Veronika Bolotina captures the nature of an artist
The director unveils a sublime and contemplative film depicting the paintings and creative practice of her friend and artist, Lera Dubitskaya.
Mark Molloy's new ragtag team wants to steal our hearts
The Aussie director takes a cinematic approach to retirement planning in this romp for MLC from Princess.
Andrew De Zen gives us a taste of Spanish life
The director's lively and cinematic spot for Olive Oil from Spain captures the country’s rich culture, lifestyle and cuisine on a road trip from Madrid to Cadiz.
Cyprus Comic Con levels up
ABL Films crafts a single shot, 16-bit arcade era-style film with a 66-colour palette and custom software for the Cypriot comic convention.
When Louis met John Lewis
John Lewis gives the gift of vodcast in this new campaign, which is also the launch of a new entertainment series. In the first episode, documentarian Louis Theroux talks gifts and garments, and gets a minor makeover.
Comic Relief exposes the excuses
People profoundly declare that child poverty isn’t their problem in the UK charity’s satirical national campaign created by Quality Meats.
Optus’s nonna shoots for success
A bold Italian grandma coaches her grandson’s basketball team in a fun campaign by Droga5 for the Australian telecommunications company.
Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox share friendship tips
The two movie icons discuss how to support a friend with Parkinson's in Maximum Effort's witty new film.
Veronika Bolotina captures the nature of an artist
The director unveils a sublime and contemplative film depicting the paintings and creative practice of her friend and artist, Lera Dubitskaya.
Mark Molloy's new ragtag team wants to steal our hearts
The Aussie director takes a cinematic approach to retirement planning in this romp for MLC from Princess.
Andrew De Zen gives us a taste of Spanish life
The director's lively and cinematic spot for Olive Oil from Spain captures the country’s rich culture, lifestyle and cuisine on a road trip from Madrid to Cadiz.
Cyprus Comic Con levels up
ABL Films crafts a single shot, 16-bit arcade era-style film with a 66-colour palette and custom software for the Cypriot comic convention.
When Louis met John Lewis
John Lewis gives the gift of vodcast in this new campaign, which is also the launch of a new entertainment series. In the first episode, documentarian Louis Theroux talks gifts and garments, and gets a minor makeover.
Comic Relief exposes the excuses
People profoundly declare that child poverty isn’t their problem in the UK charity’s satirical national campaign created by Quality Meats.
Optus’s nonna shoots for success
A bold Italian grandma coaches her grandson’s basketball team in a fun campaign by Droga5 for the Australian telecommunications company.
Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox share friendship tips
The two movie icons discuss how to support a friend with Parkinson's in Maximum Effort's witty new film.
The Craft
Q&As and behind-the-scenes info on the latest and greatest commercials, shorts and music videos.
How hungryman woke the dead
In the second year of its “anti-award show award show”, the production company brought to life another abandoned script and found a brand to run it. Here, Jamie Madge speaks to Dead Ad Society founder and hungryman managing partner Caleb Dewart, director Lena Beug and copywriter Jagger Moore about resurrecting All Grown Up, the creative freedom afforded by doing things backwards, and why some lost ideas deserve another shot.
How Honda’s dream team revved up some reveries
From puppeteered spheres to smoke-filled bubbles, bringing Honda’s Your Dreams Engineered campaign to life demanded as much ingenuity behind the camera as it celebrates on screen. Director Ryan Chun and Black Kite Studios’ VFX Supervisor Jonathan Box explain how they manifested a beautiful film about manifesting dreams.
How Dermot Malone navigated the RNLI's new campaign
Banjoman Films director Dermot Malone's recent film for the RNLI turned what was meant to be an instructional PSA into a moving story about a young man and the danger posed by the sea. Here, Malone talks about the project, its inception, and what brought him to tears when writing the final scene.
How Vanessa Stachel hand-crafted a queer fairytale for Greenpeace
Director Vanessa Stachel talks us through how her sublime graduation film, The Nymph, created in partnership with Greenpeace, harnesses painstaking practical craftsmanship to personify humanity's destructive relationship with nature in a dark and haunting cautionary fable.
