Bulletin — Maureen Hufnagel, Kevin Rathod, Eva Oosterveld...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
June 09, 2026
MUSIC VIDEO
Maureen Hufnagel directs ‘Heaven and Hell’ for Wave To Earth.
MUSIC VIDEO
Kevin Rathod directs ‘Romance’ for Baalti & Lapgan.
Capturing the daily routine of traditional Pehlwani wrestlers to explore boundaries of fraternal touch.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Eva Oosterveld directs ‘Jongen van hout (Boy of Wood)’.
After being kicked out of school and losing contact with his mother, 14-year-old Stijn tries to rebuild a sense of direction in his life, and find his way back to her.
Footnotes
Videoclip Italia Awards 2026 – Winners & Shortlist — Blanco's Maledetta Rabbia (Broga's) won Best Italian Music Video, while Enea Colombi was named Director of the Year after collecting three awards. The fifth edition of Italy's leading music video awards also recognised Berghain by Rosalía, Björk and Yves Tumor, directed by Nicolas Méndez, as Best International Video.
VIDEOCLIP ITALIA ↗︎
What No One Tells You About Short Films — Practical Advice on Festivals, Visibility, Streaming, and Sales. Five experts tell IndieWire what short filmmakers need to consider to get their short films seen.
INDIEWIRE ↗︎
Romain Gavras and Surkin announce Gener8ion Exhibition @ 180 Studios (London) — Visions of 2034 takes over the venue's underground spaces with 10 multimedia works exploring peripheral dystopias and futures shaped by distortion.
THE VINYL FACTORY ↗︎
Square Peg Social Returns To Austin, Opens Submissions For Second Edition Of Filmmaker Mentorship Program — Square Peg Social brings together a curated group of emerging filmmakers alongside established directors, producers, and industry leaders.
DEADLINE ↗︎
Martin Scorsese × Black Forest Labs
BLACK FOREST LABS ↗︎
TRIBE v2: An AI Model of the Human Brain — Predicting neural responses to sight, sound and language.
VIDEOCLIP ITALIA ↗︎
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