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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, Music Video

Tommaso Cassinis & Hagan Go in Search of the Roots of Ghana’s Music Scene in Crudo Volta Doc ‘Yenkyi

DN speaks to Tommaso Cassinis about working with London music producer Hagan and Crudo Volta to explore Ghana's music scene in documentary 'Yenkyi Taxi'.

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Animation, Asides

Five Thirty Five

Alex Dunford reimagines the hellish slog of a London commute as a surreal unforgiving assault course in stylish dystopian animated short 'Five Thirty Five'.

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Live Action

Xavier Legrand Throws Open the Closed Doors of Domestic Abuse in Award Winning Debut Feature ‘Custody’

DN speaks to award winning director Xavier Legrand about his harrowing depiction of family breakdown and domestic abuse in potent debt feature 'Custody'.

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Art & Fashion, Asides

MARGAUX | Vol.1

Daniel Iglesias Jr. explores the concept of 'what makes iconography?' in this fun living magazine promo for exclusive boutique agency Margaux the Agency.

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

imai: Fly (Feat. 79, Kaho Nakamura)

Baku Hashimoto takes various types of Japanese mochi on a morphing stop-motion adventure in this hunger inducing music video for imai track 'Fly'.

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Video Artist Lachlan Turczan Transforms Dance Into a Fluid Expression of Self in VFX Music Video ‘With You’

DN speaks to video artist Lachlan Turczan about his visual effects contribution to Sam von Horn’s experimental dance music video ‘With You’.

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Live Action

A PTSD Suffering Soldier Longs for a Love Never Lost in Fraser Rigg’s 16mm Short ‘ALEGNA’

A soldier yearns for a love never lost whilst battling the debilitating emotional darkness of PTSD in Fraser Rigg’s 16mm short 'ALEGNA'.

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Asides, Documentary

Sanderson to Brackettville

Parker Hill rides shotgun with Jason Lee in 'Sanderson to Brackettville' as he searches residual American landscapes for an authenticity rooted in the past.

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Animation, Asides

Stems

Ainslie Henderson reveals how he turns ‘stuff’ into stop motion characters, eager to play out their one off animated roles in 'Stems'.

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Love Is Love

Alexan Sarikamichian pushes back on those whose judgements are quickly formed at surface level in new fashion short 'Love Is Love'.

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Live Action

Graham Mason Pieces Together Last Night’s Embarrassment Through 218 Text Messages & 4 Phone Calls in ‘Phone Story’

DN talks to dir. Graham Mason about his minimalistic comedy 'Phone Story', a short film told through 218 text messages and 4 phone calls.

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Art & Fashion, Asides, Film Festival

Path

Seb Caudron sets the tone of innovation and creativity for the 2018 edition of Brazil's Path Festival in stunning and explosive VFX style.

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