5 Years Ago
MARCH 25, 1994
Matthew Miller has been made the first full-time national director of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). Miller comes over to the AICP from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA)….Brothers Sherman and Ray Foote, composer and producer respectively, have left bicoastal Elias Associates to start their own music house, New York-based Big Foote Communications….Jan de Bont, a noted cinematographer on feature films Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October, has signed an exclusive deal to direct commercials through Plum Productions, Santa Monica. He recently completed directing his first feature, Speed….Screen Gems, a commercial production house in New York, has launched Huge, a satellite to be headed by comedy director Paul Fuentes….
“Memoir of a Snail” Takes Top Prize At London Film Festival
The Official Competition jury said: “Our jury was incredibly moved by Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, which is a singular achievement in filmmaking. Emotionally resonant and constantly surprising, Memoir tackles pertinent issues such as bullying, loneliness and grief head-on, creating a crucial and universal dialogue in a way that only animation can. The jury is delighted to recognize an animated film alongside its live-action peers.”
Rounding out the winners of this year’s films screening In Competition are:
- Winner of the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition – On Falling (Dir. Laura Carreira)
- Winner of the Grierson Award in the Documentary Competition – Mother Vera (Dirs. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)
- Winner of the Short Film Award in the Short Film Competition – Vibrations from Gaza (Dir. Rehab Nazzal)