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    “Ted Lasso” star Cristo Fernández among jurors for ONE Screen 2023 Short Film Fest

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    Cristo Fernández
    NEW YORK --

    Cristo Fernández, who starred as Dani Rojas in the AppleTV+ hit series Ted Lasso, is among those named to the jury for the global ONE Screen 2023 Short Film Festival, produced by The One Club for Creativity.

    In addition to his acting career, Fernández also founded independent film production company Espectro MX Films in 2017.

    The global festival focuses on all forms and aspects of short films–narrative fiction, comedy, commercials, branded content, music videos, spec work, passion projects, animation, sound, movie poster design, title sequences and more–and has a mission to celebrate and award filmmakers from around the world working in both the film and ad industries, with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen.  

    Other confirmed ONE Screen 2023 jury members include:

    • Gonzalo Arica, independent art director, Madrid
    • Aisha Blackwell, head of production services, NEVEREST, Serviceplan Make, Munich
    • Loren Bradley, executive producer, FINCH, Sydney
    • Špela Čadež, director, producer, Ljubljana 
    • Neels Castillon, film director, artist, Motion Place, Paris
    • Angelo Cerisara, director, London
    • Carol Dunn, executive producer, Human Worldwide, Los Angeles
    • Pejman Fakharian, independent filmmaker, creative director, Tehran
    • Yann Goodfaith, animation filmmaker, Paris
    • Mohammad Gorjestani, filmmaker, creative director, artist, Even/Odd, San Francisco
    • Bianca Guimaraes, partner, ECD, Mischief, New York
    • Michelle Higa Fox, founder, ECD, Slanted Studio; group creative director, BUCK, New York
    • Rob Hughes, head of culture, Moxie Pictures, London
    • Rodrigo Inada, director, London
    • Erin Kawalerki, partner, CCO, Anger Butterfly, Toronto 
    • Ayappa KM, cofounder, director, Early Man Films, Mumbai
    • Jeff Kwiatek, independent creative director, writer, Los Angeles
    • Rafael Nântua, creative supervisor, FCB Lisboa
    • Gaul Porat, independent director, New York
    • Eva Povilauskaite, senior art director, DDB Voltage, Berlin
    • Anke Röll, head of copy, HeimatTBWA, Berlin
    • Adina Sales, cofounder, Ode to Joy, New York
    • Ged Sia, film director, visual artist, founder, PetPunk, Vilnius
    • Ricky Solano, senior copywriter, DAVID Madrid
    • Guillermo Zapiola, graphic artist, art director, BUCK, New York

    The global ONE Screen 2023 call for entries is still open for work released online or offline between January 1, 2022 and July 17, 2023.  Final deadline for entry is October 16, 2023.

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    “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

    Tuesday, January 21, 2025
    Cynthia Erivo attends the National Board of Review Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    Cynthia Erivo, who is starring in the hit musical "Wicked," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

    The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world's third-oldest still operating, said Erivo will receive her Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Feb. 5. Afterward, she will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 176th production, "101 Damnations." Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series "Mad Men," is the 2025 Man of the Year. He will receive his Pudding Pot Jan. 31.

    "We are holding space for Cynthia Erivo's arrival," Man and Woman of the Year Events Coordinator Hannah Frazer said in a statement. "We're sweeping out our broomstick closets and prepping some wicked smart humor as we eagerly await her in February. Before she flies off with her Pudding Pot, she'll have to work a little magic to earn it."

    Along with starirng in the smash hit musical, the British entertainer is a two-time Oscar nominee and an Emmy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winner.

    Erivo burst onto the scene with her brilliant performance in the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple." winning her the 2016 Tony for best actress in a musical. She performed songs from the play on the "Today" show, earning the Daytime Emmy for outstanding music performance in a daytime program. And the show's soundtrack won best musical theater album at the 2017 Grammys.

    Last year, Erivo starred in and produced "Drift," which follows a young Liberian refugee who has escaped her war-torn country to a Greek island. In 2021, Erivo was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series "Genius:... Read More

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