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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.

Animation

A Young Boy Navigates a Surprising Identity Crisis in Jon Frickey’s Charming Animated Short ‘Cat Days’

DN talks to Jon Frickey about cultural appropriation, language barriers & wrestling with complicated storyboards for his charming animation 'Cat Days'.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Music Video, Podcasts

DN358: Luca Dipierro Animates the Death of a Band in ‘Rising. A Requiem For Father Murphy’

Luca Dipierro & Father Murphy join us on the podcast to look back at their fruitful collaboration and reveal details of their new stop motion feature film.

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Asides, Music Video

Motorama: I See You

Kinopravda capture a city’s residence as they slip into a collective slumber in this narcoleptic music video for Motorama's 'I See You'.

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Animation, Asides

Relaxatron 5000

If the pressures of life ever feel like they’re get too much Bad Studio’s Andrew Brand has the perfect solution for you in the 'Relaxatron 5000'.

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Music Video

A Couple Live Out Their First & Last Date Simultaneously in Ibon Landa’s Bookended Music Video ‘Gloomy Planets’

Ibon Landa tells DN how he beat the clock to pull off a bookended story of the birth and death of a relationship in Nubla music video 'Gloomy Planets'.

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Asides, Live Action

Wrongside.

A young man finds himself ignoring blinkered sentiment as he embraces the powerful draw of the supposed 'Wrongside'.

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Animation, Asides

Floatland

A girl retreats into the emotional safety of a computer game to the detriment of her IRL existence in Victoria Vincent’s animated short Floatland.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Young Boy Fights Depression With Time in Jonathan Herzberg’s ‘Seven Things I’ve Learned About Time Travel’

A young boy attempts to cure his mother's depression with a time machine in Jonathan Herzberg's sci-fi short 'Seven Things I've Learned About Time Travel'.

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Asides, Documentary

Swindon – A Portrait of Youth

Robin Mason provides an engaging snapshot of opinions from 15-18-year-olds about growing up in the UK in doc short 'Swindon – A Portrait of Youth'.

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Animation, Asides

Bashton & Megalopolis: Scandal

French music producer and filmmaker Pablo Mengin wrangles 2000 paintings in his breathtaking music video for Bashton & Megalopolis track 'Scandal'.

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Asides, Live Action

Toxic Haircut

Bryan M. Ferguson is back disturbing our sensibilities right to the marrow with new short 'Toxic Haircut' a freebie spruce up for your barnet best avoided!

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Asides, Music Video

Keenan The First: How It Goes

Joel Jay Blacker’s cyclical VFX music video 'How It Goes' sees the loop of Keenan The First's seemingly idyllic marriage derailed by selfishness.

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