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Bram Van Riet shoots for Gaviscon

Bram Van Riet will be working on an FX heavy job over the next couple of weeks for Gaviscon through Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG.

Vance Malone profiled in Boards

Having had a positive past experience with the Sundance Film Festival (where he previously received honorable mention for his short film The Ocularist), Vance Malone is poised for another warm reception for his latest short documentary The Poodle Trainer.  Boards online has taken the time to profile the genesis of the film about a Russian emigré named Irina Markova and her entourage of twenty poodles.  Visit our Press section for the article and click here to view a clip of the film which is being shown in the Top Spots of Boards Online this week.

Two films to debut at Sundance

Congratulations to Derek Cianfrance who is debuting his feature film Blue Valentine in competition at the Sundance Film Festival.  The film (which was also co-written by Cianfrance) stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a couple navigating the perils of their evolving relationship.

In the short film section Vance Malone is debuting his latest film The Poodle Trainer in which the titular character maintains a transcendent relationship with her Poodles.

Click over to our Press section to read the SHOOT online profile of the two directors and how Sundance has influenced their careers.

Garth Davis nominated for the DGAA!

Congratulations to Garth Davis for his nomination as best commercial director of 2009 for the Directors Guild of America Awards.  This year Garth joins the ranks of such past DGAA vets as Tom Kuntz and Craig Gillespie with additional competition from the esteemed Joaquin Baca-Asay and Chris Palmer among the other nominees.

The announcement comes on the heels of a banner year for Garth, having gained notoriety in particular for his work on a US Cellular campaign led off by the spot "Shadow Puppets", in which two gigantic amourous shadow bunnies frolic across a nightime cityscape in pursuit of each other.  View the spot in our Directors section and check out our Press area for the Boards article that broke the news.

Fingers crossed for Garth as the winner will be announced at a ceremony in LA at the end of the month.

Erich Joiner shoots Capital One

While we endure the post holiday blahs in frigid Toronto, Erich Joiner is away on location in Hawaii shooting the new campaign for Capital One out of DDB Toronto.  Our thoughts are with you Erich, just wish our bodies were there too...