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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

The Past Inside the Present

A couple try to renew their dying relationship by directly plugging into recordings of their memories in James Siewert's impressive hand rotoscoped short.

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Animation

Koji

Alexander Snow launches an action packed proof of concept for his animation about a lightning powered boy and his giant water/ice powered blue cat buddy.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN344: United States of Love – Tomasz Wasilewski

Tomasz Wasilewski returns to the DN podcast with a tale of lust, isolation and loneliness in which four woman decide it's time to change their lives.

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Siyyu: Stop Us

This is Felo uncover the mysteries of a new perspective found through the looking-glass in their reflective music video for French electro pop band Siyyu.

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Animation, Music Video

Katie Melua: Perfect World

Directing duo Karni&Saul craft an enchantingly sweet tale of snowy adventure and familial love in their animated music video for Katie Melua.

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Animation

Pixel Films

Brighton studio Persistent Peril return to their experimental animation roots with a brand new instalment of their 50x50 Pixel Film series, now in UHD 4K!

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN342: After Love – Joachim Lafosse

Joachim Lafosse discusses how he depicted a couple's acrimonious separation and divorce through the use of long fluid sequence shots of domestic hostility.

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Animation

LE SOMMET BLEU

French animator Julien Piau taps into personal feelings about his fraternal bonds for an animation whose outward cuteness belies its deeply emotional core.

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Live Action

Spooky Club

Joe & Lloyd Stas get into the spooky spirit with a seasonal short about eerie comrades plotting to steal the skull of horror legend Vincent Price.

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Documentary

Darkest Hour

In an impressively astute snapshot of UK youth sentiment Thomas Ralph captures earnest declarations of what it means to be British in the wake of Brexit.

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Live Action

Black Swell

Belying the simplicity of its straightforward premise, Jake Honig and David Rysdahl's dark motel short delivers a powerfully emotional gut punch.

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Live Action

Make Like a Dog

Actor/Director Marshall Allman launches his Marriage (In Short) comedy film series with a beautifully styled 60s tale of frustration, anger & infertility.

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