Picrow has added director Peter Lydon to its roster. Known for his comedy spot work (Ikea, Discovery Channel, Carlsberg), Lydon has a filmography that also spans documentaries (Peter Sellers…As He Filmed It) and both comedic and dramatic television shows (British series Shameless, Teachers, Vincent, Garrows Law)…..Director Noah Conopask has joined The Sweet Shop for global representation. The NY-based director combines more than a decade’s worth of experience in photography, motion graphics and design….Director Carolyn Corben has signed with TWC Films, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in the U.S. Her filmography includes music videos and fashion/beauty spot work…..Hollywood-based Über Content has expanded to the East Coast, opening an office in New York. Michael Lobikis, who Über concurrently named as East Coast director of sales, will operate from the new shop. The move marks continuing growth for Über Content which has signed directors Charlie Todd, Lucia Aniello and Daniel Strange in the last six months. Lobikis joins Über after representing directors at GO Film and editors at Spot Welders on the East Coast. He has also worked at The Brand Gallery, a boutique digital agency in NYC….Believe Media has launched iBelieve, a digital and interactive division under the aegis of online entertainment pioneer, director David van Eyssen….NY-based Carbon has opened a Santa Monica office helmed by EP Matt Thunell and creative director Chris Noellert. Launched in 2009 by creative director Kieran Walsh and executive producer Frank Devlin in partnership with Whitehouse Post, Carbon specializes in high-end visual effects, motion graphics, and design. Thunell joins Carbon LA from Motion Theory/Mirada, where he was sr. producer. Noellert also comes over from Motion Theory/Mirada where he was sr. Flame artist….
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More