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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

Kelly Creedon Follows a Future Star on His Ascendance to the Spotlight in Documentary ‘In This World’

Kelly Creedon tells DN about the experience of documenting the life of triple threat, 15 year old actor, singer and comedian Courvosier ‘Vosiey’ Cox.

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Animation

Return to the Clumsy Days of School Romance in Jack Bennett’s Charming Short ‘Not the End of the World’

Jack Bennett tells DN how a well placed tweet brought The Streets frontman Mike Skinner on board as narrator of his awkward school days romance animation.

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Animation, Music Video

Kelsey Boncato Makes the Digital Physical in idesia’s Ethereal Animated Music Video ‘Ain’t Over’

DN speaks to Kelsey Boncato about using multiple physical techniques in collaboration with idesia for their ethereal non-music video.

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Art & Fashion

Global Rail Against the ‘Kontroll’ of the Concrete Jungle in This Slick Streetwear Spot for Codryo

French Duo Global tell DN how 90s French Rap & a rejection of colour fuelled their slickly stylised expression of moral wrath for streetwear store Codryo.

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Animation, Music Video

Parallel Teeth Takes a Cosmic ‘Leap of Faith’ to the De La Solar System in Mr Jukes’ Psychedelic Promo

Parallel Teeth explains the technical challenges of creating hypnotic, seizure-free colour sequences in his psychedelic music video for Mr Jukes.

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Film Festival

Join DN for a Cinema Tent Short Film Bonanza at the Reading & Leeds Festivals

DN packs a choice selection of the world's finest shorts and heads off to the Reading & Leeds music festivals for our annual Cinema Tent screenings.

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Documentary

A Migrant Worker Faces His Mortality Far From Home in Andrew Moir’s Affecting Documentary ‘Babe, I Hate To Go’

A Jamaican migrant worker shields his family from his terminal cancer diagnosis in Andrew Moir's affecting documentary of perseverance and acceptance.

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Animation, Music Video

How LAMAR+NIK Painstakingly Animated The Shins ‘Half a Million’ Stop-Motion Antics With 5000+ Stickers

5,566 stickers and a hell of a lot of hard work, LAMAR+NIK tell DN how they animated The Shins' stop-motion antics in their playful new promo.

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Animation, Music Video

Craig Murray Gives Birth to a Lost Love That Defies Time & Space in Practical Effects Music Video ‘Unarm’

DN digs into the labour-intensive techniques behind Craig Murray's apocalyptic, past future lovers music video for Ghost Against Ghost.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN351: Future Shock! Paul Goodwin & Sean Hogan Unearth the Untold Story of Anarchic Comic 2000AD

Director Paul Goodwin & Producer Sean Hogan delve into the creation of their passion fuelled documentary history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000AD.

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Live Action

Palme D’or Winning Director Ruben ÖStlund Stages a Single Shot Heist in Real-Time Short ‘Incident by a Bank’

Ruben Östlund shares how high resolution digital cinematography enabled him to create his highly choreographed, real-time heist short in a single shot.

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Animation

Matthew Lawes Ventures Into the Enchanted Woods of W. B. Yeats for ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus’

Matthew Lawes tells DN how he gathered an all star group of award winning collaborators for his enchanting short based on W. B. Yeats' well renowned poem.

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