Alldayeveryday has added director Stephan Wever to its collective of creators in advertising and entertainment. Wever’s global projects span many genres and include long and short-form branded content, and television series. Noted collaborations include a documentary about the first true winter North Pole expedition, a VR experience for LVMH alongside Nicolas Winding Refn, the multi-awarded viral Audi campaign “The Comeback,” and Adidas campaigns featuring athletes like World Cup winner Paul Pogba. His client list includes Nike, Adidas, Audi, BMW, LVMH, Sony, and Ubisoft. He is currently writing a narrative miniseries, among other projects.
“Stephan’s work has the excitement and wonder of the world seen in new and imaginative ways; it vibrates on screen but maintains its emotional core,” said Michael Karbelnikoff, EP/founder of Alldayeveryday.
“Allday’s focus and experience in both entertainment and branded content makes for a great fit,” commented Wever. “With Allday, I am able to unite the longform projects I have in development with the advertising collaborations. I’m excited to be surrounded by people who are similarly energized by bringing a variety of stories to fruition.”
Wever started his career in his native Amsterdam filming fellow skateboarders and working as an editor on both documentaries and commercials. Inspired by his interest in visual effects, Wever then became a part of a VFX-driven design collective before embarking on his solo directing career, quickly earning multiple Vimeo Staff Picks. Prior to joining Alldayeveryday, Wever was repped in the ad arena by Ruffian. Before that he was on the Stink roster.
“For me, story is everything,” said Wever who is based in Amsterdam and Los Angeles. “When reading a script or a brief, I love considering how best to authentically develop something engaging and believable. Whether it is a small budget docu project or a large-scale cinematic campaign, I appreciate having the opportunity to explore and collaborate on a variety of work that hopefully moves people through storytelling.”
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 yearโs 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 & Chongโs 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 Emmyยฎ 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 Awardยฎ nominee Chloรซ Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More