Serial Pictures is extending its long-time partnership with Anonymous Content to include representation in the U.K. and Amsterdam. Somesuch previously represented the Serial roster in the U.K. market. Serial Pictures now represents directors such as Bradford Young, John Hillcoat, Daniel Askill, BRTHR, Alejandro Landes Echavarría, Fabien Baron, Paolo Sorrentino, Moses Sumney, and Scott Frank for commercials and music videos in the U.K and Amsterdam through its U.K. banner in partnership with Anonymous Content. “It is a natural progression for Serial Pictures to grow its brand to the U.K. and Amsterdam as we celebrate 16 years of partnership with Anonymous Content,” said Serial Pictures founder and executive producer Violaine Etienne. “I am thrilled to continue to expand our reach with a more significant market presence in territories known for their boundless creativity.” Tor Fitzwilliams, Anonymous Content U.K. managing director and EP, said, “Serial Pictures has a long history of representing world-class directors. We are excited to support them in their work with U.K. and Dutch agencies, brands and music videos”…
International Data Group (IDG), a market intelligence and data company, has appointed Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek as chief marketing officer. Boockoff-Bajdek will join the IDG executive leadership team, reporting directly to IDG CEO Genevieve Juillard. Boockoff-Bajdek joins IDG from Skillsoft, where she built and led a global marketing team responsible for driving brand awareness, customer preference, and company growth. Her extensive industry experience will help to position IDG at the forefront of enabling IT buyers and vendors to make critical technology decisions. As CMO, Boockoff-Bajdek will oversee the company’s global marketing strategy with a focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences and driving growth by leveraging the power of the IDC and Foundry brands. Prior to Skillsoft, Boockoff-Bajdek served as the CMO of IBM Watson and led global business marketing for The Weather Company, an IBM business….
Vizrt, a provider of real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, has added Timbre Broadcast Systems to its growing list of channel partners worldwide. Timbre is a broadcast sales and solutions company operating in Africa and will be offering Vizrt’s live production tech to content creators in the Sub-Saharan African region….
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More