Traveling Picture Show Company, the L.A.-headquartered spot production house led by exec producer/partner John Noble, has secured independent firm MoButler Reps, headed by Maureen Butler, to handle the Midwest. MoButler Reps joins a Traveling Picture Show sales force consisting of Blush LA on the West Coast, Asprodites Reps in the Southwest, and Matchmaker Media on the East Coast, The Traveling Picture Show directorial roster includes Andrews Jenkins, Chris Woods, Jonathan Parkinson, Kevin Goetz, Enda McCallion, Jeremy Warshaw, Gus Black, David Fishel, Jay Buim, Ryan Bosworth, Barry Kimm, and Jim Matlosz….Chloe Sedelmaier has joined Bang Music in NY as director of business development. Most recently she was part of the sales team at Launch, the test commercial division of Charlex in NY. Sedelmaier will work directly with Bang’s Sara Iversen and founder Lyle Greenfield in developing strategic initiatives for the company not only in the area of commercial work but also in Bang’s audio post and music supervision for TV and film. This will include building a U.S. network for Bang’s new European division, which opens in October in Prague….Creative studio Leviathan is now repped on the East Coast by Rich Durkin and Ice Tea Productions, and on the West Coast by Claire & Company, which is headed by Claire Worch. Leviathan continues to be handled in the Midwest by Tracy Bernard….Production designer Carl Swanberg has joined colleen, the management company founded by Colleen Dolan Vinetz. Swanberg has worked for such brands as Jaguar, Levi’s, Land Rover, Sony PlayStation and Sprint…..Production designer Keith Cunningham has wrapped principal photography on River Road Entertainment’s Love & Mercy starring John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Dano and Paul Giamatti. Cunningham is now available for spots and features via The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….
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