🏛️ Bulletin: Francis Ford Coppola, Brandon Kapelow, Nicolina Knapp...

MOTION PICTURE

Francis Ford Coppola directs ‘Megalopolis’.

An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/megalopolis/

• A Plea for Someone to Save Megalopolis Roger Ebert

• The More People Say Megalopolis Is Unsellable, the More We Need to See It Wired

• Megalopolis Is Allegedly a Production Nightmare GQ

To premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Talia Shire, Grace VanderWaal, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman.

@francisfordcoppola

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Brandon Kapelow directs ‘An Act of Service’.

A firefighter in rural America undergoes ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in an attempt to resolve his work-related PTSD.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/an-act-of-service/

• Documentary Takes A Look at New PTSD Therapy Firehouse

• The New York Times Op-Docs

• Short of the Week

Filmed in Idaho, USA.

@bkapelow
brandonkapelow.com

MUSIC VIDEO

Nicolina Knapp directs ‘My Love For You’ for Sunnan.

A visual journey of loss and sorrow and how we one day reconnect with what we try to suppress.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/my-love-for-you-sunnan/

• The Directors: Nicolina Knapp Little Black Book

Filmed in Fårö, Sweden.

@nicolinak
nicolinaknapp.se

Reading Room

For May, we have selected ‘Geological Filmmaking’ by SASHA LITVINTSEVA — Geological Filmmaking develops a new genre of writing rooted in a reciprocity between the practice of making films and the theoretical study of the relations they participate in.

Each month we spotlight a new or excellent reading, and offer our readers a chance to win a copy in a simple draw:

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