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Live Action, Podcasts

DN086: Extraordinary Rendition – Jim Threapleton

Jim Threapleton joins us to discuss his directorial debut Extraordinary Rendition and the challenges of striking the correct balance of tone in a film that

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Documentary, News

INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin' Convention Screening

You’d think that running Directors Notes would mean I spend all my time at screenings and hobnobbing with directors, but the sad reality is that most of

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN083: Escape From Luanda – Phil Grabsky

Director Phil Grabsky has been working in the film industry for over 20 years, creating documentary programmes for BBC strands such as Timewatch and

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Documentary

The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan – Phil Grabsky

An eight-year-old boy called Mir Hussain, living in a cave in Bamiyan, Afghanistan may not appear to be the most obvious choice for a feature length

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News

Tracey Re:Fragmented

In an industry that is often cutthroat and ruthless, I think it is always worth giving publicity and a lot of respect to those artists that decide to give

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN082: 1000 Journals – Andrea Kreuzhage

As a producer with over 20 years experience in the business Andrea Kreuzhage was well aware of the advice against funding a pet project, but that didn’t

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN078: Garage – Lenny Abrahamson

The most successful film of 2007 in its native Ireland we sit down for a discussion with Lenny Abrahamson about his award-winning second feature 'Garage'.

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Article

Miss D 2007 Top Ten

I’m sorry about the lateness of this list but if the truth be told I hate writing my top ten. I don’t mind weeding out the films I didn’t

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN071: Good Copy Bad Copy – Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen & Henrik Moltke

Ralf Christensen joins us this week to discuss his film Good Copy Bad Copy – co-directed with Andreas Johnsen and Henrik Moltke – a documentary

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN070: Routes – Alex Reuben

As part of my CINECITY ’07 Film Festival coverage I caught up with DJ and director Alex Reuben at South East Dance’s Dance For Camera launch to

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Article

MarBelle 2007 Top Ten

Why do I feel the unhealthy, compulsion to spend days obsessing over what 10 out of the 123 films I watched this year (told you I was obsessive!) were my

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Article

El Vez 2007 Top Ten

If you’re one of our more regular visitors to the site and have been checking us out since the early days, then you’ll know our love for lists.

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