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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

Ctrl.Alt.Shift

As normal I’ve been a little slack in getting a post up about this, but that’s in no way a reflection of my enthusiasm. Ctrl.Alt.Shift is a youth

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN117: Lovers – Carl Zhang

Well after a couple weeks of holiday slackness I’m pleased to kick off the new year of Directors Notes with an interview I’ve been looking forward

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Article

MarBelle 2008 Top Ten

Last year I thought I’d get ahead of myself and the foreboding I feel about putting this list together by picking out favourite films as I watched them.

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News

Fizz: Films of the Year

The folks over at Soda Pictures have been a wrangling favourite films of the year out of their nearest and dearest, me included. I do take exception at not

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN116: Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis

If you’re a long term DN follower you’ll know that I’ve been a fan of Katy Davis’ mixed media style of animation since she came on the

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN115: They Turned Our Desert Into Fire – Mark Brecke

Photographer and filmmaker Mark Brecke has dedicated his career to capturing images of some of the unimaginable crimes against humanity in regions such as

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN114: The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis

We’ve featured several animations here on Directors Notes in past two years, but Mark Simon Hewis’ The Life Size Zoetrope stands out for its shear

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Animation, Podcasts

DN113: E.T.A. – Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen

When the collaborators at JUNK / Demoscene began work on a quick one minute animation back in 2004, a four year production cycle and two in-between shorts

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN112: Flowers Don’t Grow Here – Shira Pinson

Despite a firm warning against embarking on a debut feature amongst the homeless children of Kiev, when you don’t speak the language and have little to

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Music Video, Podcasts

DN111: A Pickled Sunday – Rupert James

Director Rupert James joins us to discuss his new promo for Katsue’s debut single A Pickled Sunday and how the discipline of advertising campaigns

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras

It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd

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Documentary, Film Festival, Music Video, Podcasts

DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal

It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd

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