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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.

Film Festival

Reading & Leeds 2013

DN curates an eclectic mix of music videos, dramas, comedies and animation for our annual Cinema Tent screenings at the Reading & Leeds music festivals.

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Asides, Live Action

Weighting

She wants to go. He wants her to stay. Neither gets quite what they want. Dustin Bowser masterfully manoeuvres language, props and even limbs in his playful

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Asides, Music Video

To Kill A King: Rays

Yorkshire director Jack King teams up with fellow royalty To Kill A King for a fun tale of bullies, a vamp and a damsel in distress in Rays.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN297: Radiance – Andrew Cumming

Although weaved throughout with fantastical elements, at its core Andrew Cumming’s short Radiance is the story of a codependence fuelled by sisterly love and

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Animation, Asides

Bertie and Camera

In Ana Kim’s totally charming stop motion animation Bertie and Camera, a horned boy becomes transfixed with the camera he discovers. If you can’t

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Animation, Asides

Biomorph

Shifting focus from the devout recently deceased back to the realm of sci-fi where we first discovered him with E.T.A., Danish director Henrik Bjerregaard

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Music Video

Hammock: Mute Angels

We’ve kept a pretty vigilant eye on the work of director Alex Amoling this year on DN, especially his collaborations with musician Chae Hawk. However,

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Music Video

Track Through Strip Club Loneliness with Michael Lawrence & Porcelain Raft in ‘The Way Out’

A music video set in a strip club? I bet you’re already picturing a bling coated, bass thumping, booty shaking neon affair? Not so in Michael

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Animation, Asides

IntroX

Jean André and Wu Yue animate a frenetic hand drawn (& NSFW) introduction to the artists kicking out jams on the Ed Rec Vol. X compilation in IntroX.

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Asides, Live Action

Earn Your Spot

We get one opportunity in life. One chance in life … to do whatever you’re gonna do. To lay your foundation. To make whatever mark you’re

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN296: Palimpsest – Michael Tyburski

Michael Tyburski’s short film Palimpsest explores the subtle forces at play in relationships, and the tangible remnants of memory in the spaces around us. He

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Art & Fashion, Asides

The Matriarch

Barna Nemethi dons his director’s hat for a truly visceral (& NSFW) fashion film, created for his magazine venture All Hollow. The resulting film,

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