LAIKA/house brings back the diminutive animated knight, Sir Can-A-Lot, for this web video, one in a series offering tips and recipes to help those suffering from routine meals and boring tweets.
This online “Break the Monotony of March” campaign has Sir Can-A-Lot getting into the spirit of the college basketball “March Madness” tournament as he whoops it up on while sliding back and forth on a laptop computer.
Agency is BBDO Proximity Minneapolis.
People can follow along at www.spam.com and #BreakTheMonotony. Or as Sir Can-A-Lot would say, “anywhere there is Twitter monotony on FaceTube!”
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pรฉrez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
โ2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and todayโs nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,โ said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. โI am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by oneโs peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.โ
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Hereโs a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pรฉrez
(Netflix)
SEAN... Read More