CLIENT
Sprint Business Services.
PRODUCTION CO.
Flying Tiger Films, New York. Ken Arlidge, director/DP; Jeff Devlin, executive producer; John Romaine, producer. Shot on location.
AGENCY
Grey Advertising, New York. Doug Bartow and Ed Taussig, creative directors; Maura Dausey, producer; Jonathan Lee, copywriter; Fred Liedtke, art director.
EDITORIAL
Shoot First Editorial, New York. Jeff Dell, editor.
POST
Manhattan Transfer, New York. Connie Griffin, executive producer; Kieran Walsh, online editor; Dino Regas, colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Manhattan Transfer. David Isyomin, director of visual effects; Brad Fox, lead CG animator; Julie Watkins and Matt Reilly, digital artists; Mary Maffei, producer; Kieran Walsh, lead digital artist; Grant Adam, Keith Stichweh and Patrick O’Brien, CG animators; Hoon Chong, Macintosh artist. Viewpoint DataLabs, Orem, Utah. Rich Agren, project leader; Kevin Malling and Derek Ramsay, modelers.
AUDIO POST/SOUND DESIGN
JSM Music, New York. Andrew Bloch, mixer/sound designer.
THE SPOTS
"Security" and "Reliability" promote Sprint Business, a global communications provider and carrier of Internet traffic. The :30s, which feature a mix of live action, graphics and CG, focus on a hypothetical automobile manufacturer that runs its operation on Sprint Business technology.
Spots broke Feb. 15.
“Memoir of a Snail” Takes Top Prize At London Film Festival
The Official Competition jury said: “Our jury was incredibly moved by Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, which is a singular achievement in filmmaking. Emotionally resonant and constantly surprising, Memoir tackles pertinent issues such as bullying, loneliness and grief head-on, creating a crucial and universal dialogue in a way that only animation can. The jury is delighted to recognize an animated film alongside its live-action peers.”
Rounding out the winners of this year’s films screening In Competition are:
- Winner of the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition – On Falling (Dir. Laura Carreira)
- Winner of the Grierson Award in the Documentary Competition – Mother Vera (Dirs. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)
- Winner of the Short Film Award in the Short Film Competition – Vibrations from Gaza (Dir. Rehab Nazzal)