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Burger King - Bundles of Joy

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Founder
Uncommon Creative Studio

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Nils Leonard
Founder
Uncommon Creative Studio

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Open for Fun

Audio/Sonic Branding

Meanwhile

tombola

After winning tombola we gave them an all new positioning: Open for Fun, and launched it with a 2-minute film featuring an original composition written by Stefan Abingdon and Ashley Horne (The Midnight Beast). This gave us the perfect opportunity to also create a sonic brand for tombola. The nature of their business means tombola campaigns vary greatly from one to the next, so several variations of the sonic branding were created in order to bring an element of brand consistency across everything we make for them.

GOLD

Open for Fun ~ Music Lovers

Radio - Use of Music : CAMPAIGN

Meanwhile

tombola

Open for Fun positions tombola as the place to go for a bit of fun during life's in-between moments. So, when it came to the radio for our campaign, we focussed on being relative to where the audience were likely to be listening � post kids drop off, on the commute, thinking about what to make for tea, thus encouraging people to put those twiddling thumbs to better use with a game on tombola. This approach saw us create several bespoke executions, rather than simply being catch all.

GOLD

No Bad Choices

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

Neil Johnson

Canal+

The thrill of the case between baddie and goodie who has kidnapped his wife and going to blow her up it starts hi octane tensions and needs to get the viewer intrigued then a sudden quiet...phones the villain cackling about the demise of the detectives wife panic ensues again rushing running and then only to find there is no wrong choice...Canal+

BRONZE

Coca-Cola x Marvel: The Heros

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

Nomad Edit

The Coca Cola Company

Bringing the minuscule to the gigantic in more ways than one: Andy Humphreys mixed the entire sound design for this campaign, now viewed by millions of people world-wide. See Coca-Cola and Marvel assemble as you�ve never seen them before to come to the rescue of a comic book store employee.

BRONZE

'Til I Died

Radio - Tactical Radio : SINGLE

Saatchi & Saatchi

British Heart Foundation

During EURO 2024, BHF wanted to change people�s perceptions of heart disease. We did it by taking an iconic football chant and giving it a harrowing new meaning. The ad begins like the football chant we all know, but it suddenly stops, replaced only by a sinister heart rate monitor flatline. Our message, that each week 12 young people are lost to sudden cardiac death in the UK, is then delivered by Claire�s father. She was just 22 when she died. The campaign earned over 300 pieces of news coverage. More importantly, donations increased 55% to fund lifesaving scientific research.

BRONZE

Unfinished

Audio Book - Audio Book : SINGLE

Saatchi & Saatchi

�Unfinished� by Ellen White is the official autobiography of England Women's greatest ever goalscorer. Except this story doesn't end in glory. Real online hate Ellen received throughout her career audibly drowns out her story, causing it to end abruptly in her teenage years. At the exact age 121 girls drop out of sport every day in the UK. The audiobook received national media attention making it all the way up to the UK Government. Who have since committed to ensuring the new Online Safety Act legally requires social media companies to protect users from the scourge of online abuse.

SILVER

The Empty Seat

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

Sounds Good Audio

Paralympic Team Belgium

Made to bring further awareness and encourage greater fan participation at the Paralympic games last summer. An intense, visceral sound palette which reflects the heightened senses of the Paralympic Athletes. This works in tandem with a rhythmic crowd clapping and stomping which builds in tempo and force until it reaches a ferocious crescendo.

GOLD

Patience

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

String and Tins

Optical Arts

The concept of the �oner/long take� in film-making is a well-documented and discussed topic, but here we had a chance to explore a �one shot� through musical sound design. We experimented with a sense of scale, creating vast planetary textures for the opening shot from recordings of fabric being scraped heavily - sonically foreshadowing the reveal that these aren�t planets, but a pair of floating boots. Matching the clever visual �reveals� throughout, we experimented with abstract transitions between scenes - like spaceship beeps warping into a whistling drone, which in turn develops into the bright shimmering of sun rays.

SILVER

Christmas 2024

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

String and Tins

Tesco

Helping Feed Your Christmas Spirit, uses enchanting and detailed sound design to guide the tone for our festive spot. Set to On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz, the audio mirrors the emotional highs and lows of Gary�s grief. From magically designed bells, foley recordings of gingerbread crunches to immersive ambient sounds of laughter and snowfall, the soundscape captures the warmth of togetherness and nostalgia experienced at Christmas. As Gary's gingerbread world comes to life, carefully curated sound design amplifies the joy, underlines tender moments of reflection, and lifts the emotion, making the ad a celebration of Christmas traditions.

