‘Marc by Sofia’ Trailer: Sofia Coppola Unzips a Fashion Icon for Her First Documentary
By Ryan Lattanzio
February 26, 2026
Sofia Coppola has turned her camera on the Palace of Versailles (“Marie Antoinette”), on Tokyo (“Lost in Translation”), and even on Calabasas (“The Bling Ring”) — but she’s never pointed her camera toward a real person, an artist and a friend, for a documentary.
Enter “Marc by Sofia,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first documentary and a portrait of fashion icon Marc Jacobs. The A24 nonfiction feature first premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival to solid reviews; it’s now headed to New York theaters on March 20 and in Los Angeles March 27, ahead of a national run. As IndieWire wrote previously, “Marc by Sofia” avoids “hagiography in favor of something more elusive.”
The film traces Jacobs’ fashion career beginning in 1980s New York after graduating from Parsons School of Design. He went on to debut his own collections in the 1990s before eventually becoming creative director of Louis Vuitton in 1997. Jacobs launched Marc by Marc Jacobs in 2001, cementing his eventual status as a fashion mogul — and, at moments throughout his career, as a kind of enfant terrible who, as it’s shown in this documentary, has cooled down a bit, more settled and reflective in his late career.
With cinematography by Roman Coppola, Jenna Rosher, and Shane Sigler, “Marc by Sofia” follows Jacobs as he prepares to debut a spring 2024 collection, a classic documentary setup in which an artist is trailed on the eve of new work.
More from IndieWire’s review by Kate Erbland: “Fans of Jacobs (this includes Coppola, long a friend and collaborator) will find a few autobiographical tidbits, but ‘Marc by Sofia’ wants to know Jacobs as creator first, person second… [and] Coppola’s film has a distinctive engine driving it forward. There’s no question that Jacobs and his team will deliver; even in moments in which they squabble over fabrics and try to figure out the exact shade of the models’ fingernail polish, it’s clear the show will go on.”
