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The Best Short Films in the World

After hearing MarBelle raving about Bobby Miller’s Tub at this year’s SXSW, I had to do a bit of googling and check out what else Mr Miller had

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Pre-order TUB DVD

I was pretty blown away by Bobby Miller’s short TUB when I caught it at SXSW. And after he joined me for an impromptu sidewalk interview, equally

Animation, News

KH Studios’ New Look

I’ve been following the work of filmmaker Kurtis Hough every since we were fortunate enough to have him on the show with his A Silver Mt. Zion inspired

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Apps for Cinema Artists from FWD:labs

I thought @fwdlabs had put together a useful list when I saw it last year, but that was nothing compared to now. If you’re a filmmaker and looking for a

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VideoLAN Movie Creator

There are few things you can count on in this world; death, taxes, and the fact that if VLC media player can’t play a video file, it probably can’t

Film Festival, News

SXSW Here I Am…Where do I Begin?

After a few months of pondering whether to make the trip or not, followed by a period of intense anticipation, I’m finally here in Austin, Texas and

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Free Fans, Friends & Followers

As a thank you to the South by Southwest community he mined for information, Scott Kirsner is offering the full e-book version of Fans, Friends &

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Life during Wartime hits Sky Box Office

I was always a big, big fan of Todd Solondz’s Happiness, it’s a hard film to say I ‘love’, but it’s a film that will reside in my

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New British Cinema Quarterly

Taking the most distinctive and original British feature films and filmmakers from the festival circuit and bringing them to the UK’s flagship

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Welcome to Portable.tv

I’ve long known about the Portable Film Festival and have regularly scoured the works it presents for films to feature on DN, but never really gave much

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Flattr Makes Social Micropayments Easy

We all know there’s a massive disconnect between consumption and commerce online – after nearly four years of DN it’s something we’ve

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Exploding Update

The Beastie Boys have done many many good things in their time, but most recently they’ve made it in to my good books when their Oscilloscope

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