2016 Winners & Shortlists

STRAWBERRY AND CREAM HUG

BrandEDITA
Product/ServiceMOLTO
EntrantKAIRO Cairo, EGYPT
CategoryVisual Effects
Entrant Company KAIRO Cairo, EGYPT
Advertising Agency KAIRO Cairo, EGYPT
Production Company PRODUCERS Giza, EGYPT

The Campaign

Molto, the iconic chocolate filled croissant brand of Egypt was launching a new double flavour filling variant. Molto is known for it's platform THE DAY NEEDS A HUG . We decided to mix the reality of the Egyptian street with some Gabriel Marquez magic, resulting in these magical realism films.

Creative Execution

The challenge was to seamlessly integrate a hyperreal ostrich in a real setting of an Egyptian street shot at night, which adds a lot of complexity when matching the light on the CGI. To achieve the reality of the film the camera was handheld and was moving freely, adding further complexity to the tracking of the CGI. The whole concept of the film is based on a magical realism idea, where the reality of the Egyptian street as well as the reality of the CGI needed not to be compromised . A small detail at the end is the vapour coming out of the eskimos breath that blends seamlessly with the setting.

Credits

Name Company Role
Hesham Ellabban KAIRO Executive Creative Director
Montasser Khalil KAIRO Creative Director
Sameeh Selim KAIRO Head Planner
Mahmoud Dogheim KAIRO Senior Planner
Sara El Sherbiny KAIRO Planner
Hesham Ellabban KAIRO Writer
Montasser Khalil KAIRO Art Director
Muhammad El Ayat KAIRO Writer
Hadi Elbagoury THE PRODUCERS Director
Hani Osama THE PRODUCERS Executive Producer
Dina Abdelraheem THE PRODUCERS Producer
Dina Nadeem Freelance Stylist
Mahmoud Ghali Monkeys VFX Director
Youssef Ghali Monkeys VFX Artist
Ahmed Ghali Monkeys VFX Artist
Hosny Ali The Garage Sound Studio Sound Design Arrangement