Caviar, a commercial, feature and TV production company with offices in L.A., Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, has extended its geographic reach, launching a London office in a joint venture with U.K. shop Pulse Films.
The move makes Caviar’s roster of directors available to the U.K. market. Sadie Ward at Pulse Films will act as head of sales for Caviar’s London office. Caviar additionally gains a production foothold in the U.K.
“With the traction Caviar has gained in Europe over the last few years, we’ve realized a need for a full-service Caviar office in London,” said Michael Sagol, executive producer and managing partner of Caviar.
Presently Caviar and Pulse are exploring future avenues for working together in the U.S. Pulse is no stranger to the American ad market, having a while back been in an affiliation with production house Chelsea.
Founded in 2005 by Thomas Benski, Marisa Clifford and Ian Bonhote, Pulse Films is a talent management and integrated content production company with work spanning varied platforms. Pulse maintains five specialist stand-alone departments–Advertising, Fashion, Film, Music and TV.
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