Here’s our round-up of the top 15 film campaigns from the Middle East.
1 Emirates
Production: Untold Studios
Director: Ben Cronin
2 Qatar Fund for Development
Production house: The Film House Doha
Writer and director: Omar Khalifa
3 LEGO
Agency: Grey Group Dubai and Grey Group Singapore
Film company: Asteroide
Directors: Caja Guedes and Jonas Sanson
4 Magdi Yacoub Foundation
Agency: Tarek Nour Advertising
Production house: Kay-Oh Productions
Director: Mohamed El Zayat
5 UAE Government Media Office
Agency: FP7 McCann
Film director and writer: Tahaab Rais
Production house: Dejavu
6 Burger King Kuwait
Agency: M&C Saatchi UAE
Production house: Dejavu
Director: Nalle Sjöblad
7 Home Centre
Agency: Publicis Groupe MENAT – Leo Burnett Dubai
Production company: Publicis Groupe MENAT – Prodigious
Post-production company: Publicis Groupe MENAT – Optix ME
Director, story and screenplay: Tahaab Rais
8 Yas Island
Creative agency: Momentum Dubai
Production house: Dejavu
9 Peugeot
Agency: Science & Sunshine
Production house: Sensa Productions
Director: Rashad Al-Safar
10 Nike
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
Production servicing: Camouflage
11 Hunger Station
A World No One Wants To Go Back To
Agency: Wunderman Thompson Riyadh
Production house: Dejavu
Director: Shahir Zag
12 Rani Floats
Agency: MullenLowe Mena
Creative directors: Karim Zein, Michael Tadrous
Arabic copywriter: Seham Mostafa
Illustration: Sandra Moneer
13 Better Than Reality
Director and creative: Rory McLoughlin
Executive producer: Landon Shroder
Producer: Jordan Knight
14 Pattex
Agency: Rain
Production house: Nudge Media
Director: Nizar Sfair
Abu Benti
Agency: TBWA\RAAD