Experimental Tag Archive

Documentary

Año Uña – Jonás Cuarón

I was very lucky recently to get the chance to see Jonás Cuaróns’ Año Uña, an inventive and challenging directorial debut from someone so young and

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN114: The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis

We’ve featured several animations here on Directors Notes in past two years, but Mark Simon Hewis’ The Life Size Zoetrope stands out for its shear

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF08: The Betrayal – Ellen Kuras

It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd

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Documentary, Film Festival, Music Video, Podcasts

DN LFF08: Largo – Andrew van Baal

It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN109: Bathtub – M.A.Y.O.

Sometimes when I’m out hunting for films I catch something that I’m certain I want to feature from around frame 5 and have to hold back from firing

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Art & Fashion, Music Video, Podcasts

DN105: Weightless – Erika Janunger

The work of Erika Janunger spans the fields of architecture, interior design and music, however her latest piece Weightless adds filmmaking into the mix to

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN103: His Own Image – Runkid

Despite not considering himself a fully fledged director, Runkid’s work has been picked up by D&AD and has brought forth tears from audiences. He

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Podcasts

DN098: Seeking Wellness – Dan Schneidkraut

It’s with complete unashamedness that I admit we discovered this week’s guest Dan Schneidkraut from our well mined source of the Filmstock Film

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News

Vote Yes to Mind Games

This seems to be the weekend of updates for past guests, which I suppose means that their work’s permeating throughout the collective consciousness and

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Podcasts

DN094: Das Dores – Gabriel Tupinamba

Sometimes I go after a director for one film and they’ll come back at me with another that completely trumps my already high appreciation of their work.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN081: My Paper Mind – Javan Ivey

It’s not often a director gets to come up with his own type of animation, but after experimenting with the Strata-cut method Javan Ivey combined his love

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News

"Charlie Rose" by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr.

Remember Happy Monday, Andrew Filippone Jr.’s documentary film object (DN066)? Well Andrew’s applied his skills to distort the world of Charlie

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