.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon

You could describe the titular character in Terry McMahon’s ultra low budget feature as a high flying, fast talking master of his own destiny; but if you

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Wuss – Clay Liford

If you watch enough films it’s likely that you’ll arrive at a point where you can see most plots coming a mile off, which is why one of my

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Turkey Bowl – Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith’s Turkey Bowl is a comedy about ten friends who come together for an annual game of touch football and engage in more verbal sparing than they

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Documentary

SXSW: By the Numbers

If I’d have shot my view of Austin during SXSW all you’d get is a succession of queues, cinema screens and more than my fair share of Alamo $5

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Caught Inside – Adam Blaiklock

How does the idea of a surfing holiday in the Maldives with no one around for miles except for you and your small group of friends strike you? Yep, sounds

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – PressPausePlay – David Dworsky & Victor Köhler

Give the masses access to cheap creative tools and you wont have to wait long before they use them to express themselves in ways you never imagined, but does

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – Inside America – Barbara Eder

Kicking off our SXSW 2011 interviews is director Barbara Eder, whose drama/documentary mixed feature Inside America looks at the lives of six high school

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Film Festival, Live Action

SXSW2011: Umshini Wam/Paranmanjang

I realise you’re still waiting to hear about just what I’ve been seeing and who I’ve been talking to at SXSW this year – excuse

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Music Video

Yelle – Safari Disco Club / Que veux-tu

I love the way Jérémie Saindon takes this duo of videos from ultra-surreal to standard studio promo via a pause and reset. Genius.

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