A man walks in the middle of a farm, bends down and scoops up with his hands a pile of some fresh sloppy animal dung. Next, he’s rolling the dung, again with his bare hands, into a rod-like shape. He puts the fecal creation in a kiln and removes it after it’s sufficiently hardened.
He then hollows out the rod at his workshop station, and then uses an industrial drill to punch some well-placed holes into its body.
Next, we see his creative vision as the rod has become a makeshift flute, on which he plays an appealing rendition of, “We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”
His instrumental solo is punctuated by a message on screen which reads, “We can make anything sound good,” followed by the logo for Vancouver, B.C.-based music and sound house KOKO Productions.
This over-the-top promo was conceived by a creative team at DDB Canada, Vancouver, which included creative directors Dean Lee and Cosmo Campbell, associate creative director/copywriter/art director Daryl Gardiner, copywriter/art director Amina Halim and producer Sue Bell.
Director was Joe LaFleur of Transmission Inc.
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