International production company Stink Films has added Brazilian directing duo the Fridman Sisters to its U.S. roster for commercials and music videos. This marks the Fridman Sisters’ first representation in the American market.
Lina and Maira Fridman won Silver at the Young Director Awards this year with “The Doll I’ve Never Asked For,” a project for Nike out of Wieden+Kennedy, São Paulo. They were also finalists at The Art Director’s Club Young Guns awards and won the On The Cusp of Greatness award at 1.4. They’ve directed for brands such as Volkswagen, McDonald’s, and Ambev, as well as music videos and short films.
With seven years of experience as production designers, mixed with their extensive global travels, the Fridman Sisters create magical dreamlike worlds that reinvent reality through meticulously detailed art direction. The result of a wildly imaginative childhood with their artist parents, their home was the perfect lab for their early creative experiments. They went on to attend film school together where they were inspired by early silent films and highly surreal animation.
A joint statement from the sisters read, “We love to add our own twist to everyday life, an uncommon way of portraying reality. We’re over the moon to join Stink Films and take such a big step forward in our careers.”
“The Fridman Sisters are exceptional people,” said Daniel Bergmann, founder of Stink Films. “From the very first minute that we met there was a positively natural and intriguing creative chemistry. It’s very exciting to see what our partnership will bring. They have huge potential and we are eager to grow their talent within music videos, advertising, as well as developing original long-form work.”
“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