BRONZE

There's Nowhere We Can't Go

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

String and Tins

Le Chameau

The sound design for this 'Le Chameau' spot focuses on washes of natural ambience and an intimately recorded poem. It evokes a stream of romantic memories tied to a couple�s adventures through urban and natural environments. Our recording of WB Yeats� The Song of Wandering Aengus serves as the narrative anchor. The audio features personally recorded soundscapes from diverse European locations, blended hypnotically to mirror fragments of memory�emerging, intertwining, and dissolving. The ebb and flow of the soundscapes was used in favour of a musical score.

SILVER

Bad Knockoff

Radio - 0-30secs : SINGLE

Uncommon Creative Studio

Hiscox

Across OOH, radio and social, Hiscox launched its new brand platform with 'The Most Disastrous Campaign Ever� - where each execution in the campaign had �gone wrong� in a humorous way that linked to Hiscox�s insurance offering. A radical approach in a category that�s afraid of talking about risk. The campaign reinvigorated the Hiscox brand - delivering transformative improvements all the way through the marketing funnel, and showing that entertaining, broad-reach advertising still has incredible power in B2B.

SILVER

Bad Knockoff

Radio - Use of Radio Medium : SINGLE

Uncommon Creative Studio

Hiscox

BRONZE

The Best Seat in the House

Film Craft - Sound Design : SINGLE

Wonderhood Studios

National Theatre Live

Our film captures the visceral emotions evoked by world-class theatre, screened in cinemas. Alongside visual interactions with the chair, sound was key to amplifying these feelings. The goal was to seamlessly bring fear, happiness, disgust, joy, and more to life; so, the sound design was a mix of musical elements, sounds repeated, stretched and warped to create a bed of effects that almost became a musical piece. Taking cues and tropes from cinema for every scene, bespoke audio elements became emotional moments, making you feel like you were there experiencing it up close.

SILVER

A Tale As Old As Websites

Film Craft - Casting Celebrities : SINGLE

Biscuit Filmworks

Squarespace

SILVER

Memory

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Biscuit Filmworks

Cadbury

GOLD

Life Needs a Big Network: Midnight Mums Club

Film Craft - Casting : CAMPAIGN

Biscuit Filmworks

Three

BRONZE

Considering What?

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Biscuit Filmworks

Channel 4 x Paralympics

SILVER

Memory

Film Craft - Performance : SINGLE (moved)

Biscuit Filmworks

Cadbury

GOLD

Desk Break

Film Craft - Casting Celebrities : SINGLE

Golin

ASICS

In 2024, as workers increasingly returned to sitting in the office, ASICS identified the desk as a danger to mental health and took on limp corporate wellness culture to inspire the world to move. Making the world�s scariest boss - Brian Cox - a mental health champion, launching a PSA (public service announcement) film, the first employment contract clause for movement and creating a genuinely viral juggernaut that generated 20M organic video views, 931K social engagements, 40% increase Google searches for ASICS and over 1.3k earned placements; inspiring support from the Director General of the WHO and our competitors alike.

SILVER

The Desk Break

Film Craft - Performance : SINGLE

Kode Media

ASICS

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, ASICS enlisted actor Brian Cox to deliver a warning to the world to get away from their desks and move for their mental health in a powerful Public Service Announcement. In the PSA, Brian Cox plays the role of the world�s scariest boss to highlight the silent threat to our mental health�the desk we work at every day. The PSA calls on office workers to reject so-called wellbeing perks, such as free fruit and �Wellness Wednesdays� and instead calls on office workers to put their mental health first by taking a Desk Break.

BRONZE

McDonald's 50th Birthday

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Leo Burnett

McDonald's

In 2024, McDonald�s were celebrating their 50th anniversary in the UK and Ireland. To mark the occasion, we tapped into the one moment of McDonald�s feel good that fans have cherished above all others - the joy of a McDonald�s birthday party. All summer, restaurants were transformed with decorations, a limited-edition party menu, and national outdoor ads as invitations. Fans received digital Party Bags, and an exclusive merch collection let them join the fun. The grand finale? Brand icon Grimace gate-crashed the campaign with the viral Grimace Shake, which sold out in days and set social media ablaze.

