🏛️ Bulletin: Nico Casavecchia, Andy Madjitey, Minhal Baig...
CAMPAIGN
Nico Casavecchia directs ‘Making Waves’ for White Claw.
A visual poem about the creation of waves. Made in collaboration with choreographer Deanna Thompson and starring Monica Williams and Jobel Medina.
Behind-the-scenes Instagram
Premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival as pre-roll before festival films.
MUSIC VIDEO
Andy Madjitey directs ‘Odo’ for Asa.
A celebration of love, capturing real-life couples, friends, and families.
Watch Asa's Soul-Stirring Music Video For "Odo" okayafrica
Filmed in Accra and Busua, Ghana.
FILM
Minhal Baig directs ‘We Grown Now’.
Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.
'We Grown Now' Shows The Humanity Of The Cabrini-Green Projects Huffington Post
Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Minhal Baig’s TIFF Premiere ‘We Grown Now’ Deadline
Jurnee Smollett and Lil Rel Howery Star in the Acclaimed Spirit-Nominated Indie IndieWire
Premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and the winner of the Changemaker Award.
Filmed in Chicago, USA.
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
EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 Nominated British Shorts
youtube.com/playlist/
Burning For Something with Celine Song & Sofia Coppola
open.spotify.com/episode/
Denzel Washington & Spike Lee to Remake Kurosawa’s ‘High and Low’
variety.com/denzel-washington-spike-lee-high-and-low
Richard Kind on Making a Short Film about Making a Short Film
https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/proof-of-concept
The Criterion Shelf: The Films of Yasujiro Ozu
thatshelf.com/the-criterion-shelf-the-films-of-yasujiro-ozu/
Harmony Korine Delivers Chaos at a Hollywood Premiere
nytimes.com/2024/02/09/style/harmony-korine-aggro-dr1ft
Mark and Jay Duplass on why 6-minute movies matter
washingtonpost.com/jay-mark-duplass-short-film-sundance/
Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Launches ‘No Drama’ Horror Film Fellowship
thewrap.com/jordan-peele-monkeypaw-horror-fellowship/
Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: Everything We Know
esquire.com/francis-ford-coppolas-megalopolis
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