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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

Sunset

A trio of characters bask in the sublime tritone animation style of Vincenzo Lodigiani for their final Sunset as he continues his ever inventive ▵●●

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Asides, Music Video

Garda: A Heart of a Pro

Oliver Latta and Benjamin Reckling defrost A Heart of a Pro in their inventive promo for the Abdullah Remix of Garda’s track And this is how you make a

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Asides, Music Video

Drenge: Backwaters

The kids are up to no good and loving (almost) every second of it in Big Naturals’ (Steve Agnew & Jack Wilkinson) countryside joy ride promo

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Music Video

Emile Rafael Invites You to ‘Penetrate’ the Mystery of his Stubborn Heart Promo

Emile Rafael’s mysterious promo for British electronic soul music duo Stubborn Heart’s moody track Penetrate, radiates a sense of intrigue about its

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Asides, Music Video

Idiot Songs: Villages of Ether

A journey into the subconscious and the triumph over anxiety and self doubt, Kevin McGloughlin’s Villages of Ether promo for Idiot Songs transports us on

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Music Video

Wildlife’s ‘You Only Live Twice’ Pushes The Right Emotional VFX Buttons

If you’re unfamiliar with the work of digital pioneers Wildlife (Scott Friedman & Jake Friedman) cast your mind back to the tuneful flexing of Terry

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Nuance

Marc-Antoine Locatelli puts together an impressive combination of Lucas Boirat’s time ramped dance moves and animated light shapes in stylish monochrome

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Asides, Music Video

Poom: Big Bang

Axel Courtière directs a gloriously bizarre collection of sequences in the grin inducing, NSFW Big Bang promo for Poom.

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Art & Fashion, Asides

DUAL

Overlapping kaleidoscopic candy-coloured neon layers of model Agata Danilova come together to a pulsing beat in Javier López’s virtually lickable

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Asides, Music Video

Pixies: Indie Cindy

Rightfully impressed by their first destructive music video collaboration with DN regulars LAMAR+NIK for return single Bagboy, the Pixies called on Jesse and

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Animation

Late Night Work Club Presents: Ghost Stories

“A whole bunch of animators gather around the campfire to tell their tales of ghosts and the ghostly. Tales to shock, amuse, and frighten! Tales to make you

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Animation, Music Video

Join Evan Viera & Le Castle Vania on a White Knuckle Sci-Fi Ride in ‘Prophication’

DN asked Evan Viera to take us through the exhilarating 10 week journey from conception to completion of his animated sci-fi spectacular 'Prophication'.

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