Director Eivind “Salmon” Holmboe has joined @radical.media for representation worldwide except for the U.K. where he continues to be handled by Crossroads Films. He started his career as an advertising creative, working for agencies including David&Goliath, Deutsch, and Leo Burnett, and garnering awards from the Cannes Lions, Clios, and Eurobest shows. Since 2004, Salmon has worked full time as a director, and has shot for clients such as Audi, VW, Coke, Pepsi, PlayStation, Mercedes, Vodafone, Sky TV, and Skoda. In 2007, he shot a critically acclaimed short film, Diente por Ojo, which had a successful run on the film festival circuit…..Leila Bartlam has joined the London office of Cut+Run as managing director after a tenure as head of TV at creative agency Adam & Eve. Among other accolades, the agency earned 'Ad of the Year' at British Arrows and Gold of Golds at Creative Circle for its John Lewis' “The Long Wait.” It was at Adam & Eve, where she helped establish creative partnerships with other companies including collaborating with Cut+Run. She had been head of TV at the agency since 2009…Executive producer Jessica Berry has joined Dallas-based Lucky Post….
Karla SofÃa Gascón Could Make Trans History For Role In “Emilia Pérez”
Karla SofÃa Gascón's performance in "Emilia Pérez" as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. But on this morning, she's feeling contemplative. "I woke up with such a philosophical streak," Gascón says, smiling. "In life, everything can be good or bad. We are a mix of so many things. There are things that make you happy and instead they make you sad, or the other way around." The dichotomies of life are a fitting subject for Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez," a film that puts just about every genre — musical, crime thriller, melodrama — into a grandiose mixer, and, by sheer nerve, manages to coalesce into one of the year's most memorable movie experiences. "Emilia Pérez," which began streaming Wednesday on Netflix, is widely expected to be a best picture nominee. At the center of the "Emilia Pérez" phenomenon – which began with a barn-storming premiere at the Cannes Film Festival — is Gascón who plays both the menacing cartel kingpin Manitas and the woman who emerges after Manitas fakes his own death, Emilia Pérez. Years later, Emilia contacts the lawyer who facilitated her transition (Zoe Saldaña) to her reunite with her wife (Selena Gomez) and their children. The wild swings of "Emilia Pérez" – a movie that has earned comparisons to both "Sicario" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" – wouldn't be possible without Gascón. In Cannes, she and her co-stars shared in the best actress prize, which Gascón accepted. "We've been insulted, denigrated, subjected to a lot of violence without even knowing why," Gascón said that evening. "I think this is award is so much more... Read More