Portfolio competition identifies talented female and non-binary creatives whose work and POV are positively impacting the industry
Talented women creatives from 12 countries have been selected as Top-10 and Regional winners for Next Creative Leaders 2020, run jointly by The One Club for Creativity and The 3% Movement.
Next Creative Leaders (NCL) is a portfolio competition that identifies, celebrates and gives a global platform to talented women and non-binary creatives who are making their mark on the world with both their work and a unique point of view on creative leadership that’s changing the industry for the better.
The Top-10 highest scoring winners for 2020, as selected by a diverse jury of 88 creatives from 25 countries, are (listed alphabetically):
- Astrid Andujar, art director, Droga5, New York
- Fatima Ansari, copywriter, BBDO Pakistan, Lahore
- Sarah Berro, associate creative director, Impact BBDO, Dubai
- Marina Erthal, creative director, CUBOCC, São Paulo
- Lauren Ferreira, creative director, Droga5, New York
- Lauren Haberfield, associate creative director, BETC, Paris
- Elma Karabegovic, associate creative director, FCB Toronto
- Chloe Saintilan, associate creative director, R/GA, New York
- Imen Soltani, copywriter, TBWAMedia Arts Lab, Los Angeles
- Sara Uhelski, copywriter, freelance, San Francisco
Regional honors
New for 2020 is the addition of NCL Regional honors to recognize those on a regional level whose work and creative vision the judges feel deserves accolades.
NCL 2020 Regional winners are as follows:
Asia Pacific:
- Haylie Craig, senior art director, Colenso BBDO, Auckland
- Alex Xu, copywriter, Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai
Europe:
- Anyaa Dev, art director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
- Nian He, art director, Grabarz & Partners, Hamburg
- Teresa Verde Pinho, copywriter, and Mariana Reis, art director (team), Ogilvy Paris
- Antoinette Ribas, art director, Ogilvy Social Labs Brussels
Latin America:
- Mariana Albuquerque, senior copywriter, Rothco, part of Accenture Interactive, Dublin (originally from Brasilia)
- Erika Moreira, copywriter, AKQA, São Paulo
North America:
- Emily Berger, senior creative, Mojo Supermarket, New York
- Marybeth Ledesma, creative director, Droga5, New York
- Belén Márquez, global associate creative director/art director, WhatsApp – Creative X, Facebook, San Francisco
- Nellie Santee, senior copywriter, DAVID, Miami
- Malika Reid, art director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco
MENA/Africa
- Bongiwe Neema Nouse, copywriter, The Odd Number, Johannesburg
NCL recognizes those who are stepping into leadership roles. Entrants were judged on four-to-six pieces of creative work, their background and information about how they — and their work — are pushing the industry forward and making a positive contribution in terms of diversity, mentoring and advocacy. To make Next Creative Leaders as open and accessible as possible, there is no fee to enter the competition.
Review: Director James Watkins’ “Speak No Evil”
Quick. Has there ever been a horror film set in a country home with a decent cell signal?
Nope, and there's no signal at Paddy and Ciara's house, either, deep in the English countryside. Soon, that land line will be cut, too, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.
Paddy and Ciara are that fun-but-somewhat-odd British couple whom Louise and Ben, early in "Speak No Evil," meet on their idyllic Tuscan family holiday. Americans based in London, Louise and Ben are at loose ends, with both job and relationship issues. And so, when the new acquaintances write to invite them for a country weekend, they decide to go.
After all, how bad could it be?
Don't answer that. There are many such moments in the first two-thirds of "Speak No Evil," a Hollywood remake of the 2022 Danish film, here starring a deeply menacing James McAvoy. Moments where Louise and Ben, out of mere politeness and social convention, act against their instincts, which tell them something is wrong – very wrong.
Director James Watkins and especially his excellent troupe of actors, adult and children alike, do a nice job of building the tension, slowly but surely. Until all bloody hell breaks loose, of course. And then, in its third act, "Speak No Evil" becomes an entertaining but routine horror flick, with predictable results.
But for a while, it's a way more intelligent film. And the jumpy moments work — I'll confess to literally springing out of my seat when someone uneventfully turned on a power drill.
We begin in stunning Tuscany, where Louise (Mackenzie Davis, in the film's most accessible and empathetic performance) and Ben (Scoot McNairy, all nerves and insecurity) are vacationing with 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler). At the pool, they... Read More