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Eyes Wide Open Cinema: Brighton’s Answer to Queer Film Curation and Celebration

DN talks with Eyes Wide Open Cinema programmer Jacob Engelberg about the inception & aspirations of the Brightonian queer cinema exhibition programme.

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MarBelle Top Ten Feature Films of 2016

MarBelle stops with the handwringing and gets to ranking some of the quality cinema he watched in 2016 for his top ten features of the year list.

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Jeanie Finlay Top Ten Feature Films of 2016

Director Jeanie Finlay runs through the top ten films which left a lasting impression on her in the tumultuous year that was 2016.

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Rob Munday Top Ten Feature Films of 2016

From vicious bear attacks to flatulent corpses and Neo-Nazi punk-rock thrillers, 2016 was a pretty odd (and awesome) year for film concepts.

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Neil Fox Top Ten Feature Films of 2016

"There’s still some beautiful work out there that just floored me this year." Neil Fox begins DN's annual cinematic love fest with his top ten of 2016.

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How to Direct Your First TV Drama (And Nail it!)

William McGregor, director on 'Misfits', 'Poldark' & the forthcoming BBC miniseries 'One of Us' shares everything you need to know about directing TV Drama.

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A Guide to Interactive Documentary: Structure, Tools & Narrative

Looking to create an Interactive Documentary, but don't know where to start? From Software to Structure & Audience to Inspiration - this is the guide for you.

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Welcome to the New Directors Notes: A Long Overdue Redesign & Rebranding

To celebrate our 10-year Anniversary we've redesigned the Directors Notes site - check out the changes in this post

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Death Foretold is Not Death

“Cinema isn’t dead, it’s morphing and you have to keep looking for it.” Dr Neil Fox challenges those bemoaning the death of cinema to expand their

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DN Top Ten Feature Films of 2015

Team DN has selected a beautifully rounded list of 50 features from 2015 which are more than worthy of your time. Enjoy!

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MarBelle Top Ten Feature Films of 2015

Sanity proves to be a shaky concept in MarBelle's 2015 Top Ten Features list.

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Rob Munday Ten Feature Films of 2015

From hip-hop musicals to Cannes award-winners. El Vez picks his favourite features from 2015.

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