Directors Isabel Garrett and Samuel Mason have joined Blinkink. Garrett comes aboard the roster for global representation while Mason will be handled in the U.K. and the Netherlands by Blinkink. Mason has turned out films for Honda, Spotify, Facebook and The New York Times. He directed “Colors and Shapes” taken from the late Mac Miller’s mixtape “Faces” which struck gold at the Clios and picked up a Graphite Pencil at D&AD. Having graduated from the National Film and Television School in London, Garrett handcrafts stop motion pieces that straddle the line between surreal and subversive. Formerly a resident artist at Alexander McQueen’s Sarabande Foundation, she has turned out films that combine stunning animation craft with her dark sense of humor. Commissioned by Sarabande, her upcoming Bod is a delicate yet avant-garde short film that captures the tactile, vulnerable beauty of the characters designed by sculptor and performance artist Daisy Collingridge. The film is set for online release January 19th with an event celebrating the launch at Sarabande Studios in London…..
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More