Come January, festival attendees are forced to grapple with an anxiety-inducing question: How do I stay healthy at Sundance?
To many, the answer is a mix of precautionary measures like generous sleep, vitamin supplements, packets of Emergen-c tucked in every coat pocket, no booze and extra water. To others, it’s a trick question. “You don’t,” says TriStar president Nicole Brown with a smile. The veteran exec, who has made the trek to Park City many times, offers that it’s best to hit Main Street knowing that you’re most likely to board a return flight with extra baggage. “You’re going to come back with the sniffles.”
Kleenex aside, a still-burning pandemic mixed with flu season and threats like respiratory syncytial virus, or Rsv, seemingly has industry insiders more focused than ever on avoiding the dreaded “festival flu” (and of course, it’s not just festivals that are vulnerable,...
To many, the answer is a mix of precautionary measures like generous sleep, vitamin supplements, packets of Emergen-c tucked in every coat pocket, no booze and extra water. To others, it’s a trick question. “You don’t,” says TriStar president Nicole Brown with a smile. The veteran exec, who has made the trek to Park City many times, offers that it’s best to hit Main Street knowing that you’re most likely to board a return flight with extra baggage. “You’re going to come back with the sniffles.”
Kleenex aside, a still-burning pandemic mixed with flu season and threats like respiratory syncytial virus, or Rsv, seemingly has industry insiders more focused than ever on avoiding the dreaded “festival flu” (and of course, it’s not just festivals that are vulnerable,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Gersh has promoted three women and hired a fourth, all within its Television Literary Department, while tapping Alternative TV vet Collin Reno for the agency’s division in the nonfiction TV space.
The move aims to continue Gersh’s mission to provide opportunities for traditionally underrepresented demographics while bettering the department by bringing in different perspectives and experiences that will translate to developing unique stories.
The female agents are building a diverse roster of clients, with particular interests in writers and directors who are female, Bipoc and/or part of the Lgbtqia+ community.
Katy McCaffrey has been promoted to co-head of the department alongside Ian Greenstein, who has overseen the department since 2018. She joined Gersh in 2014 as an agent in the TV Literary Department. Among McCaffrey’s clients are Anya Adams, two-time winner of the NAACP Image Award for outstanding director in episodic comedy, and Emmy winner Ashley Bradley,...
The move aims to continue Gersh’s mission to provide opportunities for traditionally underrepresented demographics while bettering the department by bringing in different perspectives and experiences that will translate to developing unique stories.
The female agents are building a diverse roster of clients, with particular interests in writers and directors who are female, Bipoc and/or part of the Lgbtqia+ community.
Katy McCaffrey has been promoted to co-head of the department alongside Ian Greenstein, who has overseen the department since 2018. She joined Gersh in 2014 as an agent in the TV Literary Department. Among McCaffrey’s clients are Anya Adams, two-time winner of the NAACP Image Award for outstanding director in episodic comedy, and Emmy winner Ashley Bradley,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The term “midnight movie” has a lot of connotations: Alien babies, giant bunny rabbits, kinky sex dungeons galore. It’s the type of film with a cultish following epitomized by “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Eraserhead,” “El Topo,” “Donnie Darko,” “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” not to mention countless horror movies catering to a young, splatter-obsessed male audience.
But these aren’t the whole story. Over the years, the midnight movie has become a vehicle for women and filmmakers of color to explore issues that more mainstream films might not — and this year, a more diverse group of creators is making midnight movies that are more outside-the-box than ever.
Consider “Greener Grass.” The Sundance discovery, in limited release now by IFC Midnight in select markets and on VOD, marks the directorial debut of Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. Set in a suburban community where everyone wears pastel sundresses, drives golf carts,...
But these aren’t the whole story. Over the years, the midnight movie has become a vehicle for women and filmmakers of color to explore issues that more mainstream films might not — and this year, a more diverse group of creators is making midnight movies that are more outside-the-box than ever.
Consider “Greener Grass.” The Sundance discovery, in limited release now by IFC Midnight in select markets and on VOD, marks the directorial debut of Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. Set in a suburban community where everyone wears pastel sundresses, drives golf carts,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
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