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Executive producer Marlon Staggs has launched Sticks+Stones Studios, Los Angeles. The new venture opens with directors Randy Roberts, formerly of Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, and Jerry Brown, who comes over from Tombo, Hollywood… Lorenzo Benedick, founder/exec producer of Vagabond Films, New York, has teamed with head of sales Andrea Martins to launch Big Mama, a New York shop with a roster of directing talent from South America. The directorial lineup includes Michael Abt, Marcelo Galvao, Rodrigo Ferrari, Ivan Ortiz and Doc Robert…..The Mob Film Company, London, has signed director Steve Qua. He formerly served as creative/art director at U.K. ad agency Karmarama. Prior to that he was a freelance director….Director James McTeigue of Right Brain Media, Los Angeles, is once again available for commercials after having wrapped his feature debut, V For Vendetta, which is slated for release through Warner Bros. in March 2006….Commercial producer Anthony Nelson, most recently in charge of content development & acquisitions for Corbis’ motion division, has joined Chelsea Digital, New York, as executive producer….John Landis, who directs commercials and music videos through Los Angeles-based A Band Apart, has directed a segment for Showtime’s Masters of Horror series. Deer Woman, from a script by Landis’ son Max, is about a half-woman, half-deer creature. The segment is slated to run on Showtime in December…. If you are a member of the commercialmaking community who has a film that will be screened during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and would like the project to be considered for coverage in SHOOT‘s Sundance roundup, send a screener to senior editor/creative and production Kristin Wilcha c/o SHOOT, 21 Charles St., Suite 203, Westport, CT 06880. You can also email info to kwilcha@shootonline.com….Category:Street Talk
“Memoir of a Snail” Takes Top Prize At London Film Festival
Director Adam Elliot's Memoir of a Snail won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival which wrapped today (10/20). The funny and moving stop-motion feature tells the tale of separated twins in 1970s' Australia.
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)
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