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Sofia Coppola's Love Letter to Marc Jacobs Debuts at Venice

The film offers an impressionistic look at Marc Jacobs' creative process and inspirations, capturing a single collection's development with insights from the designer and director.

  • On September 2, 2025, Sofia Coppola premiered her A24 documentary `Marc by Sofia` at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, unveiled out of competition with a 1 hr 37 min runtime.
  • Coppola accepted after reflecting on her 30-year friendship with Jacobs and producers R.J. Cutler and Jane Cha Cutler asked her to make a kaleidoscopic film, though she initially found the project intimidating.
  • Coppola structures the film around Marc Jacobs preparing his Fall/Winter 2024 collection, using montage and extended clips as a moving mood board while highlighting his cinematic inspirations like The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and `Hey Big Spender`.
  • At the Lido press conference, Coppola and Jacobs praised each other and Jacobs said he felt comfortable exposing personal material to Sofia.
  • As a first documentary, Sofia Coppola's film offers a snapshot of Marc Jacobs's career from Perry Ellis to Louis Vuitton and his ongoing craft at age 62, though some critics found it lightweight.
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Sofia Coppola's love letter to Marc Jacobs debuts at Venice

The Venice Film Festival welcomed one of fashion's biggest names on Tuesday, Marc Jacobs, protagonist of a Sofia Coppola documentary that seeks to unveil the creative process of her designer friend.

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, September 1, 2025.
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