Film studio and commercial production company Caviar has signed Belgian-Moroccan directing duo Adil & Bilall–consisting of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah–for representation in the U.S.
Caviar will partner with the pair exclusively for commercials and continue to work with them on long format projects. The duo’s latest film Rebel was produced by Caviar, and considered one of their most meaningful projects to date. It was recently released in the U.S. and sold to over 50 countries.
El Arbi and Fallah first met each other while studying at the Lukas School of Arts in Brussels, Belgium. Breaking into the cultural zeitgeist with their film, Image, they instantly became recognized for their unique take on filmmaking. Other credits include Caviar production Black, Gangsta, Bad Boys for Life, Disney +’s Ms. Marvel, and most recently, Rebel. El Arbi and Fallah have scored many notable nominations and awards including the Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery Award and Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Directors to Watch Award. Rebel won the Jury Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival, Best Film at the Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival, and was also selected for Midnight Screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. Prior to joining Caviar, Adil & Bilall had been repped in the U.S. ad market by production house Minted Content.
“We’re always striving to work with the best of the best,” said Michael Sagol, managing director of Caviar. “Adil and Bilall are some of the most dynamic and magnetic filmmakers in the industry and their POV on filmmaking is one that cannot go unnoticed. There’s so much magic to create with these two and we’re beyond proud to be working with them.”
Caviar has won more than 50 Cannes Lions and its film producing credits include the two-time Oscar winning Sound of Metal (Amazon) directed by Darius Marder and starring Riz Ahmed.
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After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
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