Slim, a production company based in Venice, has signed fashion and beauty director Lorenzo Cisi for spot and branded content representation in the American ad market. Slim becomes his first career production house roost in the U.S.
Cisi is a native of Italy who currently resides in London. He has an inventive and imaginative approach to his filmmaking, and often explores contrasting visual techniques and processes. His background in film, VFX, editing and fashion make him a particularly well-rounded directorial talent. Among his recent credits are spots for Maison Margiela, Italian athletic and apparel company Diadora, YSL and Dior Homme. Both his Bally commercial and short film Two of a Kind for Lurve Magazine were nominated for honors at fashion film festivals in Berlin and Milan in 2018.
Tom Weissferdt, Slim owner/EP, said, “Lorenzo brings a singular perspective to each project he directs. I am confident that his skills and background in fashion will easily translate to a wider market here in the United States.”
Cisi views Slim as providing “a great chance to bring my projects to the next level, develop my style experimenting with new formats and collaborating with extraordinary talents in the filmmaking industry.”
Slim’s other directors have been busy of late: ZCDC (Zack Canepari and Drea Cooper) directed Flint Town, a series for Netflix, about the police department in Flint, Mich., that broke in March 2018. Also, Slim picked up two Bronze Lions at this year’s Cannes Festival for the Harry’s Razors film A Man Like You.
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