August, 2008 Archive

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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Animation, Podcasts

DN102: Sun in the Night Time – Anne Wilkins

A recent animation graduate, Anne Wilkins has hit the ground running with her film Sun in the Night Time, a study of childhood and the transformation of

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Film Festival

DN Hits the Reading & Leeds 2008 Festivals

It’s raining. In fact I believe technically you could call this pouring, which means what should be a night of excited anticipation has become a scramble

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN101: The Greatest Gift – Daniel Bloomberg

This week I’m joined by director Daniel Bloomberg to discuss his Jacques Lacan inspired, chocolate sauce massacre short The Greatest Gift. The Greatest

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News

Routes Hits a Cinema Near You

Update: As a Brighton resident it’d be plain rude of me to not highlight the fact that Alex’s Routes screening at the Duke of York cinema is coming

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Music Video, Podcasts

DN100: El Senor Antipirina: Me Voy – Stathis Athanasiou

Well it seemed like the distant future back when I posted episode 1, but believe it or not we’ve now been bringing you Directors Notes each and every

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News

'Ton'derful

Well Directors Notes has hit the 100th episode mark and still no telegram from the Queen, which is a bit weird, as I know she was one of our first subscribers.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN Special: Storm – Kurtis Hough

Sometimes when I get really lucky, a director whose work we’ve featured will stick around once the interview dust has settled and become a firm friend

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN099: The Super Noble Brothers – Mark Escribano

If you’re tapped into a community, creative or otherwise, the laws of nature dictate that either through chance or shear determination certain

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