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    Short Takes: Chris Smith Directs Toga Party For H-E-B

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    Chris Smith of Sugar Film Production directed a four-spot campaign for H-E-B, including “Toga” which features stars from the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs. Conceived by a creative ensemble at The Richards Group, Dallas, “Toga” features Spurs’ star Tim Duncan returning from a workout to find teammates Tony Parker, Patty Mills, Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili decked out in homemade togas to fully immerse themselves in their enjoyment of H-E-B’s new Greek yogurt.

    Smith has directed the H-E-B/Spurs campaigns with The Richards Group for nearly a decade. He has developed a deft touch for capturing comedic performances from star athletes.  The latest campaign also includes the :30s “Wise,” “Slogans” and “Barbie.”  

    Audience, Juried Awards At Denver Fest
    The Starz Denver Film Festival, sponsored by Starz Entertainment and produced by the Denver Film Society, recently wrapped with the unveiling of its jury and audience award winners. The People’s Choice Awards included the Roberto Ando-directed Viva la liberta as Best Narrative Feature, the Dave Iverson-helmed Capturing Grace as top Documentary Feature, Moon Molson’s The Bravest, The Boldest as Best Short, and Xavier Maingon’s “Save Me” for Irma as Best Music Video.

    The juried award lineup included:

    —The Krzysztof Kieล›lowski Award for Best Foreign Feature Film went to The Tribe (Plemya) directed by Miroslav Slaboshpitsky (Ukraine).

    —A Special Jury Award was bestowed upon August Winds directed by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil).

    —Another Special Jury Award was garnered by Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brรผggemann (Germany).

    —The Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary Film was garnered by The Look of Silence directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (USA).

    —Honorable Mention for Best Documentary was earned by Watchers of the Sky directed by Edet Belzberg (USA).

    —The American Independent Award for Best Feature Film went to The Midnight Swim directed by Sarah Adina Smith (USA).

    —The ASIFA-Colorado Best Animated Short Award was earned by Salmon Deadly Sins directed by Steven Vander Meer (USA).

    —The Liberty Global International Student Short Award went to The Bigger Picture directed by Daisy Jacobs (UK).

    —The Spike Lee Student Filmmaker Award winner was A Grand Canal directed by Johnny Ma (USA).

    —The Feature Screenplay Award was won by Claire Fowler for Little House.

    — John Burdeaux won Short Screenplay honors  for Pelham Bay Park.
     
    People On The Move…
    Greg Talmage has joined animation, VFX and design company Blur Studio as exec producer. Talmage comes to Blur from Iron Claw, an Emmy Award-winning production company that he co-founded in 2008. Talmage began his entertainment career at DreamWorks in marketing in the late ‘90s and then gravitated towards design and short-form projects, rising through the ranks as a producer at Imaginary Forces, Transistor Studios, Troika and Logan, where he managed projects for brands such as Microsoft, Apple and Electronic Arts….

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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