Bueno Films, the production house headed by director/cinematographer Albert Kodagolian and executive producer Chris Crawford, has brought industry veteran Annie Hanlon on board as executive producer. Hanlon comes to Bueno with more than 15 years of experience in the TV, advertising, and media industries. Hanlon previously served as an exec producer at The Joneses and prior to that, GARTNER.
Crawford said that Hanlon will helm Bueno’s business development and client services. She will lead the sales force as well as help draw directors to the company, adding to a roster that includes Kodagolian, John Hardwick, Nicholas Reynolds and Ian Kammer.
Hanlon began her career working in commercial production in Boston, and went on to travel the world working on feature films with Oscar-winning actor James Caan before co-founding L.A.-based commercial production house Trio Films in 2002. The in ’06, she opened TV production company Chromatic Films and developed a slew of reality TV projects with her partner James Tooley for networks such as Showtime and Ovation TV. Chromatic client Subaru hand-picked the company to create, produce and direct a six-episode branded entertainment series, The Scenic Route. Then came her tenures at GARTNER and The Joneses.
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