A man talks on his cell phone as he gets on an escalator at a sports arena. He’s the only one descending on the escalator because he’s left during overtime of what we later find out is a hockey game.
Suddenly a look of terror crosses the man’s face. We then see what sparked his facial expression–a bear (actually a man in a bruin costume) at the foot of the escalator.
The man tries desperately to escape–running up on the down escalator–but to no avail.
Next we see the bruin dragging the man along the floor, picking him up and then throwing him through a plate glass wall.
A super then appears which reads, “Never leave early to beat traffic.” We are then informed that this is one of the sacred Boston Bruins hockey rules.
Mike Maguire directed “Escalator” via Picture Park, Boston (he is on the roster of The Directors Bureau) for agency Mullen.
The DP was Patrick Ruth.
Editors were Merritt Duff and John Marinis of Cutting Room.
Michelle Satter To Be Honored At Sundance Film Festival Gala
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced details for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute, which will take place on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah. The event will be an evening in celebration of Michelle Satter, founding sr. director of artist programs at Sundance Institute, for her longstanding commitment to nurturing artists and cultivating independent film through the Sundance Labs, where visionary artists convene to develop groundbreaking projects through an in-depth creative process, for the past four decades. The annual Vanguard Awards will be presented during the evening to Sean Wang, writer and director of Dìdi, and Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, co-directors of Sugarcane, who premiered their films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The annual gala enables the nonprofit to raise funds to support independent artists year-round through labs, grants, and public programming that nurture artists from all over the world. The 2025 event is made possible with the generous support of Google TV. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online from January 30–February 2, 2025 for audiences across the country to discover bold independent storytelling.
“For over four decades Michelle has been devoted to truly championing independent storytellers,” said Amanda Kelso, acting CEO of Sundance Institute. “She has encouraged artists to own their voice, learn their craft, become fierce leaders, and develop their resilience in our changing ecosystem. Her life-long commitment to supporting artists, especially in underrepresented... Read More