Director Thomas Bryant has joined Blink for commercials and music videos in the U.K. He continues to be handled by production house Ruffian in the U.S. Prior to joining Blink, Bryant was repped in the U.K. by Agile. Bryant started out making fashion films for such brands as Nike, Northface and Sibling. His immersive documentary approach led him to take on commercial projects for Samsung, Mini and award-winning work for the National Trust. Recent projects have taken him to Tobago for Virgin Atlantic and got him up close and personal with Anthony Joshua for StubHub….
Great Guns has added director Andzej Gavriss to its roster for global representation. His signing comes off the back of a recent nomination at the Berlin Music Video Awards. Gavriss’ short film, 1190, follows a young woman on a dark journey to find her lost home and identity. Inspired by his personal experiences backpacking and staying in a capsule hotel, Gavriss and his team navigated the challenges of shooting in Moscow, Bangkok, and several Thai islands for the project. Gavriss also shot a shorter music video version of 1190 for Samsung and St. Petersburg-based electronic duo Aigel. Gavriss’ curiosity for the filmmaking process drove him to challenge himself to successfully achieve his vision using a Samsung Galaxy Note…..
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More