Venice Film Festival 2025 — Official Selection · Venice Classics
Megadoc is a 2025 documentary directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) and edited by Deep Cut co-founder Joe Beshenkovsky. The film had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025, screening in the Venice Classics section.
The film is a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the production of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis — the $120 million self-financed passion project the legendary director (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) spent decades attempting to make. Figgis was granted complete and informal access to the Atlanta-area set from the beginning of pre-production in November 2022.
"While the jury is still out on Megalopolis' legacy, Mike Figgis' behind-the-scenes Megadoc arrives fully formed as a priceless look into the artistic process." — Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus
"A blast, offering a rare inside glimpse at a major movie artist at work. The catering budget alone amounted to $1.6 million." — The Hollywood Reporter
"A candid, compassionate look at the creative process itself — that delicate, uncertain time on a film set when no one involved knows if they are headed for greatness or calamity." — Screen Daily, Venice 2025
"Figgis' doc reaffirms what I found so vital about Megalopolis at the same time as it illustrates why it was still a singular trainwreck." — IndieWire, Venice 2025