Believe Media has signed Stockholm-based director Filip Tellander for representation in the U.S. and U.K. Perhaps best known for his extensive automotive work, Tellander also has demonstrated his storytelling prowess in spots for such clients as Nike and H&M, as well as music videos and short films.
Tellander worked his way up through the camera department, graduating to DP and then editor before turning to direction. He’s been directing commercials internationally for more than 10 years. His most recent project took him to Cuba, where he directed the new H&M Spring line for kids.
With Mercedes, Jeep, Lexus, and Fiat on his reel, Tellander joins a roster at Believe that is quite robust in the automotive market. In fact, his first project with the company was a Jeep spot for Leo Burnett Italy. (Tellander was earlier handled by B-Reel in the U.S.)
Tellander continues to be represented by Indio in Sweden and Quad in France.
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