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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, Asides

Goodbye Mister de Vries

A nonagenarian seeing out his remaining lonely days receives a package that sends him on his way to great beyond with happy memories of times gone by in Mascha

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Asides, Music Video

Anoice: Autumn Waltz

Ink and choreographed motion interplay beautifully in Alan Kępski and Marcin Klinger’s sublimely graceful film for Anoice’s Autumn Waltz.

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Documentary

Celebrating the Weird & Wonderful of the Everyday with the ‘Gallivant Sessions’

We are extremely honoured to be able to bring you the premiere of Ruben Woodin Dechamps' latest Gallivant Session, which sees Emily Wells performing Landslide

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN308: Mr. Christmas – Nick Palmer

Even my cold jaded heart couldn’t help but be charmed by the seasonal enthusiasm of Bruce Mertz, the festive light maestro at the centre of screenwriter and

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Animation, Asides

Ninjas vs Superbugs – Adventures in Nanomedicine

If you thought nanomedicine wasn’t a field packed full of rocket-resistant monsters battling it out against heroic polymers to decide the fate of a

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Live Action

Kendy Ty Gets His Retro Fight on in New Short ‘Smoke’

Picking up the pace with new personal project Smoke, Kendy lets his inner retro gamer loose for a beat ‘em up extravaganza which is part tribute to Drive,

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Live Action

Innocence is Lost & Heroes Discovered in Christopher Guinness’ ‘Captain T&T’

Whilst some superheroes are born and others are made, discovering exactly what super power you have at your disposal can take a certain amount of trial and

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Asides, Live Action

Mémoires Vives (Memorium)

When we last featured the work of French filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu it was for In the Shadow, his noir tale of a shadow forced to break away from its despicable

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Art & Fashion

Clive Will Marries Sexy Chic Edged with Contemporary Punk for Kirsten Goss’ Arcade Collection

Clive Will’s promo for Kirsten Goss' Arcade collection mixes high speed videography, with a range of colourful props for an onslaught of arresting images,

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN307: Camelot – Robin Mason

Robin Mason joins us to discuss using story as a device for understanding difficult situations in his debut suburban noir short 'Camelot'.

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Art & Fashion, Live Action

All:Expanded Blur the Lines Between Fashion, Music & Narrative in ‘Providence’

All:Expanded’s multi-faceted debut Providence marks them as a creative force to be reckoned with right out of the gate as they blur the lines between

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Animation, Asides

Fade

In Josh Lopata’s emotion filled stop motion thesis short Fade, when death comes calling a young boy battles to hold on to the father he loves so dearly.

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