Bulletin — Freddie Whitman, Riley Hart, Bilal El Kadhi...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
April 23, 2026
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Freddie Whitman directs ‘Oh How Sweet It Is’.
A father processing an Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis has a phone conversation with his son about his dreams.
BRANDED CONTENT
Riley Hart directs ‘The Audition’ for Armani Beauty.
Tension builds inside a film casting.
CREATIVE SHORT
Bilal El Kadhi directs ‘Promnesia’.
The title evokes a memory under tension: one that persists, transforms, and circulates without ever being fully acknowledged.
Footnotes
Watch the International Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Films — Toby Jones, Indira Varma, Toheeb Jimoh, Jehnny Beth, Xelia Mendes-Jones and Kae Alexander star in the new films showcasing the 2026 shortlist.
BOOKER PRIZE ↗︎
Laura Poitras Backs Push Against Paramount-Warner Deal — Opening the industry section of Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel, the U.S. filmmaker points to collective action in the doc community among funding cuts.
VARIETY ↗︎
Jonah Hill: Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
TETRAGRAMMATON ↗︎
Steve McQueen Awarded $172,000 Erasmus Prize — British filmmmaker Steve McQueen has been named the winner of the 2026 Erasmus Prize, the Dutch version of the Nobel, whose theme this year was “Ecce Homo, Behold the Human Being.”
ARTFORUM ↗︎
The Life and Times of Petra Collins — As she releases her new book “Star,” Petra Collins trains her lens on her life, opening up to i-D Editor-in-Chief Thom Bettridge about girlhood, horror, and choosing happiness.
i-D ↗︎
Humans only! This website invites artists to animate anti-AI disclaimers for everyone to use — After being accused of using AI, artist Ori Peer wanted to set the record straight. In the process, he created an open call for artists to prove their work is strictly human-created.
IT’S NICE THAT ↗︎
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