SHOOTonline will publish a Special Directors & DPs >e.dition on Monday, October 29, that will contain the entire Directors & DPs section from SHOOT’s October 26th print issue.
The lineup of profiles includes three notables whose latest features are already generating Oscar buzz: David O. Russell, director of Silver Linings Playbook which just won the Toronto International Film Festival’s Audience Award; Ang Lee whose Life Of Pi recently debuted at the New York Film Festival; and Juan Antonio Bayona whose The Impossible has garnered critical acclaim.
Among the other directors profiled are: Emmy-nominated Mad Men director Phil Abraham who recently wrapped an online romantic comedy for Target; Peter Sorcher who helmed arguably the year’s most profoundly positive social awareness project–the documentary I Want To Say–for Goodby Silverstein & Partners; Filip Engstrom whose whimsical “Color Changes Everything” spot for Target has been a darling on the awards show circuit; lauded indie feature filmmaker Ramin Bahrani who’s looking to make a splash in commercials and branded content by securing spot representation via a prominent production house; and two-time DGA Award-winning director (The Kennedys, 24) Jon Cassar who broke new ground with this year’s AT&T online series Daybreak out of BBDO New York.
And our profiled cinematographers are: two-time Oscar winner (Braveheart, Legends of the Fall) John Toll, ASC, who teamed with DP Frank Griebe to shoot Cloud Atlas, another Academy Awards contender; and Ben Richardson who earlier this year own the Best Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival for the acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Plus our featured Up-and-Coming Directors rundown includes: A filmmaker whose spec submission to a commercial competition gained airplay on this year’s Super Bowl to great comedic effect; another who scored with a spec piece based on an agency creative concept that was originally intended for the Super Bowl; a director whose comedy shorts, including an Apple iPhone spot spoof, have found a major audience online; a creative collective whose brand of action sports storytelling and penchant for connecting with the youth culture is now being brought to the ad marketplace; a director selected for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and whose short film was recently screened at the DGA Theater as part of the Emerging Cinematographer Awards; and an accomplished filmmaker from Spain who has connected with a production house in L.A. and landed her first U.S. spot gig.
Director Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Dreams (Sex Love)” Wins Top Prize At The Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to "Dreams (Sex Love)" by director Dag Johan Haugerud.
Haynes called it a "meditation on love" that "cuts you to the quick with its keen intelligence."
The film focuses on a teenager played by Ella Øverbyer, infatuated with her female French teacher, and the reactions of her mother and grandmother when they discover her private writings. It's the third part of a trilogy Haugerud has completed in the past year. "Sex" premiered at Berlin in 2024, and "Love" was screened at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
The runner-up Silver Bear prize went to Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian drama "The Blue Trail." Argentine director Ivan Fund's rural saga "The Message" won the third-place Jury Prize.
The best director prize went to Huo Meng for "Living the Land," set in fast-changing 1990s China.
Rose Byrne was named best performer for her role as an overwhelmed mother in the Mary Bronstein-directed "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You." Andrew Scott won the supporting performer trophy for playing composer Richard Rodgers in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon."
The climax of the festival known as the Berlinale came on the eve of Germany's parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by migration and the economy.
The national election is being held seven months early, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition collapsed in a dispute about how to revitalize the country's economy.
Efforts to curb migration have emerged as a central issue in the campaign — along with the question of how to handle the... Read More