2020/2021 Winners & Shortlists

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

The film shows first-person view of a zoom call, taking place between an employer and an employee who is working remotely in Dubai. The employer is impressed with the employee's improved performance and all seems well... until the employee loses their balance and knocks over the backdrop, to reveal they're in a luxurious outdoor restaurant—and has clearly being enjoying the lifestyle benefits of working out of office, in the UAE. The film ends with the message: 'If you can work from anywhere... why work anywhere else?'

Cultural / Context information for the jury

This film ran towards the end of 2020, to support the Government of Dubai’s launch of the Dubai Virtual Visa. With the UAE being one of the safest places in the world to be, the new virtual visa allowed foreign ‘digital nomads’ to work remotely from within the country. The film was coupled with specialised targeting on Linkedin to reach companies who had announced “Work From Home Policies” such as Google, Twitter, Deloitte.