Bulletin + Assembly Milan — Hot Icarus, Nastassia Winge Tan, Finn Rabbitt Dove, Joseph S. Powers...

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DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
March 06, 2026

CAMPAIGN

Hot Icarus direct ‘The Runners’ for Saucony.

Celebrating the inherent tension between collective power and deeply individual running experiences.

CREATIVE SHORT

Nastassia Winge Tan directs ‘LION’.

Reimagining the lion dance as a living archive, exploring identity, intergenerational silence, and the emotional cost of assimilation within East and South East Asian diasporas.

MUSIC VIDEO

Finn Rabbitt Dove & Joseph S. Powers co-direct ‘Disease Again’ for Proc Fiskal.

Starring Adam, Jakob Fuchs Laird, James Davies, Neill Stewart, Robert Marley, and Ronan O’Connor.

Footnotes

Doc Fortnight 2026 — MoMA’s annual festival of documentary cinema marks its 25th year with a celebration of important new discoveries in nonfiction film.
MoMA ↗︎

KODAK Film Awards 2026 — The annual KODAK Film Awards recognize acclaimed visual artists who are unyielding in their artistic process and key industry partners who meaningfully contribute to the worldwide ecosystem for analog film.
KODAK ↗︎

David Lynch (Berlin) — Pace Gallery is pleased to announce a presentation of work by David Lynch at its gallery in Berlin from January 29 to March 29, 2026. The exhibition will highlight his vision across media, bringing together a select group of paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and early short films.
PACE GALLERY ↗︎

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Celebrates 25 Years Of ‘Amores Perros’ With Immersive LACMA Exhibition — The Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens a multisensory experience that reimagines the legacy of the director’s 2000 debut feature.
DEADLINE ↗︎

The Underground Cinema Presents: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions — Kahlil Joseph’s film screens as part of a one-month residency to open London’s 180 Studios new cinema space.
180 ↗︎

Director Joachim Trier and Editor Olivier Bugge Coutté on Crafting ‘Sentimental Value’ — Trier and Coutté have also collaborated on films such as The Worst Person in the World, Reprise, Oslo, August 31st, Louder Than Bombs, and Thelma.
THE MAKING OF ↗︎

Jérémy Comte, Director of Paradise — Cineuropa spoke to the Canadian director, whose feature debut follows two teens in Canada and Ghana confronting post-colonial tensions.
CINEUROPA ↗︎

Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies — This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world accomplishments.
THE NEW YORKER ↗︎

The Revolutionary Crappiness of Darren Aronofsky’s On This Day … ‘1776’ — The generative AI series is tailored to a viewer with radically lowered expectations.
NEW REPUBLIC ↗︎

Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’ — Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets without a campfire in sight.
WALL STREET JOURNAL ↗︎

The 2nd Anonymous Creative Futures Survey — Created by Metalabel in collaboration with Artist Corporations.
ANONYMOUS CREATIVE FUTURES ↗︎

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Assembly Milan

Assembly arrives in Milan, IT on March 31st. A format by Directors’ Library, developed in collaboration with Section80.

Assembly is not a panel, a screening or a showcase. It is a structured, closed-room conversation focused on process — the invisible layer of the work.

A curated group of filmmakers will gather at Section80 Bar to share research, doubts, unfinished ideas and real production questions.

No presentations.
No hierarchy.
No status performance.

Participation is free and open to all filmmakers.
Names are not announced in advance.
Spots are intentionally limited.

Register on the link below —
directorslibrary.com/assembly-registration/

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