Back to main site.Weekend with Ondi
Posted by Richie | Filed under inspirational, musings and humor
A few weeks back Futuristic organized a very special weekend for one of our most esteemed directors, 2x Grand Jury Prize winner of the Sundance Film Festival, Ondi Timoner. The weekend included Q&A sessions with Ondi as well as a provocative panel discussion on the topic of the emerging virtual world and its effects on advertising and culture.
The star-studded panel:
ONDI TIMONER / Director of We Live in Public
E.F. RODRIGUEZ / Social Media Expert and Writer for the Huffington Post
SCOTT PRINDLE / Crispin Porter + Bogusky - SVP of Interactive
ALEX “BURNIE” BURNARD / Crispin Porter + Bogusky - Creative Director
Moderated by
BRENDAN KIERNAN / Executive Producer of Futuristic Films
If you were there… you know, and if you weren’t… you missed out… and if you have not seen either of her films. (tsk tsk) (which would surprise me…Netflix has been recommending them to me for months) do not live and breath another second until you do so.
I was so lucky as to have the privilege of carting her to and from the airport all weekend and as a budding filmmaker myself, the quiet time on a 1 hour car ride was all I could ever ask for. She has so many ridiculous stories (more lives than a cat, that woman!)
Ondi is the epitome of a true documentary filmmaker… a force of nature. Not to gush, but her work seems solely indicative of her person with uncanny intuition paired with some serious social/political prowess. Clarity emerges through her storytelling. Her films not only exude an authentic sensitivity to issues but effortlessly engage you in those issues. Her company, Interloper Films was founded upon the idea of injecting herself and her team into a situation of which she doesn’t intrinsically belong.
She debuted “We Live in Public” at Sundance. The film considers some of the darker effects of modern media and technology on our personal identity through an examination of “the greatest internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, Josh Harris. The dot-com millionaire had an affinity for expensive fascist-themed social experiments that eventually led to his mental breakdown.
Incredible films and an incredible lady! Check out Ondi’s work at www.interloperfilms.com
MORE BIG NEWS !!!
Interloper is thrilled to announce the imminent Video-on-Demand and DVD releases of WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, on March 1st and March 2nd. Go here for more details. (http://www10.dcccafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=782463)
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