Los Angeles-based Boxer Films has signed directing duo Diego & Vladi for U.S. commercial representation. They began directing together in 2005 and were chosen as Best Directors of Colombia in El Ojo de Iberomerica in 2007 and 2008. In 2011, they took home four Cannes Lions for their campaign for Argentinean air conditioner brand BGH out of Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Buenos Aires. Vladi’s short film Soy Tan Feliz was nominated for La Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was selected for numerous festivals including Slamdance, Glasgow, Sao Paulo, Zagreb and Rio de Janeiro, among others. He has worked as a 2nd Unit Director and 1st AD for several feature films in Latin America and France. Diego’s first short film, De cómo Buckowsi, was selected for numerous film festivals worldwide including Berlin, Interfilm Short Festival and was awarded an honorable mention by the jury of the Festival of Sao Paulo….CP+B has promoted Aymi Beltramo and Aaron Kovan to executive integrated producers. Beltramo is based in the agency’s Los Angeles office, while Kovan is based in Boulder, Colo. In her new role which also includes VP stripes, Beltramo will oversee all production for Kraft brands as well as American Express Open. Beltramo has worked at CP+B since 1999 in all of the agency’s U.S. offices from Miami to Boulder to L.A. During those 13 years, she’s produced both international and domestic work for Burger King as well as projects for nearly all of CP+B’s clients past and present, including VW, Best Buy, Guitar Hero, Coke Zero, belVita, Sprite, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Microsoft, Domino’s Pizza and American Express. Beltramo’s recent work can be seen in the KRAFT Macaroni and Cheese TV spots “A Father’s Lesson” and “Diamond Jubilee” as well as the American Express spot “Reveille” and TV work for Small Business Saturday. Kovan came to CP+B two years ago and has since worked on a wide range of projects for Best Buy, Vail, Old Navy, Burger King and Windows Phone. Most recently as sr. integrated producer, Kovan led the production of Applebee’s “See You Tomorrow” TV campaign, which launched at the beginning of July. Prior to joining CP+B, Kovan worked at GSD&M in Austin where he produced for BMW….
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More