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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, Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN339: TOWER – Keith Maitland

Keith Maitland shares how he combined archival footage & rotoscoped animation to place audiences in the crosshairs of his Texas Tower shooting documentary.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Wild

A young woman rejects societal norms in favour of her own desires after forging an all consuming connection with a wolf in Nicolette Krebitz's 3rd feature.

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Live Action

Jim Hosking Gets Wilfully Weird for Slippery Debut Feature ‘The Greasy Strangler’

Delightfully disgusting, Jim Hoskings' feature debut is definitely the strangest, most grotesque and downright greasiest comedy you'll ever see!

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Live Action

#ListenToYourSelfie – The Game | The Party

Truman & Cooper deliver a pair of shorts for ChildLine's #ListenToYourSelfie campaign to help young people recognise the signs of on and offline grooming.

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Animation

It’s a Date

The nervous and tentatively awkward conversation of a first date gives way to a strange revelation in Zachary Zezima's neon animated short.

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Live Action

Point and Shoot

Thomas Leisten Schneider takes a playful shot at the madness of method acting in this short about two aspiring criminals with an important lesson to learn.

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Live Action

Gudrun von Laxenburg: Revolution

The love between two working drones ignites a revolt against a system of oppression in this dystopic sci-fi music video from Gudrun von Laxenburg.

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Documentary

2-3-1

John Merizalde's rousing documentary takes us into the minds of the US Paralympic Soccer Team ahead of their trip to compete in the Rio Olympics.

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Documentary, Music Video

The/Das: Somebody is

Kieran Behan and The/Das bring the ignored stories of the homeless to screen in their thought provoking hybrid documentary / music video.

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Music Video

Emma Louise: West End Kids

Dylan Duclos and Emma Louise bestow the power of movement on the members of their docile cult in 'West End Kids', their 3rd music video collaboration.

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Documentary

Paula Radcliffe Reveals the Joy and Pain of Distance Running in Jack Weatherley’s Intimate Portrait

In Jack Weatherley's portrait, long distance runner Paula Radcliffe reveals the mental and physical fortitude required to be a world record holding athlete

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Art & Fashion

Feel the Highs & Lows of a Teenage Love Triangle in Alexan Sarikamichian’s Road Trip Short ‘COSMOS’

A trio of beautiful polyamorous teens fall in and out of love on a desire fuelled road trip in Alexan Sarikamichian's short film 'COSMOS'

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