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Sofia Coppola’s First Documentary ‘Marc by Sofia’ to Premiere at Venice Film Festival

Tracing their creative bond through archival footage, the film offers an insider’s look at Marc Jacobs’s influence in fashion

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Photography by Corinne Day, from The Virgin Suicides (MACK, 2025) – part of Coppola's recent monograph of archival photographs from the film
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Overview

  • The 97-minute documentary has been officially selected for an out-of-competition premiere at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival
  • Marc by Sofia marks Coppola’s transition from narrative fiction to her first non-fiction film project
  • The film retraces Jacobs’s career and decades-long friendship with Coppola, featuring personal interviews and behind-the-scenes material
  • Archival footage includes the 1994 guerrilla-style sidewalk show Coppola and Spike Jonze staged in New York outside a Marc Jacobs presentation
  • Venice’s out-of-competition slot highlights artistically driven works and the documentary’s festival debut precedes any announced broader release