Alzheimer's Society says don't forget it's an illness
A touching new spot for The Alzheimer's Society shows how the disease can creep into people's lives.
W+K fights The Myth
Aptly released in the midst of AAPI Heritage Month, Wieden+Kennedy's powerful film dispels the destructive narrative of Asian Americans being 'The Model Minority'.
Amanda Sum’s beautiful promo tackles an ugly truth
The singer-songwriter’s new music video for the track Different Than Before exposes racial hatred in a cinematic film with a powerful message.
Football and motherhood? PUMA says Do Both
Following the captain of Iceland’s national football team, Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, as she navigates pregnancy whilst still training, COPA90's 12-minute documentary gives an intimate insight into the challenges of preparing for childbirth while maintaining a career as a professional athlete.
Visit Iceland’s horse-powered holiday service
The tourist board’s hilarious new campaign launches an equine email vacation responder.
JP Morgan's lobby cashcophony
Financial mumbo jumbo makes for an overwhelming racket in Nick Ball's cheeky spot for the investment bank.
Forever 21’s la la land
A Little LA In All of Us is a campaign dedicated to the fashion brand's home city roots.
It’s a cola magic
Music platform Coke Studio announces its expansion with a new film featuring global up-and-coming artists.
Alzheimer's Society says don't forget it's an illness
A touching new spot for The Alzheimer's Society shows how the disease can creep into people's lives.
W+K fights The Myth
Aptly released in the midst of AAPI Heritage Month, Wieden+Kennedy's powerful film dispels the destructive narrative of Asian Americans being 'The Model Minority'.
Amanda Sum’s beautiful promo tackles an ugly truth
The singer-songwriter’s new music video for the track Different Than Before exposes racial hatred in a cinematic film with a powerful message.
Football and motherhood? PUMA says Do Both
Following the captain of Iceland’s national football team, Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, as she navigates pregnancy whilst still training, COPA90's 12-minute documentary gives an intimate insight into the challenges of preparing for childbirth while maintaining a career as a professional athlete.
Visit Iceland’s horse-powered holiday service
The tourist board’s hilarious new campaign launches an equine email vacation responder.
JP Morgan's lobby cashcophony
Financial mumbo jumbo makes for an overwhelming racket in Nick Ball's cheeky spot for the investment bank.
Forever 21’s la la land
A Little LA In All of Us is a campaign dedicated to the fashion brand's home city roots.
It’s a cola magic
Music platform Coke Studio announces its expansion with a new film featuring global up-and-coming artists.
Q&As and behind-the-scenes info on the latest and greatest commercials, shorts and music videos.
HowB&Qbuiltitslatestcampaign
The recent, fantastic campaign for B&Q employs a Bowie soundtrack, a huge, rotating rig that was "a feat of civil engineering", and a lot of hard work. Here, Uncommon's ECD Sam Walker, and Pulse director Oscar Hudson, take us behind the scenes of one of the year's most ambitious ads.
How Vedran Rupic created a holy trilogy of surreality
Through three distinctive music videos for Bosnian-Swedish DJ Salvatore Ganacci, director Vedran Rupic has honed an artist persona that is shocking, unique and undeniably hilarious. Here, in his own words, he describes how each film came together, and why a childhood friendship resulted in the ultimate MV muse.
How Röyksopp and Bacon explored some Profound Mysteries
In tandem with the launch of their new album, Röyksopp collaborated with production company Bacon to create ten unique shorts from ten different directors, each taking on a separate track. We spoke to Executive Producer for Copenhagen Mette Jermiin and Executive Producer for Oslo Magne Lyngne about how the audacious project came about.
How Toyota got back on the streets
At the tail end of last year, after a pandemic-enforced abandonment of foreign shoots, Executive Creative Director & Partner at The&Partnership, Andre Moreira, headed to Spain for a Toyota Aygo job that's just been released. Here, he explains what it was like being back in the saddle, and how some things never change.
