Ann Asprodites has joined the national sales team for French Butter, the food and beverage production company founded by director Brett Froomer. Asprodites, whose repping firm is Asprodites Reps, will represent Froomer and French
Butter director Etienne Proulx and the recently signed Jennifer Davick, in the Texas and Southeast U.S. markets. Asprodites joins a French Butter sales team that also includes Sonia Blum and Ally Khajenouri of Sonia Reps, who cover the Midwest. West Coast and Northeast sales are currently handled internally. Irec Kriske is executive producer at French Butter. Working from her base in New Orleans, Asprodites is a well-known and highly experienced member of the advertising production and postproduction community. She is a founding member of AIR, the Alliance of Independent Representatives, serving as its VP. She’s eager to get more involved with French Butter, citing factors such as its strong technical foundation at its Pilsen Studios facility in Chicago and the fact that it’s a certified woman-owned company, under the leadership of CEO Susan Froomer, Brett’s wife….
EditShare, a technology and software company that enables storytellers to create and manage collaborative workflows at every stage from storyboard to screening, has appointed Grant Carroll as sr. VP for sales for the Americas. In the early days of the company Carroll brought valuable experience as an editor, producer, and director, which made him ideal to connect with users and channel partners. At EditShare he took on key roles, including director of workflow design and director of sales. After almost 20 years he took a career break, but the industry quickly drew him back, including a year with EditShare’s technology partner Cinedeck. He now returns to EditShare, with responsibility for all sales from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. He reports to Tara Montford, co-founder and EVP of sales….
Tilda Swinton Explores Assisted Suicide In Pedro Almodóvar’s 1st English-Language Feature
Although "The Room Next Door" is Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton notes that he's never written in a language that anyone else truly speaks.
"He writes in Pedro language, and here he is making another film in another version of Pedro language, which just happens to sound a little bit like English," Swinton said.
Set in New York, Swinton stars as Martha, a terminally ill woman who chooses to end her life on her own terms. After reconnecting with her friend Ingrid, played by Julianne Moore, Martha persuades her to stay and keep her company before she goes through with her decision.
Beyond the film's narrative, Swinton said she believes individuals should have a say in their own living and dying. She acknowledges that she has personally witnessed a friend's compassionate departure.
"In my own life I had the great good fortune to be asked by someone in Martha's position to be his Ingrid (Julianne Moore)," Swinton said.
She said that experience shaped her attitude about life and death: "Not only my capacity to be witness to other people in that situation, but my own living and my own dying."
Swinton spoke about "The Room Next Door," Almodóvar and he idea of letting people die on their own terms. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Q: Tackling that role, what was the challenge to get into the character?
SWINTON: I felt really blessed by the opportunity. So many of us have been in the situation Julianne Moore's character finds herself in, being asked to be the witness of someone who is dying. Whether that wanting to orchestrate their own dismount or not, to be in that position to be a witness is something that I've been... Read More