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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.

Asides, Music Video

ODDKO: Disobey

Giovanni Bucci unleashes a mythic story of Man vs. Machine & Nature vs. Technology through a dizzying explosion of VFX in ambitious music video 'Disobey'.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the Glitzy Veneer of Power & Money in Unflinching Debut ‘Holiday’

Isabella Eklöf discusses 'Holiday', her unflinching depiction of the control and sexual violence lurking beneath the glitzy veneer of power and money.

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Asides, Documentary

If You Knew

Stroma Cairns' 'If You Knew' documents the fraternal bond between a pair of hearing impaired teenage twins as they put recent differences behind them.

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Live Action

A Phone Call Brings a Mother’s Worst Nightmare Crashing Into Reality in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Devastating ‘Madre’

Rodrigo Sorogoyen shares how lens selection, character movement and solid casting enabled him to ramp up the tension in phone call thriller 'Mother'.

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Animation, Asides

An Island

Rory Byrne’s vibrant animated short 'An Island' follows a man haunted by grief through his solo efforts to conquer an isolated island.

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Art & Fashion

Life’s Pretends & The Lollipop Girls: An In-Depth Conversation With Multidisciplinary Artist Denise Prince

Artist Denise Prince discusses her exploration of desire and life's pretends in poetic experimental short 'The Lollipop Girls Struggle on the Hard Earth'.

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Animation, Asides

NON !

Le DMA Cinéma d’Animation student Louis Fourel goes in search of the spark of creativity in his beguiling end of year film NON !

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Asides, Live Action, Music Video

Viva La Vulva

Somesuch Director Kim Gehrig celebrates the diverse beauty of the vulva in this absolutely joyous, mixed media ad for Libresse, 'Viva La Vulva'.

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Documentary

Ivan Olita Unveils the Esoteric Life of a Spiritual Community of Deep Thinkers in ‘Time Machine’

We talk to director Ivan Olita about revealing the remarkable esoteric life of a spiritual community of deep thinkers in short documentary 'Time Machine'.

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Asides, Live Action

Girl of the Sky

A Ukrainian girl shifts the power dynamic between herself and a boorish past hookup in Ariel Martin’s tale of teenage sexual expression 'Girl of the Sky'.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN364: Philippe Faucon Contemplates the Loneliness of Economic Migration in French Drama ‘Amin’

Philippe Faucon discusses the integral role non-actors played in bringing authenticity to his story of economic separation and loneliness, 'Amin'.

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Music Video

Matt Genesis Stares Into the Face of an America Divided by Race, Hypocrisy & Wealth Disparity in ‘Empty’

We talk to Matt Genesis about confronting the incendiary areas of race, wealth disparity & hypocrisy in unflinching music video 'Empty' for The Activists.

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