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    Director Kief Davidson Joins Moxie Pictures For Worldwide Representation

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    Moxie Pictures has added Academy Award-nominated director Kief Davidson to its roster for commercials and branded content worldwide. Davidson has credits spanning such brands as GE, Toyota, Absolut and Facebook.

    Davidson earned his Oscar nomination in 2013 for Best Short Subject Documentary on the strength of Open Heart, which centered on eight Rwandan children who embark on a life-or-death journey to Sudan in order to have high-risk heart surgery performed at The Salam Centre, Africa’s only hospital offering free cardiac procedures for families in need. 

    Davidson’s latest film–the feature documentary The Ivory Game, on which he teamed with co-director Richard Ladkani–follows undercover intelligence operatives in Africa, Asia and Europe who are taking down the elephant ivory cartels. The film was executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and premiered at the 2016 Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals and launched internationally as a Netflix original. It was also shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award.

    Davidson is also known for his award-winning films The Devil’s Miner and Kassim the Dream. The latter won the Documentary Award and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2008 AFI Fest while The Devil’s Miner earned directors Davidson and Ladkani a DGA Award nomination in 2006 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary.

    Prior to joining Moxie, Davidson was handled in the ad arena by Park Pictures.

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    Sundance Film Festival Set To Get Underway; Here’s Some of What’s On Tap

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    As many in the entertainment industry navigate the devastating effects of the California wildfires, some will soon be decamping to cleaner air in the mountains. The annual Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday in Park City, Utah.

    The 41st edition of Robert Redford's brainchild will, as always, be a year of discovery and discussion. There are timely films:

    — "Free Leonard Peltier," which will premiere just days after former President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of the Indigenous activist nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
    — Oscar-winner Mstyslav Chernov's"2000 Meters to Andriivka," a joint production between The Associated Press and Frontline about an attempt to liberate an occupied territory in Ukraine
    — Several films about trans rights including "Heightened Scrutiny," about civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio. It's a topic even more pressing after President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday rolling back protections for transgender people.

    There are even some controversies brewing: "The Stringer," from documentary filmmaker Bao Nguyen, calls into question who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photograph. Retired AP photographer Nick Ut and the AP, which conducted a six-month investigation into the allegation, are contesting it vigorously and lawyers have asked for it to be pulled from the program.

    "The film is an investigation," said Eugene Hernandez, the director of the festival, who is moving forward with plans to screen it. "I think it will be a really important conversation that will come out over the next few days after the film is seen by more people."

    Don't worry, it's not all heavy. There's drama of course, even a film about... Read More

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