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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.

Live Action, Podcasts

DN316: Strings – Rob Savage

Director Rob Savage reveals how at the tender age of 17 he wrote, directed, edited, shot and co-produced his BIFA-winning debut feature.

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Live Action

Matt Lambert Explores the Intersection of Sexuality & Digital Culture in ‘MEAT’

What can I say about filmmaker Matt Lambert that hasn’t been enthused multiple times on the pages of DN before? Instead, you’re probably better off

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Live Action, Music Video

One for Dancing & One for a Rainy Day, Carlos Lopez Estrada Discusses his Dual Capital Cities Kangaroo Films

Take a film packed full of visual flair, social commentary and kick ass dance moves from a zebra then make it a music video & a standalone film and you've got

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN315: Whale Valley – Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson

Set against the majestic, rugged backdrop of the Icelandic landscape, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s short Whale Valley depicts the powerful bond held by

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Animation

It’s Called "Moon"

Fears of inspiration being merely a fleeting partner provided the creative spark for Emanuele Kabu’s previous short Mail, and once again the filmmaker turns

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN314: Seagulls – Martin Smith

In his dramatic short Seagulls, director Martin Smith explores the superficial yet insurmountable cultural bonds which prevent a newly arrived young showman

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Animation, Podcasts

DN313: Ghost Burger – Lee Hardcastle

Today we’re joined by the ridiculously prolific filmmaker Lee Hardcastle who in his own understated but ever so true words, ‘makes claymations that are not

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Animation

Lore&Jun Get Playful at the Soap Factory

Following a commission by the Portuguese national agency for science, Ciencia Viva, Trunk Animation directors Lore&Jun (Lorena Medina – Lore and

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN312: Good Night – Muriel d’Ansembourg

In her coming of age short Good Night, Muriel d’Ansembourg mines the rich vein of dark teenage life experience whilst sidestepping the all too obvious route

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Animation

Wonky Films Reveal the Truth of ‘Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?’

For countless years man has been plagued by that most challenging of questions, Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? And now finally director Daniel Binns and

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN British Shorts Film Festival 2014 Screening

A regular and much anticipated fixture on the DN film calendar, yesterday saw this year’s Lichtspielklub, British Shorts film festival come to a

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Live Action

Morality Lines Become Blurred in Álex Montoya’s Complicity Short ‘Lucas’

Álex Montoya’s Goya nominated short film Lucas, sees a seemingly reasonable transaction of pictures provided in exchange for cash, become an

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