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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.

Never one for a mundane concept, Vince Staples has Nabil take him on a bizarre post video shoot ride through the land of the strange in new promo Prima Donna.

Live Action

The Female Spirit Wins Out in Amanda Milius’ Post-Apocalyptic Western ‘The Lotus Gun’

DN talks to Director Amanda Milius about morality and clashing cultures at the end of the world in her USC thesis film 'The Lotus Gun'.

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Film Festival

Reading & Leeds 2016 Cinema Tent Shorts

This weekend Directors Notes braves the outside world to screen some of our favourite shorts from the past year at the Reading & Leeds music festivals.

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Music Video

Johannes Schröder Holds onto Hope in Uncertain Times in One-Shot Music Video ‘Pille aus Luft’

Johannes Schröder shares the meticulous planning that went on behind the scenes of his one-shot music video for Maxim's 'Pille aus Luft'

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Animation

Take a Journey into the Strange Unknown Pleasures of Cornelius Joksch’s ‘Adultland’

Tapping into our collective desire for excitement Cornelius Joksch reveals the weird world of Adultland, a place where your dreams probably won't come true

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Animation

Aggressive Transform Ideas into Motion in a Stunning CG Celebration of Boeing’s 100th Anniversary

The technological beauty of flight takes awe inspiring centre stage in Aggressive's trio of CG ads celebrating Boeing's 100th Anniversary

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Art & Fashion

The Public and Private Self do Battle in Erin S Murray’s Suburban Dance Short ‘HONNE‘

Erin S Murray discusses dance short ‘HONNE’, her exploration of a meeting between the public and private self in a suburban neighborhood street at dusk

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Music Video

Krzysztof Grajper Executes a One-Shot Symbiotic Dance of Hope and Sadness for Duit’s ‘All the People’

DN speaks to Polish Director Krzysztof Grajper about his striking one-shot shadow dance music video for Duit's ‘All the People’

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Music Video

Péter Vácz & James Reunite for a Psychedelic Trip of Metamorphosis in ‘Dear John’

Péter Vácz takes us inside his psychedelic tale of transformation and dark secrets created for new James track ‘Dear John’

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Music Video

Crossing the Boundary of the Beautifully Grotesque in Alan Masferrer’s ‘Lend Me Another Name’

Alan Masferrer explains how he combined a contortionist with an octopus for Klyne’s visceral ‘Lend Me Another Name’ music video

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Thomas Pons Transports Augmented Reality from Japan’s Mountains to Screen in ‘Animals: A Black & White Journey’

Thomas Pons takes us on the production journey from augmented reality to screen for his multi-format, monochrome short ‘Animals: A Black & White Journey’

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Asides, Live Action

Thunder Road

You’ve never seen grief expressed quite like it is in Jim Cummings' painfully captivating single continuous take short 'Thunder Road'.

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