THREE - Saatchi and Saatchi New Directors Showcase Edition

Happiness 

Director: Steve Cutts

Production Company: NA

Type: Animated Short film

Why should ya watch it: My favourite winner this year! Super cute, very funny and an oddly sobering look into the modern world through the lives of rats. Check it out!

PSA In Real Life

Director: Win Bates

Producton Company: NA

Type: Content

Why should ya watch it: I found this video pretty confronting and uncomfortable to watch. I wasn’t really sure what I was watching until the end frame. It made me sad, so it did a good job at getting its point across!

Dream Makers by Honda

Directors: James Allen and Mike Skrgatic

Production Company:Time Based Arts

Type: TVC

Why should ya watch it: It’s an ad that emphasises the craft of pre-production, production and post-production as its own style of filmmaking. It highlights what we go through to get to a finished product… as the finished product. Visually it’s like nothing I’ve seen before, which is pretty cool. And it looks super expensive!!!!

Roman by Mashrou’ Leila

Director: Jessy Moussallem

Production Company: Caviar

Type: Music Video

Why should ya watch it: To me, this is an example of brave filmmaking. Mashrou’ Leila is a male Lebanese music group who advocate women’s issues and rights through their music. This in itself is pretty astounding considering the current social context, but additionally the director is an emerging female director from Beirut, who understands better than anyone the struggles of women in this part of the world.  The two together are a power combo for authentic and meaningful filmmaking! There isn’t any subtitles to translate the lyrics, but can be found in this link: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-how-can-you-sell-me-romans.html

I’m Not Racist by Joyner Lucas

Director: Ben Proulx and Joyner Lucas

Production Company: Project 2 Studios

Type: Music Video/Content

Why should ya watch it: This video is the result of putting two polar opposites in one room and forcing them to talk to each other. It’s a social commentary on the current racial attitudes in the US communicated through rap. Wasn’t stoked about the ending (it felt a bit forced and unrealistic to me), but definitely worth a squizz.