How a spec film became a real Wrangler ad
It is not very often that a spec spot turns into a genuine ad for a brand, but Scott Pommier’s commercial for Wrangler did exactly that. He talks to shots about his work with a tiny production team, including a football coach he found on Facebook, to turn his vision into a reality.
43rd Annual Telly Awards winners announced
ViacomCBS, Warner Bros. Worldwide TV Marketing, Nice Shoes, Chop & Hue, Feed the Children, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Sony Music Entertainment, Microsoft, and ESPN among Telly Winners.
Nordic motion design arrives in China
Final Frontier signs Copenhagen-based motion design masters, Frame.
PS260's Raná Martin heads West
PS260's Raná Martin heads West, becoming their Executive Producer in Los Angeles.
Director Adrien Armanet joins Henry
Armanet's style is precise casting, smart dialogue and perfect understanding of direction that turns any script into a good commercial.
Editor Jess Brunetto joins The Den
Brunetto weaves humour and heart into stories that are simultaneously visually and emotionally compelling.
- O.M.G it's a new ROXY campaign
- AmeriSave releases two new spots with SMUGGLER
- BT Means Business in new campaign
- Take it easy with Sky
- Ballentine's 7 goes from Glasgow to NYC in new spot
- Good ideas deserve to be found with Meta
- Marilyn Monroe inspires new JCPenney campaign
- Icy Hot goes PRO in new campaign
- British Gas encourages home renovators to look after their boilers
- New Prime Video campaign for Roland Garros by Fred & Farid Paris
43rd Annual Telly Awards winners announced
ViacomCBS, Warner Bros. Worldwide TV Marketing, Nice Shoes, Chop & Hue, Feed the Children, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Sony Music Entertainment, Microsoft, and ESPN among Telly Winners.
Nordic motion design arrives in China
Final Frontier signs Copenhagen-based motion design masters, Frame.
PS260's Raná Martin heads West
PS260's Raná Martin heads West, becoming their Executive Producer in Los Angeles.
Director Adrien Armanet joins Henry
Armanet's style is precise casting, smart dialogue and perfect understanding of direction that turns any script into a good commercial.
Editor Jess Brunetto joins The Den
Brunetto weaves humour and heart into stories that are simultaneously visually and emotionally compelling.
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Weird Seance summons… stevexoh
As Amy Kean continues her search for some of creativity's weirdest inhabitants, she talks to artist and writer stevexoh about unusual names, unexpected journeys and uncovering the secret of living.
Chaka Sobhani: The Way I See It
Now Global CCO at Leo Burnett, Chaka Sobhani spent over 10 years as a filmmaker and in TV, where she set up ITV Creative and worked on content for shows ranging from The X Factor to Downton Abbey. Moving into advertising she’s worked on award-winning campaigns for McDonalds, Boots, Coca Cola, Samsung and more. She talked to shots about Corrie, comedy and Cleopatra.
The Way I See It: Tim Godsall
Internationally renowned for his comedic, character-driven commercials, Anonymous Content director Tim Godsall has produced high-profile, awards-laden spots for brands including Axe, Old Spice, Southern Comfort, Xbox and many others. Here he shares stories of breakfast chocolate, a David Kolbusz T-shirt mix-up and a surprising celebrity-in-the-bathroom situation.
Cannes Contenders: Australia
FINCH Executive Producer Loren Bradley talks us through the Australian campaigns that have a chance of grabbing Lions this year, including Volkswagen games, crying boys and Larry!
Cannes Contenders: New Zealand
Film Construction Executive Producer Belinda Bradley shares with us the New Zealand campaigns that have a chance of grabbing Lions this year, including a career-limiting moves, dancers and a dreamy music video...
On My Radar: Jerry Chia
Jerry Chia, editor at Good Company NYC, reveals the music video maestro whose work he looks out for, the film he thinks is a 'masterpiece', and the reason he's actually called Jerry.
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Politics is just the art of getting things done, but has come to mean so much more. The Moon Unit look at the push-and-pull of a commercial shoot, examining who's really in charge, the tricky question of tribes and the ultimate conundrum of how to foster good communication.
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