Save the Children with a pillow fight
Simon & Paul recently collaborated with the young director Elias Ben Dahhou on the spec spot Pillow Fight for Save the Children.
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Pillows, not survival. That’s what childhood battles should look like. But for one in five children, the reality is different. They grow up in, or are directly affected by war.
Directed by Elias Ben Dahhou, shot by Konrad Losch, and produced by Simon & Paul, the spot Pillow Fight draws a sharp contrast between the imagined violence of play and the real violence of conflict.
Credits
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- Production Company Simon & Paul
- Director Elias Ben Dahhou
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Credits
View on- Production Company Simon & Paul
- Director Elias Ben Dahhou
- Executive Producer Simon Fessler
- Producer Tobias Paul
- VFX Ambassadors/Berlin
- VFX Supervisor Bas Moonen
- Colorist Hannibal Lang
- Audio Post Supreme Music
- Sound Designer Moritz Irion
- Sound Designer Bernhard Pausch
- Music Supreme Music
- Executive Producer Niklas Straub
- Production Designer Christina Mammes
- Producer Niklas Straub
- DP Konrad Losch
- Editor Tim Plaster
- Composer Sebastian Schutze
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Simon & Paul
- Director Elias Ben Dahhou
- Executive Producer Simon Fessler
- Producer Tobias Paul
- VFX Ambassadors/Berlin
- VFX Supervisor Bas Moonen
- Colorist Hannibal Lang
- Audio Post Supreme Music
- Sound Designer Moritz Irion
- Sound Designer Bernhard Pausch
- Music Supreme Music
- Executive Producer Niklas Straub
- Production Designer Christina Mammes
- Producer Niklas Straub
- DP Konrad Losch
- Editor Tim Plaster
- Composer Sebastian Schutze
It opens in a world we all recognise: children running, laughing, diving into cushions, before slowly slipping into something else. The film rejects chaos in favour of stillness. There are no explosions, just a slow, observational drift into the reality millions of children face. The result is unsettling without being loud, an emotional rupture framed in calm.
As conflicts increase and escalate, so does our detachment. Pillow Fight doesn’t raise its voice, it makes space. It invites us to remember what’s at stake: the right to a childhood defined by joy, and safety, not by survival.
Pillow Fight was recently awarded Silver at the Young Director Award 2025 in Cannes.
