Bulletin + Assembly Milan — Kahlil Joseph, Martin Raffier, AG Rojas...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
March 15, 2026
DOCUMENTARY
Kahlil Joseph directs ‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’.
A cinematic experience to mirror the sonic textures of a music album.
MUSIC VIDEO
Martin Raffier directs ‘Encore une fois (Once Again)’ for Orelsan feat. Yamê.
MUSIC VIDEO
AG Rojas directs ‘A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement’ for John Coltrane.
The first-ever official music video for John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme: ‘Acknowledgement’ filmed at the legendary Van Gelder Studio.
Footnotes
New Directors/New Films — This year’s selection will introduce 24 features and 10 shorts, including festival winners and favorites from Cannes, Sundance, Locarno, Venice, Berlinale, Rotterdam, Toronto, San Sebastián, and more.
FILM LINCOLN ↗︎
Cinema, Meet the Creator Economy — How creators are reshaping the way films are made, funded, and discovered and how filmmakers can learn from them.
8 ABOVE WITH JON REISS ↗︎
The Creative Agency Model Is Dead (that’s why I shut mine down) — Madison Utendahl is calling time on the traditional creative agency. Here, she dissects why she closed her own firm, how the model broke, and what’s rising from the ashes.
IT’S NICE THAT ↗︎
Gus Van Sant’s Adventures in Painting — A new book offers an eye-opening look into the American auteur’s practice as an artist.
ANOTHER ↗︎
Yorgos Lanthimos ‘Photographs’ — The renowned filmmaker and photographer presents at Onassis Stegi his first-ever exhibition in Greece of 182 photographs—running from March, 7 to May 17, 2026.
E-FLUX ↗︎
Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Millennium So Far — A selection of poll ballots from filmmakers, including Goran Stolevski, Laura Moss and Bruce LaBruce choosing their 21st century favorites.
TALKHOUSE ↗︎
The Last Picture Shop — A legendary London projectionist’s quest to find Quentin Tarantino and ask for his help to save the UK’s last film shop.
KICKSTARTER ↗︎
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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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