Sir Steve McQueen’s ‘BLITZ’ set to open 68th BFI Film Festival

With a newly released trailer, the world premiere of Apple Original Films’ ‘Blitz’,directed by Oscar-winning Sir Steve McQueen,is set to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival next month, hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The film stars Academy and BAFTA Award-nominee Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan as mother and son, racing to …

A24 Lands Next Great Cult Classic

A24 has landed the rights to ‘Friendship’, the Andrew DeYoung film starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, out of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was a runner-up for the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. DeYoung also wrote the screenplay for the movie, which was one of the breakout titles at TIFF this year, …

KATE HOLLOWELL provides ‘Facts Against Fentanyl’

Directed by Kate Hollowell, indie agency Duncan Channon, in partnership with The California Department of Public Health, has launched a statewide campaign, ‘Facts Fight Fentanyl’, designed to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic in California. The campaign adopts a never-before-seen approach to empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools to …

JAKE NAVA: Quavo x Lenny Kravtiz ‘FLY’

Quavo and Lenny Kravitz team up for “FLY”, their reimagining of Kravtiz’s 1998 classic ‘Fly Away’, directed by Cherry‘s Jake Nava. Showcasing Quavo and Kravitz in a captivating performance, the video is charged with an electrifying atmosphere that resonates through the music and the visuals. The black-and-white cinematography was captured on a range …

K18 x LISETTE DONKERSLOOT – ‘FEEL WHAT’S POSSIBLE’

Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, leads K18‘s ‘Inside-Out’ campaign through 2026, the partnership showcasing how the impossible becomes possible with her elevated hair routine. Amsterdam-based director Lisette Donkersloot‘s style is often described as confident, dramatic and surreal, leading to her creating for the likes of Dr Martens and Flower …

ELLA JONES’ ‘SWEETPEA’

Ella Jones (Chromista & Caviar UK) directs ‘Sweetpea’, a six-part series based on CJ Skuse‘s novel of the same name, and adapted by Kirstie Swain (‘Pure’), who writes with Krissie Ducker (‘Killing Eve’), Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Selina Lim (‘Sex Education’).  In this ‘coming-of-rage’ series, showing on Sky Atlantic this October, Ella Purnell (‘FallOut’, ‘YellowJackets’) stars as the consistently overlooked Rhiannon Lewis whose life transforms after she’s …

NETFLIX’s ‘The Decameron’ & ANDREW DEYOUNG

Inspired by the 14th-century Italian short-story collection by Giovanni Boccaccio, ‘The Decameron’ is an American medieval television series created by Kathleen Jordan. Andrew DeYoung directed two episodes of the black-comedy show, which follows a group of nobles and servants when they retreat to a villa as the bubonic plague spreads through Italy. …