Director Joachim Back, who won a Best Short Film Oscar in 2010 for his The New Tenants, has joined Anonymous Content for commercial representation, as well as film and TV management. He comes over from Park Pictures, which produced The New Tenants starring Vincent D’Onofrio. Back has also earned accolades in the ad biz, including a D&AD Pencil for Chivas Regal’s darkly comedic branded short Here’s to Big Bear, and a Cannes Gold Lion for Viagara’s “Beep” campaign.
Back began his career in his native Denmark, working in feature films in the camera and lighting departments, and as an assistant editor. His award-winning work in advertising over the last decade also spans such brands as Audi, Stella Artois, Range Rover and Honda.
Back is repped for film and television by Tariq Merhab at Anonymous Content, and Todd Feldman and Matt Martin at CAA.
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