Production houses Anonymous Content and Iconoclast have entered into a partnership for commercials. Per the arrangement, bicoastal Anonymous will handle representation in the U.S. for Iconoclast’s roster of directors while Paris-headquartered Iconoclast will rep Anonymous’ directorial lineup in France.
Anonymous brings into the stateside fold such Iconoclast directing talent as Olivia Bee, Emily Kai Bock, Matthew Frost, Romain Gavras, Paul Geusebroek, Paul Gore, Patrick Jean, Gustav Johansson, Yoann Lemoine, Megaforce, JB Mondino, Jeremie Rozan, Edouard Salier, So Me, Gus Van Sant, We Are From LA, and Studio Recuenco.
Anonymous and Iconoclast share a common bond of diversification beyond commercials and branded content. Anonymous maintains Film, Television, Commercials Music Videos, Talent and new Media divisions. Content highlights include Winter’s Bone, Babel, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, HBO’s True Detective, Procter & Gamble’s Emmy and DGA Award-winning “Best Job,” and Jay Z’s music video “Picasso Baby.”
Iconoclast fare beyond commercials includes fashion and luxury films, music videos and interactive content. Its work over the years has scored honors from the BTAA, D&AD, Creative Circle and the MVAs.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More