Jill Silberstein has joined New York-based Sound Lounge as executive producer, succeeding Gloria Pitagorsky who left the company last month to pursue independent projects.
Silberstein formerly served as exec producer for Mother Productions, the in-house production and post department of Mother New York. While there, Silberstein produced a short film starring actor Liev Schreiber, a web series for Chevrolet, a web series for Virgin Mobile, a short film for Vanity Fair, a video installation for fashion designer Daryl K and hundreds of television commercials for NBC Universal. Before Mother Productions, Silberstein was a freelance line producer, working on TV commercials, music videos, short films and photo shoots.
At Sound Lounge, Silberstein will be responsible for day-to-day client communications and budgeting for the TV commercial division. She will also co-lead Sound Lounge’s Hispanic division with Juan Aceves and Vicky Ferraro. Silberstein will report directly to Marshall Grupp, Tom Jucarone and Peter Holcomb, the partners of Sound Lounge.
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 รverbyer, 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 โ along with the question of how to handle the... Read More