based The Image Bank (TIB) has named Gilles Devicq to the post of regional director, The Image Bank/Europe. Devicq has been running TIB’s French operation since ’91….Energy Film Library (EFL), Studio City, Calif., licensed images to MTV for a profile of the late Notorious B.I.G. and its BIOrhythm series. The footage included a cobra, an atom bomb, an aerial view of a Brooklyn street, and a woman in a bikini blowing a kiss. The company also provided NBC’s new Website snap.com with images of the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, a punk rocker, a bullet train, and an egg dropping into a frying pan for promos, and images of a college campus to Columbia TriStar’s Dawson’s Creek. The New York office of EFL licensed an image of a Little Leaguer hitting a baseball and running toward first base to Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, and Amtrak, and EFL Toronto provided vacation images to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation….New York-based Action Sports Adventure became the worldwide stock footage licensing representative of ESPN. ESPN’s collection features NASCAR racing, ESPN’s annual Summer and Winter X Games, NCAA games, professional sports including boxing, tennis, and soccer, yachting, and beach sports. Additionally, ESPN has begun shooting HDTV footage that will be accessible through Action Sports….
“Memoir of a Snail” Takes Top Prize At London Film Festival
The Official Competition jury said: “Our jury was incredibly moved by Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, which is a singular achievement in filmmaking. Emotionally resonant and constantly surprising, Memoir tackles pertinent issues such as bullying, loneliness and grief head-on, creating a crucial and universal dialogue in a way that only animation can. The jury is delighted to recognize an animated film alongside its live-action peers.”
Rounding out the winners of this year’s films screening In Competition are:
- Winner of the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition – On Falling (Dir. Laura Carreira)
- Winner of the Grierson Award in the Documentary Competition – Mother Vera (Dirs. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)
- Winner of the Short Film Award in the Short Film Competition – Vibrations from Gaza (Dir. Rehab Nazzal)