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Directors Notes

Directors Notes is an interview podcast dedicated to independent filmmaking in all its wondrous forms, lengths and styles. The show digs deep into the what, how and why of the world's best filmmaking ... Read more

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DN350: Nico Edwards Documents a Treacherous 8,000 Mile Pacific Voyage Through Ice & Wind in ‘Sea Gypsies’

DN350: Nico Edwards Documents a Treacherous 8,000 Mile Pacific Voyage Through Ice & Wind in ‘Sea Gypsies’

Nico Edwards’ Sea Gypsies is a thrilling nautical documentary about adventure, alternative ways of living and life-threa... Read more

4 May 2017

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DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the Glitzy Veneer of Power & Money in Unflinching Debut ‘Holiday’

DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the Glitzy Veneer of Power & Money in Unflinching Debut ‘Holiday’

An assured debut feature which despite its frank depiction of sexual violence never slips into the male gaze and in fact... Read more

30 Nov 2018

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DN337: Jaco Van Dormael Preaches the Gospel According to God’s Daughter in ‘The Brand New Testament’

DN337: Jaco Van Dormael Preaches the Gospel According to God’s Daughter in ‘The Brand New Testament’

What if God was not only real but lived in Brussels with his wife and unknown daughter, spending his time exacting a ser... Read more

15 Apr 2016

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DN336: Asaf Korman Delves into the Heart of Unhealthy Symbiotic Relationships in Sibling Drama ‘Next to Her’

DN336: Asaf Korman Delves into the Heart of Unhealthy Symbiotic Relationships in Sibling Drama ‘Next to Her’

Well known as one of Israel’s busiest film editors and the director of the 2007 Cannes short Death of Shula, Asaf Korman... Read more

10 Mar 2016

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DN356: Dustin Guy Defa Weaves a Whimsical Tapestry of New York Stories in Ensemble Feature ‘Person to Person’

DN356: Dustin Guy Defa Weaves a Whimsical Tapestry of New York Stories in Ensemble Feature ‘Person to Person’

If we crossed paths in 2011 it’s more likely than not I chewed your ear off about how taken I was with Dustin Guy Defa’s... Read more

21 Dec 2017

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DN335: Hanna Polak Unearths the Treacherous Journey of Life on a Moscow Rubbish Dump in ’Something Better to Come‘

DN335: Hanna Polak Unearths the Treacherous Journey of Life on a Moscow Rubbish Dump in ’Something Better to Come‘

Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hanna Polak, Something Better to Come is in my opinion one of the most important a... Read more

23 Feb 2016

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DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner

DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner

Producer of the 2008 Oscar winning exposé of the American military’s use of torture Taxi to the Dark Side, Eva Orner’s n... Read more

8 Dec 2016

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DN367: A Deep Dive into ‘Burning Cane’, Phillip Youmans’ Debut Feature Which Made Tribeca History

DN367: A Deep Dive into ‘Burning Cane’, Phillip Youmans’ Debut Feature Which Made Tribeca History

A film which left this year’s Tribeca on a wave of plaudits – not least because this debut feature made history when 19 ... Read more

6 Nov 2019

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DN354: An English Boxer Fights to Survive a Brutal Thai Prison in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’

DN354: An English Boxer Fights to Survive a Brutal Thai Prison in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’

I first spoke to Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire at the London Film Festival back in 2012 about his troubled teenage angst featu... Read more

26 Oct 2017

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DN342: After Love – Joachim Lafosse

DN342: After Love – Joachim Lafosse

Unfolding almost exclusively within the confines of a Brussels family home which has become a battleground for pent up r... Read more

4 Nov 2016

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DN366: Hari Sama Returns to the Hedonistic Days of Mexico City’s Post-Punk Scene in ‘This Is Not Berlin’

DN366: Hari Sama Returns to the Hedonistic Days of Mexico City’s Post-Punk Scene in ‘This Is Not Berlin’

We kick off our 2019 season of podcasts with an interview recorded at the London Film Festival with Director Hari Sama, ... Read more

2 Nov 2019

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DN343: Indivisible – Edoardo De Angelis

DN343: Indivisible – Edoardo De Angelis

Edoardo De Angelis’ thought provoking third feature Indivisible explores the lives of eighteen year old siamese twins, D... Read more

10 Nov 2016

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DN338: Sheep & Sibling Strife – Grimur Hakonarson on his Cannes Winning Feature ‘Rams’

DN338: Sheep & Sibling Strife – Grimur Hakonarson on his Cannes Winning Feature ‘Rams’

At the beginning of this year I would have never imagined that one of my cinematic highlights would be an Icelandic feat... Read more

8 Jun 2016

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DN362: A Troubled Imposter Tries to Find Her Way Home in Christina Choe’s Psychodrama ‘Nancy’

DN362: A Troubled Imposter Tries to Find Her Way Home in Christina Choe’s Psychodrama ‘Nancy’

DN heads back to the London Film Festival for an interview we recorded with Director Christina Choe whose feature debut,... Read more

8 Nov 2018

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DN363: Sara Colangelo Tracks a Destructive Spiral of Obsession in Feature Thriller ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’

DN363: Sara Colangelo Tracks a Destructive Spiral of Obsession in Feature Thriller ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’

During our time at the London Film Festival DN took the opportunity to speak to Director Sara Colangelo about her adapta... Read more

15 Nov 2018

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