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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, Music Video

Pierre-Guilhem Roudet & Gabriel Aldama Launch a Graphical Space Odyssey in ‘COSMO’

Pierre-Guilhem Roudet joins us to discuss 'COSMO', the retro animated sci-fi odyssey co-directed with Gabriel Aldama.

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Art & Fashion

Kurtis Hough Coalesces all Matter of the Universe for Epic B&W Short ‘To See More Light’

We talk to Director Kurtis Hough about his epic 15 minute B&W experimental film 'To See More Light', which combines cosmic geometric animations, time lapse

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Music Video

How Mac Boucher Pulled Off a One-Shot Fashion Shoot Music Video for Yukon Blonde’s ‘Saturday Night’

Director Mac Boucher discusses capturing the excitement and glamour of the swinging 60s photoshoot in his one-shot music video for Yukon Blonde's 'Saturday

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Art & Fashion

Pope Contemplates Love, Tragedy and Pain in her Abstract Short ‘Fruits n Veg’

We speak to Director Pope about allegorical storytelling and her hunt for the perfect French voice in her new short 'Fruits n Veg'.

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Live Action

The Traumatic Past Threatens to Destroy a Promising Future in Rob Brown’s ‘Sixteen’

We revisit our podcast interview recorded with DN alum Rob Brown ahead of his feature debut's world premiere at the London Film Festival.

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Music Video

nautico Sneak VFX Moments of Strangeness into Beaû’s Beautifully Composed ‘One Wing’ Music Video

Directing duo nautico return to the pages of DN to discuss 'One Wing', their alluring video for handsome New York twosome Beaû.

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Art & Fashion

Ambre Cardinal Pays Tribute to the Power & Delicacy of Frida Kahlo in 'Un Ruban Autour d’une Bombe'

Ambre Cardinal talks to DN about the pain of creating beauty to destroy in 'Un Ruban Autour d’une Bombe', her tribute to the work of artist Frida Kahlo.

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Live Action

Facing an Uncertain Future in Winnie Cheung’s Time Travel Short ‘Dear Lucas’

In 'Dear Lucas' director Winnie Cheung has crafted a time travel short in which the characters, not the tech, command our attention. Cheung joins us to discuss

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Live Action

Society’s Feared & Forsaken Take Centre Stage in Duane Hopkins’ Lyrical Sophomore Feature ‘Bypass’

We talk to writer-director Duane Hopkins about his second feature 'Bypass', a beautifully observed morality tale of society’s feared and forsaken.

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Music Video

Putting the Power of Negative Space to Work in Youness Benali’s ‘No Substitute’ Music Video

Youness Benali joins us again to discuss how his natural affinity for minimalism led him to use negative space as a character in his latest music video.

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Film Festival, Podcasts

DN GSFF2015: Exploring the Role & Form of Short Film Criticism

Sitting on the opening panel of the Glasgow Short Film Festival’s day long Symposium with Suzanne van der Lingen, Professor Richard Raskin & Jorge Rivero,

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Animation

Stephen Irwin Explores Childhood Delusions & Religious Confusion in ‘The Obvious Child’

With UK animator Stephen Irwin's new short 'The Obvious Child' hitting Vimeo’s VOD service last week we decided to find out more about the motivations which

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