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    Home » The Best Work You May Never See: BMW M, Serviceplan Middle East and Director Nalle Sjöblad Turn The Table On Corners

    The Best Work You May Never See: BMW M, Serviceplan Middle East and Director Nalle Sjöblad Turn The Table On Corners

    By SHOOTMonday, August 3, 2026Updated:Saturday, August 1, 2026No Comments43 Views
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    The BMW M track experience is turning a lifetime of stubbed toes, bruised shins and lost arguments with furniture into a deadpan noir court case against corners in a new campaign. Creating “Get Even With Corners” from BMW + AGMC–the authorized importer of BMW Group vehicles for Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates–was agency Serviceplan Middle East.

    We call can relate to the universal experience of losing a fight with a corner, from a bed to a table corner. The pain is immediate, the humiliation lasts longer, and somehow, there’s never any justice. But, while some corners may remain undefeated in bedrooms, hallways and living rooms, there are others that BMW M was made to conquer.

    The “Get Even With Corners” campaign centers on this online film which puts corners on trial in a stylized black-and-white courtroom drama before revealing, after a lifetime of losing to corners, the one place where drivers can finally get even: behind the wheel of a BMW.

    The film plays out a simple but highly relatable human truth: everyone has spent their lives losing arguments to corners. By elevating this minor daily grievance into a full-scale legal case, the film creates a Kafkaesque, absurdist comic world where sharp edges are treated as a public menace.

    Directed by Nalle Sjöblad through DejaVu Productions, the film borrows from noir cinema, and absurdist comedy. Heavy shadows, wide-angle framing, period details and a deliberately heightened sense of seriousness, give the everyday menace of corners an almost criminal weight.

    “Get Even With Corners” offers a fresh take on automotive advertising, avoiding the usual tropes of power, precision and performance in favor of a more human proposition. Rather than asking audiences to admire BMW M from a distance, “Get Even With Corners” gives them a reason to want to experience it for themselves.

    In a world where cars are increasingly sold through screens, sensors, features and digital gimmicks, the campaign shows that BMW M continues to believe the most important component is still the person behind the wheel.

    While anyone can go fast in a straight line, the real pleasure begins when a driver meets a corner properly. That is where skill matters, and where BMW M comes alive. By turning corners into the villain, the campaign offers first-time track drivers an entertaining way into one of BMW M’s deepest product truths: driving pleasure is difficult to explain, but impossible to miss once felt.

    For BMW x AGMC, the work builds on years of investment in track experiences designed to let people understand BMW M not through specifications, but through firsthand experience.

    Akhilesh Bagri, chief creative officer at Serviceplan Middle East, said, “We’ve spent a lifetime slowing down for corners. The track simply lets you explore what happens when you stop doing that. It’s where the conversation between driver and machine really begins. That’s where a BMW M makes a difference, and where the reputation of the Ultimate Driving Machine starts to feel entirely deserved.”

    Director Sjöblad said, “The visual language had to make the case feel completely real, even though the premise is inherently ridiculous. We treated the courtroom like the center of an entire world where corners have caused genuine damage and the people have finally decided to seek justice. The noir aesthetic gave us tension, obsession and a sense of unresolved grievance. Then, when we move into the BMW M driving, that rigidity gives way to movement and control. The same thing that has been presented as the villain suddenly becomes the source of pleasure.”

    The market focus is UAE–Dubai and Northern Emirates. The launch is set for October- December 2026 when the BMW M track days commence.

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    Client BMW Group Middle East; BMW + AGMC Agency Serviceplan Middle East Natalie Shardan, managing partner; Akhilesh Bagri, managing partner/chief creative officer, Middle East; Alex Schill, global chief creative officer; Andre Couto, creative director; Yasir Ali, art director; Geetika Sood, Saquib Wakankar, Mahmoud Abdelfattah, producers; Nishant Shah, executive creative director; Thomas Gheorghiu, Mahmoud Abdelfattah, Rana Ahmad, writers. Production Company DejaVu Productions Nalle Sjöblad, director; Pasi Pauni, DP. Editorial Neda Zag, editor. Postproduction Rafic Sawaya, Abhishek Sharma; Manasvi Gosalia, Kavya Iyer, Steve Gerges, producers. Recording Studio Eardrum Australia. Sound Upright Music VFX Pradosh Chandra, Megan Fowkes, Kauê Akimoto, VFX operators.

    Genre:Comedy
    Media Type:Film: Short
    Video Tags:DejaVu ProductionsNalle SjöbladServiceplan Middle East



    TDA Boulder, Director Michael Downing Tackle Banking Clichés In “No Nonsense” Campaign For First Interstate

    Thursday, August 27, 2026

    Indie ad agency TDA Boulder has unveiled “No Nonsense Banking,” its debut campaign for new client First Interstate Bank. The rolling launch runs through the end of the year, and spans across 10 states.

    The batch of spots includes this one titled “Every Step,” epitomizing a call to end the nonsense. “Every Step” opens on a couple experiencing life’s biggest moments (marriage proposal, first child, a kid learning to drive, and packing up for college). Each meaningful moment, though, has one odd addition: their banker is actually really there, experiencing those moments with them. The unexpected inclusion calls out the cliché that banks love to be with you every step of the way, even in life’s most intimate moments. The spot lands on the twist: First Interstate isn’t promising to be there for every step; just the ones that matter, with a straight answer and a real person on the other end.

    Michael Downing directed via The Sweetshop x Chirp Films.

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