International production company Stink Films has brought director Andrew Litten aboard its roster in the U.S. for commercials, music videos, and branded content.
Since forging his aesthetic in Atlanta’s rich underground music and fashion scenes, Litten has used his life experiences to shape a perspective that is simultaneously dreamlike and informed by lived experience. His visual storytelling explores the nuances of humanity while transcending the expected formula. Prior to joining Stink, Litten was repped by production house Voyager.
Litten’s work has screened at the Atlanta and St. Louis International Film Festivals, and been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Vimeo’s Staff Picks. His brand collaborations include projects for Northwestern Medicine, Spotify featuring Anderson .Paak, Kellogg’s, and a film for P&G that profiles the lives of the company’s employees across six countries: Brazil, India, China, Japan, Germany, and the U.S. Litten’s credits also include the “King’s Blvd” music video for Nana.
“Andrew is immensely talented. His innate sense for blending the surreal with the tangible is one of a kind,” said Stink founder Daniel Bergmann. “The emotions he captures on film are rich and humane. He elicits truth from every performance he films.”
“I’m beyond happy to be working with the legendary team at Stink,” said Litten. “I know that this next chapter is going to be unlike anything to date, and I’m ready to make great work with them.”
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More