The team of Vogel & Wishart from production house Blacklist directed and designed this elegant spot showing the traditions built by the Chumash tribal people over the 8,000 years they’ve lived in the Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.
The smooth transitions and watercolor properties of this commercial take viewers on a historical journey through the area as we see the Chumash people at one with nature and sharing with others.
The Blacklist ensemble–working with animation studio HiFi 3D, Brooklyn, and Minneapolis-based agencies Hen’s Teeth and Fellow Inc.–blended seamless 3D camera moves and animated elements with painterly 2D textures to create the soft, artful look of the spot, underscoring that the Chumash Casino Resort in the Santa Ynez Valley is build on a tradition “where hospitality is legendary.”
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