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03 ACADEMY
academyfilms.com 16 West Central St, London, WC1A 1JJ t 020 7395 4155 md/eps Medb Riordan, Simon Cooper head of sales George Floyd credits This Is Our BBC by Sam Rice-Edwards & Seb Edwards for BBC Creative; Cure The Care System by Novemba for Engine/Alzheimers Research
A snapshot of highlights for Academy this time includes “winning more British Arrows than ever before –
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22, including 6 Gold.” There was also the Grand Prix at Ciclope for Alexander McQueen First Light by Jonathan Glazer. New talent joining incuded GRANDMAS, Ethan+Tom and Runyararo Mapfumo and there was a Best Director for Novemba at Kinsale. Academy says of the year “It was slower than usual for the first four weeks of 2021, but then vaccines were booked, the weather got warmer, client confidence grew and production ramped up.”
04 SOMESUCH
somesuch.co 4 Wilkes Street, London E1 6QF t 020 3487 1270 founding partners Sally Campbell, Tim Nash md UK Chris Watling credits Super. Human. by Bradford Young (Serial Pictures) for 4Creative/Channel 4 Paralympics; Strangers by Kim Gehrig for Airbnb
In amongst the plaudits for Somesuch were nine Cannes Lions in total including Golds for Aneil Karia and Kim Gehrig and
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the President’s Award at D&AD for Gehrig too. “Alongside all of this, we remain as committed to ensuring diverse representation on our roster, in our office and on our sets as we have ever been,” during “another careening year of growth, change, adaptation, production chaos, laughter in the face of absurdity, and fun. We did it for the culture and made work we were proud of,” says Somesuch.
05 BLINK
blinkprods.com 181 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8WZ t 020 7494 0747 chairman James Studholme md Blink Paul Weston managing partner Blinkink Bart Yates credits Phonesmart by Will Hooper for Saatchi & Saatchi/EE; Later Means Never by Sam Gainsborough for Uncommon/B&Q
Blink points to “continuing success
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within the long form entertainment side of the company” including Love Death and Robots being released on Netflix and production completing on Dead End Paranormal Park also for Netflix and the upcoming Don’t Hug Me Im Scared series for Channel 4. In commercials, Blink points to success with new talent - Sam Gainsborough for B&Q and Will Hooper for EE and Skittles.
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06 BISCUIT FILMWORKS UK
biscuitfilmworks.com 13 Holywell Rd, London, EC2A 4JF t 020 7240 9955 md Rupert Reynolds- MacLean ep Hanna Bayatti head of production Samantha Chitty credits The Planet’s Favourite Beer by Jeff Low for Droga 5/Brewdog; This is Science Fiction by Ben Strebel for Saatchi & Saatchi/British Heart Foundation
Biscuit puts a great emphasis on changes to the way it runs its business for good, including
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planting,in partnership with Carbon Aware Productions, “over 2827 trees with the potential to absorb over 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide over the course of their lifetime.” Diversity and inclusion are also front and centre with a push to hire crew from under represented groups, training and mentoring juniors from under represented groups and unconscious bias training for staff.
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