Filmmaking collective teamed on Sundance-honored Martha Marcy May Marlene
Station Film has signed Borderline Films consisting of Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin and Josh Mond, three NYU grads who have forged a career both independently and as a collective producing and directing commercials, music videos and feature films. Borderline made a major splash at this year’s Sundance Film Festival with Martha Marcy May Marlene. Written and directed by Durkin, and produced by Campos and Mond, the movie won the Dramatic Feature Directing Award as well as a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize.
Martha Marcy May Marlene is also generating Oscar buzz, particularly for actress Elizabeth Olsen’s portrayal of a damaged woman who struggles to reconnect with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
As for shorter form fare, each member of Borderline has directed for clients including Foot Locker, Citibank, Bloomingdales, mtvU and eBay. Mond additionally has experience directing and producing on music videos for Island Def Jam, Atlantic Records and Sony Records. His work on Mayday Parade’s “Kids in Love” was featured at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and tagged by MTV as one of the top videos of the year.
“There is a very unique sensibility to Borderline Films,” said Station managing partner Stephen Orent. “They have so much to offer the advertising world.”
“We’ve each had independent offers but no one has wanted to take us on as a collective,” said Campos on signing with Station. Borderline is looking forward to engaging its collective talents in commercials and music videos.
Other Borderline Films work of note includes the feature Afterschool, written and directed by Campos and produced by Durkin and Mond. A pensive allegory on the way technology distances us from experiencing emotion, the film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival plus gained exposure at the New York Film Festival, Berlin, London Film Festival and AFI.
Campos is in post on his second feature directorially, Simon Killer. Mond has also shot films receiving commendations at various Cannes Film Festivals, and is a recent recipient of the 2011 Annenberg Film Fellow grant from the Sundance producers’ lab.
SAG-AFTRA Calls For A Strike Against “League of Legends”
"League of Legends" is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood's actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against "League of Legends" on Tuesday, arguing that Formosa Interactive attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring non-union actors to work on an unrelated title.
Formosa tried to "cancel" the unnamed video game, which was covered by the strike, shortly after the start of the work stoppage, SAG-AFTRA said. The union said when Formosa learned it could not cancel the game, the company "secretly transferred the game to a shell company and sent out casting notices for 'non-union' talent only." In response, the union's interactive negotiating committee voted unanimously to file an unfair labor practice charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board and to call a strike against "League of Legends" as part of that charge.
"League of Legends" is one of Formosa's most well-known projects. The company provides voiceover services for the game, according to SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA has accused Formosa of interfering with protections that allow performers to form or join a union and prevent those performers from being discriminated against — a move the union called "egregious violations of core tenets of labor law."
Formosa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "League of Legends" developer Riot Games said that the company "has nothing to do" with the union's complaint.
"We want to be clear: Since becoming a union project five years ago, 'League of Legends' has only asked Formosa to engage with union... Read More