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Filmmaker Alberto Mielgo wore multiple hats including director, screenwriter, editor, sound design and music for “The Windshield Wiper,” screening in the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The animated short follows a middle-aged man who asks himself and the audience, what is love?

Through vignettes, the man goes on a journey as he reaches a conclusion and answers the question. The Spanish-born director wanted to challenge traditional animation with an adult-themed approach and using an untraditional color palette inspired by David Lynch’s filmmaking style as he navigates love and relationship.

Andrew Calder, Anka Tiribeja, Cara Whitfield, Charlie Bean, Eboni Adams Fany Rosen, Jake Bercovici, John Duffin provide voices for the short.

Mark Ceryak, co-founder of Pastel along with Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski, explains why they came on board the project: “After seeing Alberto’s film ‘The Witness’ in 2019 we obsessively stalked him. When he shared ‘The Windshield Wiper’ with us,...

From stylista/barrista to singing sensation, Christina Perri had her big break come on national television when her song, “Jar of Hearts,” performed by Billy and Kathryn and choreographed by Stacey Tookey on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, left an unforgettable impression on viewers. “Jar of Hearts” soared in digital downloads in the following days and she was asked to perform her hit song on the So You Think You Can Dance stage. Click Here to watch her live performance. Now signed to Atlantic Records, we had an opportunity to talk with Christina about how her hard work paid off. Watch Christina’s new video for “Jar of Hearts” below where she has cast So You Think You Can Dance dancers. The full cast includes Peter Chu, Katherine McCormick, Keltie Colleen, Chelsea Thedinga, Alison Holker, Eboni Adams, Chantal Aguirre and Christina Perri with choreography by Stacey Tookey.