MarBelle

An indie film gadget web geekery lovin' fella. Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of @WeAreDN.

[BFI NETWORK @bfinetwork]

🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR NETWORK@LFF 2022 🚨

Our flagship talent development programme at the heart of the BFI London Film Festival, returns for 2022!

To find out more and apply click here 👇

https://t.co/q4jNvESVya

📅 Applications are open until 5pm on Tue, 2 August

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

My love of @BBC6Music is true daily addiction.
https://t.co/WBRRZKShEc

[Guy Lodge @GuyLodge]

Just checked and Netflix greenlit this series two months after buying THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW. They really didn’t hold out much hope for the film, did they?

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

2021 saw us enter our 15th year of existence, a huge milestone which inspired us to refresh the DN brand for the next stage of our evolution and so may we present the new look DN, designed by @maxcrame. Thanks to everyone who's supported us over the past 15 yrs, together WeAreDN!

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

One of our favourite online curation panels from last year - we may be slightly biased!

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

If you want to know which interviews were team DN's favourites this is for you...

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

In 2020 filmmakers continued to create and share outstanding work and DN was fortunate enough to speak to some of the best. Here are 20 of our favourite filmmaker conversations https://t.co/WsKBiURW09 Ft. @Mark_Jenkin @lennyabrahamson @morganizzm @AdiHalfin @Benjamin_Ree

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

Had a blast chairing the @ASFFest doc panel and digging into the working practices of such a talented and diverse quartet of filmmakers @jsbishopp @rosesmorris #FarahAbouKharroub #CalebYule #ASFF2020

[AestheticaFilmFest @ASFFest]

"I always try to master the art of leaving things out. Keeping what resonates more with the audience is the most important part during editing." – Farah Abou Kharroub

Our panel are live until 13.30 on Channel 1.

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

@AndrewOldbury @ASFFest @_RobMunday @WeAreDN @ShortoftheWeek @NOWNESS @onepoint4 Happy you found it useful, it's always great to have the opportunity to chat with fellow curators.

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

I could have happily talked online curation all day with these excellent panelmates.

[AestheticaFilmFest @ASFFest]

@WeAreDN @ShortoftheWeek @onepoint4 @NOWNESS “Our real ethos of the site – apart from curation and the sharing of the work – is to really dig into how those films were made, and why certain decisions were made.” – @MarBelle speaks about @WeAreDN, Live on #ASFF2020’s Online Platform.

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

.@GlasgowShort is back with a mighty fine selection of both international & Scottish shorts. DN has collected ten of our favourites, spanning from the East End of Glasgow to the inner-circles of Senegal to the Spanish-Moroccan border https://t.co/4XqDlSE03A #bestof #topten

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

Stop evereything & watch this, then ask yourself what's next!

#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesStillMatter #WakeUp #protestfilm #protestpoetry

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

A powerfully forthright protest film written & performed by AFLO. the poet & Priss Nash, & directed by Sam Parish-Rookes, 'Wake Up' starkly reminds us that #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, not a moment. Read more on DN >> https://t.co/HzC3AUVnJZ #premiere

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

It was an absolute pleasure to catch up with @lennyabrahamson and really dig into the creation of Normal People. If you watched & loved the show (of course you did!) then this interview is for you.

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

.@lennyabrahamson digs into the creation of @NormalPeopleBBC, @ElementPictures' wildly successful adaptation of Sally Rooney's best selling novel - from Intimacy Coordinator @ItaOB's invaluable contribution to making subtle stories resonate with audiences https://t.co/zyaOurLXGu

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

Today we march ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 #BLACKLIVESMATTER

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

Brilliantly timely & relevant to the ongoing struggle against institutional racism. If you've ever been on the receiving end of a 'Stop and Search' this will resonate deeply with you. If you haven't, then you definitely need to watch it!

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Director @Harrydcjackson joins DN to chat about using humour to expose the absurdity of institutional racism in his timely role-reversal comedy ‘Stop and Search’ https://t.co/uS3beb5OOt #interview #premiere

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

As a black man the #blacklivesmatter struggle is a very personal, lived thing for me & these films express many of the emotions I constantly feel about race & my interactions in the world.

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

We hope this list of shorts will ignite you to come together to help find a safe, consistent path out of the systemic racism #blacklivesmatter https://t.co/s2J7dUYFun #WeAreDN Ft. films by #BouhaKazmi #TomsonTee #JaneMorledge @joosjeduk @JulianMMarshall

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

You might want to rethink that romantic dinner with your significant other, especially if you're thinking about speaking your mind!

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

We sat down with @charliejreader to discuss his dark comedy 'Everything You Didn't Say'. Starring @OlyaKurylenko & Christian Cooke, it's a wry look at the strange desires simmering under any faithful relationship https://t.co/ZlEqPvXktz #premiere #interview

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

If you're looking for a film that's perfectly relevant for these lockdown pandemic times Jakob Rørvik's 'Apocalypse Norway' is the one!

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

"Every day the shooting schedule had to be rearranged at a minute’s notice." Dir. Jakob Rørvik discusses the creation of 'Apocalypse Norway' his disturbingly relevant short about an isolated group of teens who bare witness to a world ending virus - https://t.co/XA9zTyI50R

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

Get your teeth into this week's 'Feral' WeAreDN // Lockdown shorts...

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

This week’s WeAreDN // Lockdown shorts demonstrate what can happen when we give full rein to our animal instincts & embrace our 'Feral' natures - watch on DN now https://t.co/ufldGry3dC Ft. films by @RileyStearns @DanielSousaAnim @lorcanfinnegan @joebichard @Billy_Nawrocki

[MarBelle @MarBelle]

WeAreDN // Lockdown is a go - our weekly programme of themed shorts to get you through these indoor times...

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

We kick off our new weekly WeAreDN // Lockdown screening series with // Family Friction // - a collection of shorts with family at their core - available to watch on DN now https://t.co/AnP0pd2Yaq Ft. #kristianmercadofigueroa #hometownstories @animadetv @JackBGill @kattmazman