BRONZE

40 Years of Christmas Connection

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Leo Burnett

Vodafone

The Vodafone network was born over the Christmas period of 1984. Since then, technology has rapidly changed and evolved, but the reasons we connect to people remain the same. Our Christmas campaign is centred around our authentic role of connecting the nation to the people they love on the most special day of all � Christmas Day. The film pulls on the nostalgic beats we�ve all shared with each other over the last few decades, from the sheer novelty of the very first mobile phones to the ways we use them to share special moments at Christmas today.

GOLD

Investigation Done Proper

Film Craft - Casting Celebrities : SINGLE

Lucky Generals

Yorkshire Tea

So how do you get to be Britain�s best loved brew? Well, it�s not by cutting corners. Everything Yorkshire Tea do is done proper. And we mean everything. It�s what makes a proper brew. The brand platform we developed �Where Everything�s Done Proper� has been running for 8 years, and shows just how deep Yorkshire Tea�s passion for doing things proper goes. Our latest recruit carried out an Investigation Done Proper to solve the case of Pat�s missing biccies�

GOLD

The Gifting Hour

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Riff Raff Films

John Lewis

Released in 2024, John Lewis Christmas ad 'The Gifting Hour' is a heartwarming narrative exploring the sentimental journey of finding the perfect gift. Well known for being the UK's most favourite Christmas advert every year, the ad depicts a woman revisiting cherished memories to select a meaningful present for her sister. Accompanied by Richard Ashcroft's acoustic Sonnet, it blends nostalgia and festive spirit?.

SILVER

Crawford Vs Madrimov "Everything Or Nothing"

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Riff Raff Films

Riyadh Season

Rich Hall directs a striking film through Big Time Creative Shop, promoting the upcoming fight between Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov. Everything each fighter has ever been through to get there, are set in these points of convergence. From the corners of childhood bedrooms and family living rooms, of training gyms and cross-country trains, to this impending ring in LA�s BMO Stadium. Hall uses the geography of the square ring and its four corners to connect the past with the present, so the fight and flashbacks are visually linked.

GOLD

Live every moment, all year around

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE (moved)

Stink

Peroni

Peroni�s first ever Christmas campaign directed by BAFTA-winning Tom Green through Stink. A beautiful celebration of friendship with a spectacular grade by George K, meticulously crafted to mimic the timeless essence of film.

GOLD

Live every moment, all year around

Film Craft - Performance : SINGLE (moved)

Stink

Peroni

GOLD

The Family Portrait

Film Craft - Casting : SINGLE

Uncommon Creative Studio

JD Sports

Christmas is a time of rituals, some conventional and many unique. Whether it�s big family dinners or a cheeky takeaway with the boys. The holiday season means different things to different people. The Family Portrait is an authentic documentary of what this time of year means to people � from talent to real people � the cast blends into one as we watch these different festival traditions unfold. The film acts as an invitation to everyone to celebrate not only the families they are born into, but the friends and connections that they have found along the way.

GOLD

Squad Up

Film Craft - Casting Celebrities : SINGLE

Uncommon Creative Studio

SiriusXM

Supercell�s party action mobile game, Squad Busters, launched globally with a star-studded commercial featuring Chris Hemsworth, Christina Ricci, Ken Jeong, Will Arnett and Auli�i Cravalho. The launch trailer saw the actors take on the personalities of iconic Supercell game characters that feature in the mobile game giant�s latest smash hit. Squad Busters is Supercell�s first global game launch in over five years and has been highly anticipated�quickly reaching 40 million pre-registrations, making it the fastest-ever mobile game ever..

GOLD

Heirlooms

Film Craft - Performance : SINGLE

VML UK

Suicide & Co.

Suicide can echo across generations. In the UK: 36,000 people are bereaved by suicide every year. 1 in 3 of them will have suicidal thoughts. 1 in 10 of them will attempt to take their own life. As the devastating statistics show, when you lose a loved one to suicide, you�re more at risk of dying by suicide. The powerful film Heirlooms shines the spotlight on what happens after someone takes their own life, and the loved ones who carry it with them for the rest of theirs.

GOLD

Considering What?

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Biscuit Filmworks

Channel 4 x Paralympics

BRONZE

40 Years of Christmas Connection

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Leo Burnett

Vodafone

BRONZE

Power Progress

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE (moved)

Pulse Films

Tonal

Aube Perrie presents the future of fitness with his striking spot for Tonal, in collaboration with Ari Weiss� Quality Experience. Backdropped by a dark and gritty turn-of-the-century Victorian town, our hero desperately tries to break free from working out in the grueling past.

