MUSIC VIDEO
Folkert Verdoorn directs ‘Blokke Gepikt’ (DC) for Mula B.
Visualizing Mula B’s transition from crime to pop culture through a dramatic ski jump. Released via Wilde Westen.
Filmed in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CREATIVE SHORT
Mimi Bowman directs ‘Runt’.
All content, except for the first and last clip, has been pulled from across the internet.
Electricity / Shadow Exhibition Chateau Shatto
NARRATIVE SHORT
Akwasi Poku directs ‘The Therapist’.
An exploration of black men’s mental health and the often-overlooked role that barbershops play in providing a space for restoration and healing.
Akwasi Poku’s cinematic short celebrates the barbershop as a safe haven for Black men It’s Nice That
Akwasi Poku’s short film about barbershops and mental health WePresent
Starring Ash Barba, Brett Curtis, and Priscilla Fagbemi.
Book Club
For February, we have selected ‘Film Business’ by LILLIAN ROSS — Lillian was a staff writer at The New Yorker for seven decades, and wrote on filmmakers regularly over the course of her extraordinary career.
Each month we spotlight a new or excellent reading, and offer our readers a chance to win a copy in a simple draw:
Footnotes
Locarno Shorts Weeks 2024
locarnofestival.ch/media/vod/locarno-shorts-weeks
23 Sundance Shorts Screenwriters Need to Watch
thescriptlab.com/23-sundance-shorts-screenwriters-need-to-watch
Does Barbie need all the Oscars for feminism?
vox.com/barbie-margot-robbie-greta-gerwig-oscar-snubs
Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's 'One from the Heart: Reprise'
firstshowing.net/francis-ford-coppola-one-from-the-heart-reprise
Nora Fingscheidt on Her Sundance Alcoholism Drama, The Outrun
filmmakermagazine.com/interview-nora-fingscheidt/
Spike Lee Partners with MSU For Internship Program
blackenterprise.com/lights-camera-action-spike-lee
The Director Who Was Never as Famous as His Movies
theatlantic.com/norman-jewison-obituary
How Jonathan Glazer became Britain’s most mysterious filmmaker
independent.co.uk/jonathan-glazer-films-zone-of-interest
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