Bulletin — Romain Gavras, Zite & Léo, Sam & David Cutler-Kreutz...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
May 02, 2026
MUSIC VIDEO
Romain Gavras directs ‘Storm’ GENER8ION, featuring Yung Lean.
MUSIC VIDEO
Zite & Léo direct ‘What A Little Moonlight Can Do’ for Flore Benguigui & The Sensible Notes.
Released on the day NASA launched Artemis II.
NARRATIVE SHORT
Sam & David Cutler-Kreutz co-direct ‘Trapped’.
A high school janitor runs into a series of dangerous obstacles.
Footnotes
Which Film Directors Have The Most Consistent Visual Style? — Stephen Follows I crunched the data on the films of 190 directors (who had made at least four movies).
STEPHEN FOLLOWS ↗︎
The Music Video Is Dead, Long Live The Music Video — A new video essay series discussing the evolution, influence, and current state of music videos.
PATRICK (H) WILLEMS ↗︎
Heritage Restoration Contest — Each year, one outstanding classic film is selected for a complete restoration, which begins shortly after the festival and culminates in a world premiere at the following edition of Locarno.
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL ↗︎
Yorgos Lanthimos x Louis Theroux — Yorgos discusses working with Emma Stone, suffering for his art, and debating whether to direct a Bourne movie.
LOUIS THEROUX PODCAST ↗︎
The Life and Times of Petra Collins — Petra Collins trains her lens on her life, speaking to i-D about girlhood, horror, and choosing happiness.
i-D MAGAZINE ↗︎
Cannes: Ira Sachs, Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, Hirokazu Kore-eda Lead Art House-Heavy Lineup — Steven Soderbergh, Andy Garcia, Marie Kreutzer, László Nemes, Volker Schlöndorff, Jane Schoenbrun, Lukas Dhont and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi will also bring films to the Croisette for the fest's 79th edition.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ↗︎
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Unveils Lineup — The selection includes 19 features, three of which are animations and a further three documentaries (Kantemir Balagov, Radu Jude, Lisandro Alonso, Clio Barnard, Quentin Dupieux).
CINEUROPA ↗︎
Researchers May Have Found the Antidote to Social Media Brain Rot: Experimental Film — UCSB scientists discovered that watching just seven minutes can open your mind and enhance creativity.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ↗︎
Smart Cinema Measures Audience Reaction To Films — Up to 200 cinema goers have been wired up with headsets, wristbands and cameras at the University of Bristol's research cinema at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
BBC NEWS ↗︎
Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI? — From Soderbergh to Aronofsky, esteemed Hollywood directors are starting to find ways to include artificial intelligence in the production of their films.
THE GUARDIAN ↗︎
Meditation for Finishing Projects — For anyone who knows the weight of unfinished work in the creative industries. Through hypnotic imagery, subtle distortions, and a guiding voiceover, it traces the awakening of energy, inviting viewers to witness, reflect, and perhaps find their own completion.
POLINA VARFOLOMEEVA ↗︎
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