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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

I'm (Almost) Here

Let’s face it, despite the love that we here at DN liberally pour on shorts, they largely go unnoticed by most folks. However take 1 part Spike Jonze,

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Animation, Podcasts

DN153: The Cat Piano – Eddie White & Ari Gibson

Eddie White, co-director of the beat poetry meets Arabic Jazz, kidnapped felines short The Cat Piano, joins us to discuss the film’s creation and the

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Documentary, News

The Vice Guide to Liberia

As part of their ongoing Vice Guide to Travel series which sees, “correspondents from VBS and Vice magazine dispatched around the world to visit the

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News

Back to Back to the Future

Due to the moody winter weather, Film Friends Forever had to put their Back to the Future event on ice (see what I did there!). However, no need to despair as

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Animation

Good Ideas Just CL!CK

via nozap

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News

This Decade is About the Filter

Lance Weiler has a written a great article on filtering the social web for film over at Filmmaker Magazine.

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News

The Coming Revolution in Indie Distribution

Great piece from The New York Times on the state of play for indie filmmakers trying to get their films out to an audience. via @ryanbkoo

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN152: Us Now – Ivo Gormley

I’m joined this week by director Ivo Gormley, whose documentary feature Us Now explores the ways in which Internet communities are able to share

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Documentary

The Truth is Free to Watch

Over at Free Documentaries you can; ‘Download free political documentaries and watch many interesting, controversial documentaries that you wont find on

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Music Video

Metafoni: Missed Love – Eloelo

Eloelo’s music promo for Metafonik’s Missed Love.

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Animation

Gravity is Almost Everywhere

Few things fill me with joy like a new Brent Green film and thankfully, soon I’ll be able to add Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then to the likes of Hadacol

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN151: COLIN – Marc Price

Get out there make the film you want, with the kit you have to hand and recognition will follow. Despite sounding like a fairytale that indie filmmakers tell

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