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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, Live Action

Pink Trailer

A pair of best friends find themselves trapped in the boredom of a cabin fever enforced by the overtures of an overeager neighbour in 'Pink Trailer'.

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Live Action

A Group of Friends Attempt to Ditch the Asshole in Their Midst…Permanently in Comedy Short ‘Must Kill Karl’

DN caught up with Joe Kicak and Karen Moore to learn how they made the insufferable hilarious in darkly funny comedy short 'Must Kill Karl'.

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Asides, Music Video

Fausto

When a young man lost in an unfamiliar city finds himself at a party the sparks of desire ignite in Alexan Sarikamichian’s teen dream short 'Fausto'.

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Asides, Music Video

Indochine: Station 13

Bouha Kazmi’s assaulting music video for Indochine deploys images of violent racial subjugation in a gut punching narrative that's disturbingly germane.

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Animation, Asides

Blue Hands 

A young woman finds herself besieged by the mean reds on a night bus home in Diyala Muir’s animated journey into the effects of grief & time 'Blue Hands'.

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Asides, Music Video

Totemo: Origami

Hagay Swisa unfolds the frozen fragmentary memories floating in a young woman’s subconscious world in surreal music video 'Origami' for Totemo.

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Asides, Music Video

LASS: Twin Peaks

Kasia Klimczyk’s synth pop solo project LASS pulls the ripcord on a one-sided romance in Katka Michalak’s fast food love story music video 'Twin Peaks'.

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Animation, Asides

XX

Serafima Serafimova’s rotoscoped short 'XX' reclaims the expression of sensuality from the exploitative, male-centric porn which dominates the internet.

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Animation, Asides

Bang Bang!

Buckle in for a short but deliciously sweet thrill ride with Jackie Droujko’s gun-totting criminal duo in her adrenaline pumping thesis film 'Bang Bang!'.

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Live Action

Crowns & Owls Join the Fight for Better Mental Health With Viscerally Powerful Short ‘WIT H IN’

Crowns & Owls discuss the challenges of conveying the confusing myriad of sensations experienced by sufferers of mental health issues in short 'WIT H IN'.

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Asides, Live Action

The Art of Change – DYSTOPIA

Richard Dixon Wheatley ponders the urban sprawl of London life as experienced by members of its eroding communities in The Art of Change short 'DYSTOPIA'.

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Animation

An Uncannily Named Ice Cream Topping Sparks Thoughts of America’s Ingrained Racism in Jonah Primiano’s ‘jimmies’

Jonah Primiano calls out a common New England ice cream topping with an uncanny name and the oblivious patrons enjoying this tasty treat in 'jimmies'.

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