Untold Studios has signed design-led director and creative director Andrei Juradowitch for representation in the U.S., U.K. and throughout Europe. The Australian-born Juradowitch splits his time among New York City, Sydney and Untold’s U.S. base in Los Angeles. Working across multiple industries such as film, commercials, automotive, fashion, technology and experiential, he has collaborated with clients including Chevrolet, Sony Music, Mercedes-Benz, Snapchat, Bose, LG, Samsung, Hewlett Packard and Zaha Hadid. He has worked with leading design and production companies around the world and has an affinity for high-end projects that incorporate live-action, design, VFX and interactive components. Untold maintains studios in London and L.A…..
New York-based Special Operations Studios (SOS) has hired Kaylee King-Balentine as managing director, a new role for the hybrid agency reporting directly to co-founders Brad Dixon and Frederic Brehm. The managing director position puts an emphasis on procedures and the business side of commercials and filmmaking. King-Balentine brings to SOS an Emmy award winning background as an executive producer with more than 13 years of experience in commercial, branded content and documentary filmmaking. Prior to joining SOS, she was EVP of The Garden Creative. Before that, she spent five years at The New York Times as an executive producer managing creative teams across the newsroom and advertising departments–including a stint in London overseeing all creative for T Brand Studio International. Over the years, King-Balentine has worked on campaigns for dozens of brands including Samsung, Cartier, Volvo, Philips, UBS, Cole Haan, Capital One, National Geographic and Emirates Airlines. She has won numerous awards including a Cannes Lions Grand Prix and along the way founded The Selects, a filmmaking incubator for new directors within The Times….
Changes Afoot For Cannes Lions 2025, Including Increasing Festival Access For Underserved Communities
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is putting plans in motion for its 72nd edition, set to take place from June 16-20, 2025 in Cannes, France. The Festival has announced that it will double funding to provide โฌ2m (some $2,150,000) worth of complimentary passes to underrepresented talent and underserved communities through its Equity, Representation and Accessibility (ERA) Pass, returning for a second year.
Frank Starling, chief DEI officer, Lions, said the increased investment was โcrucial to continue to drive progress for both Cannes Lions and the industry.โ Starling added, โThe ERA pass plays an important role in fostering a global representation of talent within the creative communications industry at Cannes Lions, and to date our funded opportunities have reached creatives in 46 countries globally. With the Festival being the destination for everyone in the business of creativity, we recognize the importance of creating equitable access to it, and this is why weโre prioritizing increased representation from the Global South to support a greater range of voices and perspectives from the region at the Festival.โ Applications for the ERA pass are open now and close on December 5, 2025. More details can be found here.
With submissions into the Cannes Lions Awards opening on January 16, 2025, innovations to the Awards have also been announced today. Glass: The Lion for Change celebrates 10 years since its introduction. The Glass Lion was launched to champion work that used creativity to drive a shift towards more positive, progressive and gender-aware communication, and Marian Brannelly, global... Read More