Bulletin + Assembly London — Irmãos Meirelles, Léa Esmaili, Kitalé Wilson...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
November 21, 2025
MUSIC VIDEO
Irmãos Meirelles directs ‘Pega’ for Terno Rei.
Band members confront discomfort, vulnerability, and self-exploration in seemingly ordinary moments.
MUSIC VIDEO
Léa Esmaili directs ‘Masoko Na Mabele’ for London & Theodora.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Kitalé Wilson directs ‘Even in Darkness’.
An immersive portrait of acclaimed street photographer Richard Sandler as he revisits his life’s work, reflecting on his legacy documenting the streets of New York and what it means to be an analogue artist in a digital world.
Footnotes
Inside the First Square Peg Social: A Quietly Radical Gathering for Rising Filmmakers — A carefully calibrated cohort proves that impostor syndrome doesn’t disappear with success, but community can turn self-doubt into momentum.
INDIEWIRE
Spike Lee Sees Hollywood in Chaos. But His Legacy Is Forever. — Thirty-six years after ‘Do the Right Thing,’ the director remains the unofficial poet of Brooklyn.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
A Guide to the Feral, Fugitive Cinema of Lynne Ramsay — With Die My Love, Ramsay returns with her first film in almost a decade – but where to begin with the Scottish director’s uniquely poetic and disturbing back catalogue?
ANOTHER MAG
What Is There Still to Learn From Mark Leckey? — Leckey’s show at Julia Stoschek, his biggest for a decade, considers images as a religious force in a godless age.
ART REVIEW
Lucrecia Martel Discusses Her Filmmaking Philosophies in 2025 Amos Vogel Lecture — Martel has long been known for her stylistically subversive and politically incisive work, which often turns its gaze onto the lasting legacies of colonialism in Argentina.
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Kirk Jones: Director of ‘I Swear’ — The English director reveals the genesis of his rousing film, inspired by the complex life of Scot John Davidson, an emblematic figure for Tourette syndrome.
CINEUROPA
Spotify To Launch Music Videos In U.S. And Canada In Coming Weeks — In January, Spotify started rolling out music videos in beta in 98 markets outside the U.S. and Canada, and will be introducing them Stateside in the coming weeks.
DEADLINE
How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Music and Movies? Quantifying Where Consumers Draw the Line on AI Art — Unpacking public sentiment around AI in filmmaking and music production.
STAT SIGNIFICANT
Impact Campaign Open Call (US Focus) — Represent Justice is collaboratively designing and leading impact campaigns for films addressing mass incarceration.
REPRESENT JUSTICE
180 MA — 180 Media Academy invites creative professionals from different media sectors to share their vision on their practice, the industry they belong to, the world around them, and where we are headed next.
CANAL180
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Assembly London
Assembly is our dedicated space for filmmakers to share and discuss their latest work with fellow filmmakers in an open, conversational setting — a format to celebrate filmmaking, form new connections, and learn from individual practices and shared experiences.
London
November 27
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