GOLD

The Gifting Hour

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Riff Raff Films

John Lewis

SILVER

Crawford Vs Madrimov

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Riff Raff Films

Riyadh Season

SILVER

Clocking Off

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Saatchi & Saatchi

"Clocking Off" captures the moment workers break free from the daily grind, returning home to their families already caning the broadband. We wanted to emphasize the stark contrast between the greyscale monotony of the workplace and the full-colour bliss of home�where you�re finally left to your own devices. That�s why we immersed the workplace in a world of black and white. Cinematic. Graphic. Real. Raw. Dystopian. This stark visual contrast amplifies the shift, making the full-colour freedom of home feel even more powerful.

SILVER

Greatness

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

Wieden+Kennedy

Nike

Many are great, but what defines the greatest of all time? For Rafa, it wasn�t just the accolades�it was his unrelenting passion and resilience, match after match. Set in his hometown of Manacor, the film portrays Nadal in a black-and-white, nostalgic liminal space, suspended between memory and legacy. Shot in an intimate 4:3 frame, high-contrast visuals highlight Rafa sweeping marks on the clay�symbols of tireless effort and dedication. Pixelated archive footage punctuates the meditative rhythm of sweeping, as he erases the marks left on his court and career. A poetic reflection on greatness, immortalised in the spirit of clay.

SILVER

Swing

Film Craft - Cinematography : SINGLE

You're the Goods

Papaya

Play On, a brand platform celebrating the power of play. The debut film, Swing, brings this vision to life, inspiring adults to rediscover a nostalgic sense of play. Set high above NYC, two men compete on the world�s biggest swing, captured entirely in-camera for an authentic thrill. With stunt teams from Dune and Mission Impossible, the actors soared from a 165-foot-high crane�delivering a breathtaking spectacle that embodies Papaya�s ambition to push gaming beyond the screen.

GOLD

Everything or Nothing

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Absolute Post

Crawford v Madrimon

SILVER

Pleasure Makes Us Human

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Absolute Post

Lavazza

BRONZE

Silent Night

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Arts and Sciences

Erste Bank

Credits: Black Kite Studios (George Kyriacou - Colourist)

SILVER

BOSS ONE

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE (moved)

Coffee & Tv

BOSS

Colour Creative Director Simona Cristea teamed up with directors Mert and Marcus to craft the project's distinctive visual style. Drawing inspiration from chiaroscuro lighting, she expertly balanced golden-orange highlights with cooler tones to enhance depth and mood. Deep shadows infused an air of mystery, using darkness as a powerful storytelling element. The interplay of strong contrasts and a rich cinematic palette seamlessly merges warmth and coolness, shaping a striking aesthetic that defines the film�s bold identity.

BRONZE

Bakery

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Squarespace

BRONZE

Gale Force

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

F+F

F&F, Tesco�s clothing brand, launched its Autumn Winter 2024 collection with the �Gail Force� campaign by BBH London. The 30-second film highlights the versatility of autumn fashion, featuring a heroine who remains effortlessly stylish amidst an office windstorm. As others scramble, she confidently dons a floor-length F&F coat over a red jumper and struts to the lift, embodying high-fashion poise. Directed by Amber Grace-Johnson and set to Richard Hawley�s There�s A Storm A Comin�, the campaign reinforces F&F�s message: �Designed for the great outdoors�and indoors.�

SILVER

Perfect Stranger

Colour Grading - Music Video Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

FKA Twigs

SILVER

Muscles

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Squarespace

BRONZE

Designed For The Future

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Bugaboo

GOLD

Soaking Detective

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Audible

SILVER

Marshall Introducing Monitor III A.N.C

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Marshall

BRONZE

Inspired By

Colour Grading - Commercial Film Grading : SINGLE

Electric Theatre Collective

Asos

ASOS has launched Inspired By, a new brand platform showcasing the unexpected places, moments, and objects that influence fashion trends. With nearly 90% of its audience looking beyond catwalks and celebrities for inspiration, ASOS uses this platform to highlight its creative process. The campaign introduces four trend-driven collections: Night Shift, Stable Girl, Power Trip, and On Campus. Developed by The Or, the 360� campaign spans cinema, VOD, OOH, social media, media partnerships, and live events, making it ASOS� most ambitious yet. Directed by Duncan Loudon, the hero film follows the ASOS eye discovering fashion inspiration in everyday settings.

SILVER