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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

Muller & Roedelius: Fractured Being (Feat. Kenichi)

Videodrome's mysterious music video for Muller & Roedelius' 'Fractured Being' follows a young woman as she dives into a surreal world in search for herself.

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Animation

A Young Couple’s Romantic Weekend Is Interrupted by a Birth Control Mishap in Emily Ann Hoffman’s ‘Nevada’

Emily Ann Hoffman discusses using stop-motion to create an animated film about birth control free from the judgemental myths which often surround the topic

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Animation, Asides, Live Action

TEDxPittsburgh 2018: Small Worlds

Comprised of over 5,000 photos Nicholas Buchheit’s inspirational film for TEDxPittsburgh celebrates the small worlds of potential inherent in all of us.

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Documentary

Fall in Love with the Community That Raise a Couple of Olympians in ‘Boys from the Back of Beyond’

DN speaks to Jonny Madderson & Jono Stevens about their endearing portrait of the community which raised Olympic winning siblings the O'Donovan brothers.

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Live Action

A Woman Walks into the Abyss to Save Her Sister in Adam Butcher’s Tense Suspense Drama ‘The Prevailing Winds’

A lone hiker braves the threat of an invisible, deadly toxin to save her sister in Adam Butcher’s tense suspense drama The Prevailing Winds.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

TEDxSydney 2018: Humankind

In his TEDxSydney title sequence Scott Geersen traverses a CGI rendered gallery in which humankind’s present & potential future collide with the past.

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Asides, Music Video

Don Broco: Greatness

Dominar Films' director Benjamin Roberds heads into the crazy savagery of a post-apocalyptic, Mad Maxesque LA of 2028 for Don Broco track 'Greatness'.

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Asides, Live Action

Undercurrent

Patrick Fileti’s short 'Undercurrent' tells the story of a young Syrian girl who finds hope in the midst of tragedy following a dangerous sea journey.

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Premiere

Experience the Refugee Journey Through Western Eyes in Ty Richardson’s Emotive Short ‘War Poem’

DN speaks to Ty Richardson about creating an empathic, fictionalised version of a refugee crisis as experienced through Western eyes in 'War Poem'.

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Animation, Asides

2 Degrés Sud

Gobelins’ animation students venture deep into the heart of the Amazonian rainforest in beautifully realised ecological short '2 Degrés Sud'.

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Art & Fashion, Asides, Live Action

Somersault Pike

Kate Lefoe's 'Somersault Pike' makes expert use of slow motion to convey the fears of a competitive diver as she attempts to reach new heights.

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Animation, Asides

The Art of Change – Climate Change

Sois de Traca present an alternate reality in which a group of animals resort to guerrilla tactics to call planet wrecking humans to account.

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