Bulletin — Taqwa Bint Ali, Anderson Wright, Dylan Pharazyn...
DIRECTORS' LIBRARY
May 14, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Taqwa Bint Ali directs ‘The Guardians Of The Roses’ for Amouage.
In Jabal Akhdar, a child observes the rose harvest and slowly understands that it is not just work, but a quiet inheritance of responsibility, memory, and identity.
CREATIVE SHORT
Anderson Wright directs ‘Neighbours’.
Shot over a year on 35mm.
CREATIVE SHORT
Dylan Pharazyn directs ‘The Blood Oath’.
A film about Motion Sickness’ “Blood Oath” and commitment to human creativity.
Footnotes
Gary Grimes Decodes the Angsty Cultural References Within Romain Gavras' Yung Lean-Starring Epic, Storm — It’s Nice That’s breaks down the film on everyone’s feeds, and how it’s already earned a place in the teenage rebellion history books.
IT’S NICE THAT ↗︎
Fictophotography with Simon Baker — On Saturday 16th May, Graces Mews invites Simon Baker to present on the legacy of performance and surrealism in photography.
GRACE MEWS ↗︎
Are Indies being acquired for the Instagram era? — The blunt takeaway: The Instagram era is absolutely the duality filter now.
MOVE BY CALLO ↗︎
How Ian Pons Jewell Made Hornbach's Timber Limber — A strip of wood might not make the most exciting subject for an ad, but in its latest campaign, Hornbach made it the star.
SHOTS ↗︎
Darren Aronofsky to Receive the Pardo d’Onore at Locarno79 — Aronofsky will receive the Festival’s honorary leopard on Friday August 14th in Piazza Grande.
STEPHEN FOLLOWS ↗︎
71st SEMINCI Will Dedicate Its Retrospective to the Narrative Power of Sound — Focusing on films in which what we hear constructs meaning, guides perception, and redefines the viewer’s relationship with the image.
SEMINCI ↗︎
New Festival Pathway Reshapes Oscars International Feature Film Eligibility — Under the revised rules, films awarded the top distinction at key events will now be eligible for consideration without the need for official national selection.
CINEUROPA ↗︎
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