Cannes Contenders: Yimeng Zhang
From curtains to skincare and electronic cars to online social platforms, Yimeng Zhang, Managing Partner and EP at HAMLET Shanghai, picks five of the best Chinese campaigns that could win big at this year's Lions.
IKEA Bottles
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai
Director: Terri Timely
Prod Co: Loft Films Shanghai
IKEA has been thinking about environmental issues, and this curiosity drove them to invent the GUNRID curtain, made of recyclable materials. This is a magical and sweet story of the journey of plastic bottles to end up in their 'final form', as air-cleaning curtains. To me, this was one of the most relevant commercial from 2020.
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- Production Company Loft Films
- Director Terri Timely
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- Production Company Loft Films
- Director Terri Timely
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- Production Company Loft Films
- Director Terri Timely
BMW iX3 New Tech, More Reliable with an Old Friend
Agency: Juice Network Shanghai
Director: Zou Fei
Prod Co: Gwantsi Shanghai
This commercial caricatures the common misconception about electronic vehicles in China. The prop car was a real, customised prop EV, without CG. This was one of the most entertaining (EV) car commercial since Covid-19 started.
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- Production Company GWANTSI
- Director Zou Fei
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- Director Zou Fei
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- Production Company GWANTSI
- Director Zou Fei
League of Legends Pro League Hand is the Hero
Agency: TBWA\Shanghai
Director: Roni Shao
Prod Co: Smooth Productions
For the 2021 LPL (League of Legends Pro League)’s World Championship, TBWA came up with this concept to turn hands into heroes, and to convey emotion through a gamer's greatest weapon, their hand. I love how the film expresses everything that happens inside the player's head - the emotional and mental process - through the hands, with dynamic camera movement and editing.
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Chando Go Ahead! Young Friend
Agency: Ogilvy Shanghai
Director: Yuchen Ding
Prod Co: Achill Productions Shanghai
Chando is a Chinese beauty and skincare brand whose campaigns tend to address and raise awareness on female-related social topics. In this film we follow the protagonist - a rookie - as she navigates through her first days at a new workplace as an anonymous 'young friend'. I love the oddness and fantastical treatment of the office stereotypes, especially the casting and its head piece designs.
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- Production Company Achill
- Director Yuchen Ding
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- Director Yuchen Ding
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- Director Yuchen Ding
TikTok Day and Night, Night and Day
Agency: WMY Shanghai
Director: Shijun Jia
Prod Co: Stink Films Shanghai
TikTok’s [known as Douyin in China] 2021 campaign film revolves around the brand slogan 'capturing the beautiful moments'. The underlying soundtrack is a remake of a famous pop song from the early 90s, to correspond to the theme. It’s a well executed film with authentic documentation of the little precious moments in the everyday life of the ordinary people around China.
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- Production Company Stink/China
- Director Roni Shao
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- Director Roni Shao
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- Production Company Stink/China
- Director Roni Shao