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Directors Notes

Summary: Directors Notes is a weekly podcast dedicated to independent filmmaking. Each week we feature in-depth interviews with directors, discussing how they took their ideas from concept to screen. We also bring you our featured films, so you can be entertained by the best in drama, music videos, animations, documentaries and experimental art pieces, whilst our guests reveal just how great films are made.

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Podcasts:

 DN357: James Erskine Documents the Awe-Inspiring Artistic, Athletic & Societal Struggle of ‘The Ice King’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

James Erskine shares how he crafted a documentary about the artistic, athletic and societal struggle of John Curry, the world's greatest ice skater.

 DN356: Dustin Guy Defa Weaves a Whimsical Tapestry of New York Stories in Ensemble Feature ‘Person to Person’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dustin Guy Defa shares why we had to wait 6 years for his second feature and how short films paved the way for his ensemble New York story.

 DN355: A Prima Ballerina Fights for Relevance & Perfection in Birgitte Stærmose’s Psycho Thriller ‘Darling’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Denmark's Birgitte Stærmose discusses 'Darling', her intense story of pain and perfection which unfolds in the demanding world of professional ballet.

 DN354: An English Boxer Fights to Survive a Brutal Thai Prison in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire brought the brutal reality of an English boxer's life in one Thailand's most notorious prisons to screen.

 DN353: Rob Curry & Tim Plester Herald the Rebirth of a Folk Legend in ‘The Ballad of Shirley Collins’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob Curry & Tim Plester craft a lyrical response to the life, work & tragic loss of the High Queene of English Folk music, Shirley Collins.

 DN352: In Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Chris Shepherd | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

DN caught up with Chris Shepherd to reflect on his celebrated career and return to the hybrid world of animated/live action violence in 'Johnno’s Dead'.

 DN351: Future Shock! Paul Goodwin & Sean Hogan Unearth the Untold Story of Anarchic Comic 2000AD | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Director Paul Goodwin & Producer Sean Hogan delve into the creation of their passion fuelled documentary history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000AD.

 DN350: Nico Edwards Documents a Treacherous 8,000 Mile Pacific Voyage Through Ice & Wind in ‘Sea Gypsies’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Nico Edwards' debut documentary follows 16 crew members aboard a 120ft sailing Ketch as they journey through some of the most treacherous seas on earth.

 DN349: Matt Hopkins & Ben Lankester Document a Band Stuck in the Middle in ‘A Divorce Before Marriage’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Matt Hopkins & Ben Lankester's feature doc follows five-piece rock band I Like Trains as they struggle to breakthrough after losing their record deal.

 DN348: Nickolas Duarte Discovers the Painful Past of the Man Who Paints Souls in ‘Jay’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Nickolas Duarte's doc provides a glimpse into the extraordinary and complex life of Jay Kyle Peterson, an abstract artist with an even more abstract past.

 DN347: Chameleon – Jorge Riquelme Serrano | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Jorge Riquelme Serrano shares how structured improvisation enabled him to shoot his uninvited guest psychological thriller feature debut in a mere 4 days.

 DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Eva Orner’s documentary exposes the repugnant, inhumane ways the Australian government treats asylum seekers and its attempts to hide these atrocities.

 DN345: The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A young lonely woman is consumed by her deepest & darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life in Nicolas Pesce's horrifying debut feature.

 DN344: United States of Love – Tomasz Wasilewski | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Tomasz Wasilewski returns to the DN podcast with a tale of lust, isolation and loneliness in which four woman decide it's time to change their lives.

 DN343: Indivisible – Edoardo De Angelis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Edoardo De Angelis explores themes of individualism and sororal symbiosis in his tale of singing siamese twins who discover the possibility of life apart.

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