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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.

Film Festival

Filmstock: Establishing a Film Festival

When you live in a town where the closest thing to independent cinema is Legally Blonde 2 you could be forgiven for upping sticks to London. Instead,

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Animation, Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: American: The Bill Hicks Story – Matt Harlock & Paul Thomas

Matt Harlock & Paul Thomas discuss their photo-animated doc about the life of one of the world’s greatest comedians, 'American: The Bill Hicks Story'.

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Documentary

Art vs. Industry: Inside the 7 Year Journey of Ondi Timoner’s Band Rivalry Music Documentary ‘DIG!’

Ondi Timoner on documenting The Brian Jonestown Massacre & The Dandy Warhols — two bands torn between friendship, jealousy and music industry demands.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Passenger Side – Matt Bissonnette

For his third feature Passenger Side, director Matt Bissonnette decided to go back to basics and the freedom that comes from shooting a film on a low budget,

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Trash Humpers – Harmony Korine

As a fan of many years and with a couple near misses in the past, today’s LFF interview is probably the highlight of the festival for me. It was my

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack

Damani Baker and Alex Vlack walk us through the 11 years of patient persistence behind their documentary about music legend Bill Withers in 'Still Bill'.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde

Hailing from Germany’s Black Forest region, the artist simply known as Trimpin is a sonic experimenter, who combines the roles of inventor, engineer and

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Men on the Bridge – Asli Özge

Today’s LFF interview comes from Asli Ozge whose debut feature Men on the Bridge began as a documentary concept to explore the distinct lives of three

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec

Do you believe in true love? If so how do you go about finding that special, once in a lifetime person? These are the questions that send Charleyne Yi and a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross

Brothers and co-directors Bill & Turner Ross discuss their vérité feature doc which explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of a small American town.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN147: The Space You Leave – James Newton

When a person goes missing they leave both a mystery and a tragedy behind. Many filmmakers find themselves drawn to the inherent drama present in the mystery,

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN146: I WILL SMASH YOU – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro

Luca Dipierro & Michael Kimball combine forces for a documentary which explores personal association with objects and the catharsis of destruction.

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