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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.

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VideoLAN Movie Creator

There are few things you can count on in this world; death, taxes, and the fact that if VLC media player can’t play a video file, it probably can’t

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010 – A Serbian Film

It’s in the nature of festivals that certain films build up an unstoppable wave of buzz; be it for stand out performances, record sales deals or a brake

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010: Lovers of Hate – Bryan Poyser

For his second feature Lovers of Hate, director Bryan Poyser took inspiration from a Park City house to explore his uncomfortable tale of two brothers locked

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010: TUB – Bobby Miller

To say webbie award winning director, Bobby Miller hit on a strange concept for his short TUB would be a pretty large understatement, but it’s a setup

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010: The Freebie – Katie Aselton

If you’re in a strong, loving relationship you can withstand anything right? In her debut feature, The Freebie, actor turned director Katie Aselton

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Animation, Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010: Junko’s Shamisen – Sol Friedman

Alongside the feature strands, SXSW runs several shorts programmes throughout the festival, which often provide an early chance to see the work of up and

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Film Festival, Live Action

SXSW2010: Kick-Ass

Take the question, Why hasn’t a normal person, completely lacking in super powers ever tried to become a crime fighting hero? asked by an idle, comic

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2010: His & Hers – Ken Wardrop

It’s been a long time coming but I’ve finally packed the DN bags, jumped on a plane and hit the indie directors’ favourite film festival,

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Film Festival, News

SXSW Here I Am…Where do I Begin?

After a few months of pondering whether to make the trip or not, followed by a period of intense anticipation, I’m finally here in Austin, Texas and

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News

Free Fans, Friends & Followers

As a thank you to the South by Southwest community he mined for information, Scott Kirsner is offering the full e-book version of Fans, Friends &

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Animation, Asides

Danse Dance

Julien Vallée & Nicolas Burrows imagine a place where objects could live and move harmoniously and of their own accord in interactive piece 'Danse Dance'.

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Music Video

VincentMoon.com

At this point, do I even have to state just how much love we have here at DN for the artist who goes by the name of Vincent Moon? Or how discovering his

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