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.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/making-waves-white-claw/

• Behind-the-scenes Instagram

Premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival as pre-roll before festival films.

nicocasavecchia.com
@nicocasavecchia

MUSIC VIDEO

Andy Madjitey directs ‘Odo’ for Asa.

A celebration of love, capturing real-life couples, friends, and families.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/odo-asa/

• Watch Asa's Soul-Stirring Music Video For "Odo" okayafrica

Filmed in Accra and Busua, Ghana.

andymadjitey.com
@andymadjitey

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.

🔗 directorslibrary.com/we-grown-now/

• '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.

@minhal.pdf
minhalbaig.com

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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