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Gloria Kim wins at Sprockets International Film Festival
Congratulations to Gloria Kim for her recent win at the 12th Annual Sprockets Film Festival here in Toronto. Gloria's new short film, "The Auction", took one of two Audience awards at the event.
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A division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, Sprockets is an initiative that offers children and youth the opportunity to learn about cultural perspectives from around the world through the power of the moving image.
Further congratulations also go to Gloria for being a recipient of the latest round of grants from the Canada Council of the Arts. We look forward to seeing what's next!
Sam Brown and Jesper Ericstam in Shots
Jesper Ericstam and Sam Brown find themselves in the company of Frank Budgen and Spike Jonze for the Latest Videos section of this weeks Shots newsletter with new spots for NV Swedish Education and Audi respectively.
In the NV spot an armada of jubilant children descend upon a trailer offering free candy ending with the exclusion of one unlucky cherub. Jesper's canny instinct for capturing the inner maelstrom of juvenile excitement and disappointment plays to great effect throughout the spot.
Sam's incredibly choreographed spot for Audi features a fleet of unwieldly 1940's stock cars challenging the maneuverability of the R8 Spyder. The crash worthy kamikaze's do their best to take out the sleek £140, 000 roadster but prove to be no match for its prowess, though not for lack of trying or adrenalin packed close calls. Sign up for the Shots newsletter here and see the spots here. For the Shots article featuring how Sam Brown put the production together go to our PRESS section.
Nolan Sarner wins at World Fest with Mortimer
Congratulations go out to Nolan Sarner for winning a Silver Remi for his short film Mortimer at the 43 Annual World Fest Film Festival in Houston. Founded in 1961, World Fest is the only American Film Festival that is completely dedicated to Independent International films.
Starring rising local comedian Levi MacDougall as a nervous job applicant and Carlo Rota (24, Little Mosque on the Prairie) as the eccentric conducting the interview, Mortimer has been garnering enthusiastic praise at festivals around the world since its debut last year, you can watch it as part of Nolan's reel in our Directors section.
Greg Kohs shoots for KIA
Imported is happy to have Greg Kohs back in Toronto to shoot a series of spots for KIA through exciting new agency David & Goliath.
Superfad wins at First Board Awards
Congratulations to Carlos Stevens of Superfad for winning the Motion Graphics category at the 11th Annual First Board Awards. Click over to our PRESS section to read up on Carlos' unlikely journey from freestyle skier to graphics maverick.
Richard Farmer spends a day in the life with Lays
Richard Farmer is in town shooting some amazing creative for Lays out of BBDO Toronto. The "Chip Trips" will showcase our Lays representative making a marathon voyage through bizarre Canadian locations courtesy of Lays.
