Whisker, a New Zealand short film about a man trying to win a beard-growing contest, has won the Future Filmmaker Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Google’s Cube project taps Kiwi directors
The Sweet Shop NZ directors Steve Ayson and Damien Shatford have partnered with Semi-Permanent and Google Creative Lab Sydney to create an interactive movie experience for Google Creative Lab’s experimental platform for interactive storytelling, the Cube.
FCB’s domestic bliss for Air NZ
FCB has shot a new TVC for Air New Zealand to market the airline’s four types of domestic flight tickets.
‘Creative blunderbuss’ now a Thief
Wildly popular music video director duo Thunderlips (Auckland-based Kiwis Sean Wallace & Jordan Dodson) have joined Thick as Thieves.
Apology not required
Global haircare giant Pantene has evolved its global Shine Strong campaign by launching a new video that tackles a common but unconscious behaviour many women around the world engage in everyday: over-apologizing.
Mitre 10 Sandpit breaks longevity record
There’s no holding back a truly great ad – and DraftFCB’s Mitre 10 Sandpit is proving that it’s already a classic. This month it returns to the M+AD Top 10 (at #2) a remarkable six years after it was created (in 2008).
Film Lion finalists: DDB, Clems, Saatchi
New Zealand has four commercials through to the shortlist round of the Cannes Film Lions, announced overnight – two from DDB, and one each from Clemenger and Saatchi & Saatchi.
True Blood gets the Spritz treatment
DDB and Sky have launched their first campaign using text streaming technology Spritz to take a new-look message to Kiwi viewers.
A Scot/Yank/Aussie walks into a Wellington bar …
Positively Wellington Tourism has tapped an LA-based Scottish immigrant to Australia to sell our capital city to the Aussies.
#SMCAKL Awards: The winners
The inaugural #SMCAKL Awards last night saw NZ’s social media superstars recognised at the Britomart Country Club.
