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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.

Documentary, Film Festival, News

BRITDOC 08 Open for Submissions

BRITDOC, one of our favourite film festivals will be kicking off its third year on the 23rd – 25th July at Keble College, Oxford and are now on the hunt

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN081: My Paper Mind – Javan Ivey

It’s not often a director gets to come up with his own type of animation, but after experimenting with the Strata-cut method Javan Ivey combined his love

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News

"Charlie Rose" by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr.

Remember Happy Monday, Andrew Filippone Jr.’s documentary film object (DN066)? Well Andrew’s applied his skills to distort the world of Charlie

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Animation, Podcasts

DN080: Gardens By the Bay – Squint/Opera

Squint/Opera are well known for their work operating in the space between the film industry and architectural practice, realising commissions as hybrid

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News

Nine Inch Nails' Festival of Ghosts

Far from content to wreak havoc solely on the music industry, Nine Inch Nails have announced the expansion of the Ghosts project with the launch of a YouTube

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN079: Menomena: Evil Bee – Stefan Nadelman

Stefan Nadelman made a splash back in 2002 with his stills animated documentary Terminal Bar. Since then he’s gone on to create a host of personal,

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN078: Garage – Lenny Abrahamson

The most successful film of 2007 in its native Ireland we sit down for a discussion with Lenny Abrahamson about his award-winning second feature 'Garage'.

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Music Video, Podcasts

DN077: The Take-Away Shows – Vincent Moon

DN learns how French director Vincent Moon re-defined live music filmmaking, mutating it into exhilarating performance documentaries of the moment.

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Animation, Podcasts

DN076: Duelity – Boca & Ryan Uhrich

Directors Boca & Ryan Uhrich describe their creative relationship as an ongoing tennis match in which each of them pushes the other to create the best

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Animation, News

Robert Seidel Brings Painting to Life

Past guest Robert Seidel (DN065) puts his experimental approach to animation to work on a canvas worthy of his talent. In his own words: “processes:

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Animation, Podcasts

DN075: Doljer – Adam Procter

Director Adam Procter joins us to discuss his use of open source software to create ‘open’ animation films shared with the creative community.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN074: Drift – Max Hattler

A tip off from past guest Robert Seidel led me to the work of animator Max Hattler, who has been described by Dazed and Confused as one of “three of the

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