Anonymous Content has hired Johnathan Wright as co-head of West Coast sales & marketing. He partners with Lisa Sabatino to represent Anonymous Content, Serial Pictures, Somesuch & Co. and Iconoclast directors for commercials on the West Coast. Wright previously worked at Team One Advertising, Shortlist Management and Tool of North America….Big Deahl Productions Chicago–the food and tabletop specialty house headed by director David Deahl and EP Rosemary Deahl–has signed Brandon Pico of indie firm HAPA to handle its East Coast representation. Big Deahl has recently added director Todd Klein….ShootersTV, the division of ShootersINC which develops and produces non-fiction television, has signed with UTA (United Talent Agency)/N.S. Bienstock for representation. UTA agents Allison Wallach and Adam Leibner are slated to represent ShootersTV. ShootersTV produces Food Network’s long running hit Restaurant: Impossible which recently celebrated its 100th episode. Other recent shows include Bar Hunters for Discovery Channel….Jason Garber, who worked his way up through the ranks at ICM, Paradigm and Fox, has joined Innovative Artists’ production division as a production agent. Garber joins VP Debbie Haeusler and fellow agents Heather Griffith, Craig Mizrahi, Cecilia Banck and Robbyn Foxx….Cinematographer Marten Tedin has completed principal photography on Adam Corolla and Kevin Hench’s Road Hard and is again available for commercials and feature films through The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….
Director Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Dreams (Sex Love)” Wins Top Prize At The Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to "Dreams (Sex Love)" by director Dag Johan Haugerud.
Haynes called it a "meditation on love" that "cuts you to the quick with its keen intelligence."
The film focuses on a teenager played by Ella Øverbyer, infatuated with her female French teacher, and the reactions of her mother and grandmother when they discover her private writings. It's the third part of a trilogy Haugerud has completed in the past year. "Sex" premiered at Berlin in 2024, and "Love" was screened at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
The runner-up Silver Bear prize went to Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian drama "The Blue Trail." Argentine director Ivan Fund's rural saga "The Message" won the third-place Jury Prize.
The best director prize went to Huo Meng for "Living the Land," set in fast-changing 1990s China.
Rose Byrne was named best performer for her role as an overwhelmed mother in the Mary Bronstein-directed "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You." Andrew Scott won the supporting performer trophy for playing composer Richard Rodgers in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon."
The climax of the festival known as the Berlinale came on the eve of Germany's parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by migration and the economy.
The national election is being held seven months early, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition collapsed in a dispute about how to revitalize the country's economy.
Efforts to curb migration have emerged as a central issue in the campaign — along with the question of how to handle the... Read More