‘Tis the season as this spot takes us through several candidates for your gift recipients list. There’s the guy who hauled away your futon for you. The gent who shampooed your carpet. The woman who built your elaborate cat scratching apparatus. The butcher who cut your thin deli slices to order. The musical neighbor who “rocks softly” when it’s 10 p.m. or later.
All these are deserving of a ticket of joy–an Illinois Lottery ticket. So “Joy Someone,” suggests the spot which was directed by Aaron Ruell of Biscuit Filmworks for Energy BBDO, Chicago.
The DP was Bob Yeoman. Editor was Matthew Woods of The Whitehouse.
Michelle Satter To Be Honored At Sundance Film Festival Gala
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced details for the 2025 Sundance Film Festivalโs 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 Dรฌdi, 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 23โFebruary 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online from January 30โFebruary 2, 2025 for audiences across the country to discover bold independent storytelling.
โFor over four decades Michelle has been devoted to truly championing independent storytellers,โ said Amanda Kelso, acting CEO of Sundance Institute. โShe 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