For the first time, a young man, Daniel Parinas, invites his friends to meet his family at a get-together fueled by a “recipe for magic”: Pancit, oxtail and ice-cold Coca-Cola.
This “Like Family” film for Coke out of Ogilvy New York and Hogarth New York depicts the joy of family and friends coming together for the first time. The music too is part of the celebration–created by Yessian Music, with Samuel Bellingham and Jeff Dittenber serving, respectively, as composer and director of sound design.
CreditsClient Coca-Cola Agency Ogilvy New York Peter Nordstrom, Jonathan Yurek, creative directors; Laura Ting, associate creative director. Production Agency Hogarth New York Tania Sethi, chief production officer; Dena Lenard, Bronwen Lonsdale, executive producers. Music & Sound Design Yessian Music New York Samuel Bellingham, composer; Jeff Dittenber, director of sound design; Trevor Skerbe, additional sound design; Marlene Bartos, managing director/exec producer; Jerry Krenach, global head of creative development; Matt Nelson, exec producer; Jessica Glowacki, associate producer; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, head of production. Audio Post Vinyl Mix, New York Weston Fonger, mixer; Angelina Powers, audio post producer; Marlene Bartos, managing director/exec producer.
We Are Pi Rolls Out Trailer For Nike-Backed Feature On Athletes With Olympic and Paralympic Dreams
Amsterdam-based creative agency We Are Pi debuted the trailer for Crois Pas Qu’on Dort (Don’t Think We’re Sleeping in English), an inspiring feature-length story of three young French athletes in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The 90-minute French language film, which was developed and produced by We Are Pi with the support of Nike, will premiere in mid January 2025 followed by a release in theaters at the end of January. It follows three protagonists from Paris and its suburbs: Charles-Antoine, a runner with an intellectual disability who won Gold at the Tokyo Paralympics and is competing in this year’s Paralympics; and Leyna and Maysane, French twin sisters and heirs to their Laotian-Algerian family’s very own taekwondo dynasty who are coached by their father and dream of competing in taekwondo at Paris 2024. The athletes were followed by a film crew over the course of five years, recording how their stories, their lives and their sporting achievements unfold over time. The film combines the rawness and intimacy of their everyday lives with the audacity of their sporting dreams, with their stories culminating at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympics. Crois Pas Qu’on Dort was created with the aim of inviting a new generation of athletes in France into sport by inspiring them with the stories of our protagonists and the transformative power that sport had on their lives. The production began over seven years ago in 2017 with nearly two years of extensive casting sessions that involved viewing around 500 profiles of athletes. Two directors, Nick Walters and Lou Marillier, English and French, respectively, subsequently followed the selected young protagonists closely as they pursued their... Read More