RSA Films has partnered with Moustache for East Coast representation. Led by founder Jared Shapiro with associate Emily Friendship, talent rep firm Moustache will source opportunities for RSA’s directorial roster in commercials, branded content and mixed media. RSA continues to be represented by Stephanie Stephens Reps on the West Coast and House of Representatives in the Midwest….
IAB Europe, the industry association for the online advertising ecosystem, has appointed Helen Mussard as marketing & business strategy director, a newly created role. She joins the organization as it continues its mission to enable digital advertising to support media plurality and Europe’s digital economy, to shape the regulatory environment and to help companies process user data legally with the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF). IAB Europe, with collaboration across the industry, released the open-source TCF in April 2018. It’s the only GDPR consent solution that has been built by the industry, for the industry, creating a true industry-standard approach. This framework is helping publishers, technology vendors and marketers speak in the same language when it comes to obtaining user consent for data processing after GDPR. Version 2 of the framework is due to be released later this year in association with IAB Tech Lab. Mussard joins IAB Europe from a global AdTech company, Vibrant Media, where she was VP of global marketing. Her focus at IAB Europe in the first few months will be overseeing the release and implementation of the updated TCF to all industry stakeholders. Longer term she will be looking at how IAB Europe communicates with all constituents to help shape and implement the strategic objectives of the association, enabling digital advertising to innovate and scale throughout Europe. Prior to joining Vibrant in New York, Mussard lived in London and Berlin working both agency-side and in-house for TV channels, government organizations and digital start-ups…..
Motive, a Denver-based creative agency, is opening its first international office in Canada. This move comes as a result in part of Motive’s expanded partnership with PepsiCo North America and an overall growth initiative aimed at diversifying into new markets. The Toronto team is led by Motive account director Brian Flaman, formerly of Mosaic North America, where he spent a decade in the Toronto office leading major brands such as The NFL, Samsung, LEGO and Walmart, in the areas of experiential, shopper marketing, social, and content production. He also garnered awards overseeing Mosaic’s pro bono work for The Children’s Wish Foundation, granting wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. Flaman joined Motive in December 2018 to lead the agency’s Canadian expansion, and will oversee client services and new business development. He reports to Mike Cole, Motive VP. This outpost also marks the first official Canadian office for Project Worldwide, the holding company to which Motive belongs….
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More