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    Top Spot of the Week: Cinematic Short From Greenpeace and ELVIS Treats Death Not As The End Of Activism But The Sequel

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    London agency ELVIS has released this cinematic short film for Greenpeace, designed to inspire over-50s to leave a gift in their will–not out of duty, but in defiance. The work is part of the “We Won’t Rest in Peace” legacy campaign, positioning a gift after death to Greenpeace as a final act of protest.

    Directed by The Nott Brothers via production company Irresistible, the short borrows its language from cult comedy and protest cinema. Using dark humor, in-camera effects and expert puppetry, the film brings a skull, worms and an urn to life as unlikely protagonists–a cheeky, rebellious rallying cry for post-death activism.

    But it’s not all laughs. Woven throughout are the impassioned voices of real supporters, crying out from beneath the earth, a reminder that this rebellion is deeply personal and powered by people whose convictions refuse to stay buried. The campaign rolls out across cinema, social, digital and press. Across every touchpoint, supporters are portrayed not as passive donors, but as empowered activists whose beliefs now outlive them.

    The campaign also challenges how advertising traditionally speaks to older audiences. Research shows 62% of over-50s feel campaigns underestimate their appetite for activism–a blind spot Greenpeace and ELVIS were keen to meet head on.

    The work sits under ELVIS’s new Serious Entertainment proposition, which champions the power of entertainment to drive meaningful action for brands and causes alike.

    Camilla Yates, managing partner, strategy, ELVIS, said, “To change the world, you’ve got to throw a better party than the people destroying it. Greenpeace has always understood that protest needs energy and personality. Our job was to turn legacy giving into something people want to be part of, not something they, all too often, politely ignore.”

    Josh Green, chief creative officer, ELVIS, said, “The ideas that change the world don’t arrive quietly. They entertain, disarm, and then leave something behind that’s hard to ignore. This work uses entertainment to make the most serious of topics feel alive. And, hopefully, worth acting on.”

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    Client Greenpeace Agency ELVIS Josh Green, chief creative officer; Alex Vasile, creative director; Camila Yates, managing partner, strategy; Sam Hinckley, Chris Lawlor, sr. creatives; Louis Mason, executive producer; Grace Baron, Peri Chiu, sr. motion designers; Rhys Clarke, motion designer; Emma Gray, digital designer; Nick Swaffield, sr. retoucher; Caroline Davison, managing director & sustainability lead. Production Irresistible The Nott Brothers, directors; Alice Duke, sr. producer; Iseult McNamara, exec producer; Harriet-Kate McKean, head of production; Freddie Goffey, production manager; Hannah Simons, casting director; Alex Mill, 1st AD; Charlies Mori, DP; The Set Sisters, production designers; Alice Nutley, set dresser; Amy Thompson, wardrobe stylist; Nike Henry, hair & makeup artist; Josh Elwell, Emily Jones, puppeteer; Mat Horton, Mike Fuller, Artem SFX/SFX; Pete Welton, VFX supervisor.

    Media Type:Film: Short
    Video Tags:elvisGreenpeaceIrresistibleThe Nott Brothers



    Top Spot of the Week: Director Daniel Warwick’s Short Film “Ritornerai” Is Like A Painting That’s Subject To Interpretation

    Thursday, August 13, 2026

    Daniel Warwick directed and teamed with producer Jakob Rühle to conceive of and develop this short film titled Ritornerai (Italian for “you will return”).

    “Three days before an actual commercial shoot, my producer [Rühle] and I realized that we had a camera, a location, an actor, a pair of Lederhosen and a few beers to brainstorm,” Warwick said. “Suddenly my producer yelled ‘Objectophelia’ and the idea was born.”

    Known for his big and bonkers, epic visual storytelling, Warwick’s Ritornerai--albeit more meditative than some of his other work--does not disappoint. It is a wholly original and offbeat story with an exquisite scenic backdrop that leaves plenty of room for interpretation.

    Filmed in the Italian Dolomites, Ritornerai features a man in Lederhosen who appears from behind a bush and enters a Grand Hotel where he begins to touch the beautiful haptics and textures of the whole place. Seemingly overtaken by objectophelia, we observe him enjoying the sensory experience deeply and emotionally. He enters the big ballroom and sits by the piano where he utters the film’s only line, “Ritornerai.” He approaches a giant painting of a landscape and eventually we discover that he is actually in the painting.

    “Ritornerai has inspired many different interpretations,” said Warwick. “People let their minds wander a bit. Love it or hate it, I really like that it doesn’t want anything from you. For that reason, maybe it’s a little more artful because people can take away whatever they want.”

    The production company on Ritornerai was Zauberberg Productions. Director Warwick is handled by production house O Positive for commercial representation in North... Read More

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