Bulletin — Ayappa KM, Denise Fernandes, Alex Acy, Rémi Belleville...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
March 12, 2025
CAMPAIGN
Ayappa KM directs ‘Nilaya Anthology’ for Nilaya.
A celebration of beauty, set to a narration from 1984 by Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
FILM TRAILER
Denise Fernandes directs ‘Hanami’.
On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay.
MUSIC VIDEO
Alex Acy & Rémi Belleville co-direct ‘Downpour’ for lilchick.
In a wintery Canadian landscape, two teenagers cross paths across several parallel universes.
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