2025 Edition

Guests

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola has made eight films including The Virgin Suicides (1999), Lost in Translation (2003) for which she won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Marie-Antoinette (2006), Somewhere (2010), The Bling Ring (2013), The Beguiled (2017) whereby she made history as only the second woman to win the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, On The Rocks (2020), and Priscilla (2023) which won Cailee Spaeny the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival. She is also the executive producer of Fairyland directed by Andrew Durham, based on the book by Alysia Abbot and screened during the 1st edition of the Biarritz Film Festival - NOUVELLES VAGUES.

In addition to her film career, Sofia directed a production of Verdi’s classic, “La Traviata” at the Rome Opera House.

In 2023, Mack Books released her book SOFIA COPPOLA ARCHIVE, currently in its fifth reprinting. Her new imprint for Mack is Important Flowers.

Michael Buckner

Keira Knightley

Academy Award-nominated actress Keira Knightley is known for her bold, versatile roles. She recently starred in and executive produced Netflix’s Black Doves, as Helen, a woman with a secret identity and dangerous love affair. Renewed for a second season ahead of its December 2024 release, production begins in late 2025.

Next, she stars in The Woman in Cabin 10, based on Ruth Ware’s bestseller, directed by Simon Stone and due in 2025.

Knightley also debuts as author-illustrator with I Love You Just the Same, a children’s book about sibling bonds and resilience, releasing October 23, 2025.

In 2023, she headlined Boston Strangler for 20th Century Studios, Hulu’s most streamed film that year.

Past highlights include Pirates of the Caribbean, Silent Night, Charlotte, Misbehaviour, and acclaimed roles in The Imitation Game, Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, and Anna Karenina.