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    Buzzman Looks To Fill Vacancy At Home of the Whopper

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    It seems that Burger King® Belgium has not found anyone named Whopper to offer them the rent-free apartment above their new restaurant in Louvain. While some might see it as a failure, the generous brand and its Paris-based ad agency Buzzman prefer to see it as an opportunity to let an “almost” Whopper win.

    Burger King Belgium had initially been looking for a person named Whopper to offer them the  rent-free apartment for a year. But that effort was to no avail as there didn’t seem to be anyone with that name.

    Thus Buzzman launched “The Home of the Almost Whopper” campaign. If your name is “Hopper”, “Wapper”, “Wupper” or any other name that resembles Whopper, you may have the chance to live in a rent-free apartment just above the new Louvain restaurant, in other words to almost live at Burger King.

    This :30 web film serves as a call out to the lucky future resident.

    Credits

    Client Burger King Belgium Agency Buzzman, Paris Georges Mohammed-Cherif, president, executive creative director; Thomas Granger, VP; Julien Levilain, managing director; Louis Audard, Tristan Daltroff, creative directors; Geoffrey Poulain, art director; Ninon Peres, copywriter; Vanessa Barbel, head of TV production; Benoit Crouet, Saveria Besset, TV producers. Production Cousines et Dependances Benoit Petre, director; Yann Girard, producer. Sound Production Kouz Postproduction Nod

    Genre:Comedy
    Media Type:Film: Web
    ScreenWork Categories:Short film
    Video Tags:Burger KingBUZZMAN



    Director Ezra Hurwitz, Artistic Director Francesca Harper Team On Short Film “Echoes of Ailey”

    Tuesday, January 7, 2025

    Dancer turned director Ezra Hurwitz collaborates with Ailey II artistic director Francesca Harper, featuring movement as museum pieces against the Whitney Museum of American Art’s striking architecture for this short film titled Echoes of Ailey. Commissioned to celebrate “Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney Museum, the film accompanies the first large-scale exhibition on the life and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey. “Edges of Ailey” is currently on view at the Whitney until February 9.

    Animating iconic images from Alvin Ailey’s 20th-century repertory, the film expands on the exhibition by constructing a visual narrative around his storytelling and influences. Set to Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place,” dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, and The Ailey School capture the emotional core of the company’s history--physically situating Ailey’s masterworks amongst the Whitney’s collection.

    “As a child, my grandmother took me to Ailey’s Revelations once a year,” said Hurwitz. “No matter how often I saw it, the work captivated me. There isn’t one specific thing I hope viewers take away from the film--or one way to interpret its images. It’s meant to be an abstract work, like Ailey’s creations.”

    Turning to his archive, Hurwitz and Harper illuminate key sequences symbolic of Ailey’s profound legacy, closing on an uninterrupted sequence from "I’ve Been Buked," the opening movement of Ailey’s legendary "Revelations." Carrying a watershed moment back to its own medium, Echoes of Ailey captures the multigenerational impact of Ailey’s work, continued by his organization. The short film first premiered on Nowness.

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