How LUMA’s sweet dreams were made from this
Jason Kreher, CCO of creative studio DE-YAN and Caroline Ingeborn, COO of Luma AI, discuss their collaboration on the Luma Dream Brief. This competition to create ads using Luma AI tools garnered entries from 400 creatives who were able to play around with the fanciful work they thought they’d never make.
Niclas Larsson joins Pine
Production company Pine welcomes the internationally award-winning director and screenwriter to the team.
Yarns announces Editors for NOSTALGIA 2026
Yarns has revealed the editors who will be pairing with this year’s four winning filmmakers to bring their NOSTALGIA shorts to life.
Object & Animal welcomes Paul Herrmann
Object & Animal announce the signing of the director and photographer for representation in the UK and US.
Lobster doubles down on human-led storytelling
Being rosterless gives Lobster the freedom to look wider when needed, properly curating the right talent for every job rather than being restricted by a fixed list.
shots Awards EMEA 2026 reveals first wave of judges
With entries still open and the final entry deadline approaching, we reveal some of the names set to cast a critical eye over this year's work.
Sarah Drummond joins Compass Rose
Drummond joins Compass Rose as Partner and Executive Producer for UK & Europe.
- Who will you take to National Cinema Weekend?
- Earn Your Sunday at Lowe's
- Pink Siifu drops the Devil’s Advocate
- Aline Lata directs Until Another Day
- Toyota Yaris Cross launches with a fresh spin on Alice in Wonderland
- Breakfast yourself to victory with Arla
- The US Army launch Field Tested campaign
- ANOTR build a surrealist fever dream party for Like It
- Mayor Pingree Bourbon is smoother than you expect
- Don’t Fan For Free with DoorDash
Niclas Larsson joins Pine
Production company Pine welcomes the internationally award-winning director and screenwriter to the team.
Yarns announces Editors for NOSTALGIA 2026
Yarns has revealed the editors who will be pairing with this year’s four winning filmmakers to bring their NOSTALGIA shorts to life.
Object & Animal welcomes Paul Herrmann
Object & Animal announce the signing of the director and photographer for representation in the UK and US.
Lobster doubles down on human-led storytelling
Being rosterless gives Lobster the freedom to look wider when needed, properly curating the right talent for every job rather than being restricted by a fixed list.
shots Awards EMEA 2026 reveals first wave of judges
With entries still open and the final entry deadline approaching, we reveal some of the names set to cast a critical eye over this year's work.
Sarah Drummond joins Compass Rose
Drummond joins Compass Rose as Partner and Executive Producer for UK & Europe.
The Talent
How Glitter Kiss finds the humanity in hate
Director Augustė Gerikaitė, who won a YDA Gold in the Short Film category for her tender study of homophobia and redemption shares how she set out to prompt empathy and reevaluation of prejudices.
Yuan Yuan embraces uncertainty in When Winter Comes
The two-time YDA Gold winner tells Jamie Madge why her short turns away from solving a disappearance and instead focuses on the complicated emotional life of the person left behind.
shots Unsigned: Jack Cotlevski
This weeks shots Unsigned interview features Brazilian director Jack Cotlevski, Here we talk about his music video for Mauro Henrique, the stress of troubling reshoots, and developing his Hybrid Cinema approach to filmmaking.
The Inspiration
Andy Madeleine: A Few Of My Favourite Things
The Even/Odd director shares the pile of CDs, the popular chair and the pioneering camera that keep nostalgia, design and sound in sharp focus.
Playlist: The Reggies
Strike Anywhere's directing duo The Reggies (aka Jake Herman and Clay Dirkse) give us the lowdown on evil vertical video, wanting to make abstract and conceptual work for artists, and dethroning Joey Chestnut...
Peer Review: Alex Boutell
Rogue Films director Alex Boutell celebrates the simplicity and comedic timing of his favourite shows from I Think You Should Leave to The Simpsons, and urges directors to keep the width of their trousers in check.
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As online ennui and a renewed appetite for IRL meet-ups grow, Caroline Sparkes, Director of Global Brand Marketing, Sparks, suggests we reevaluate the power of offline networking and creative connections.
The Showcase
Monthly round-ups, technique focusses and entertaining showreels, curated by the shots team.
The Focus
Our monthly digital magazine, bringing you an indispensable look at specific territories, techniques and themes within the advertising industry.