Film advertisement created by Ogilvy, Romania for Anim'est, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Renaestara Romania, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Audio advertisement created by Mercury 360, Romania for Romanian Police, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Experiential advertisement created by Handsome, Romania for Vox Technology Park, within the category: Professional Services.

Direct advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Mega Image, within the category: Retail Services.

SOCIAL ME is an online series about a Romanian character inspired by the authentic online behaviors we all have in common: staging perfect moments, filters over filters, carefully-scripted captions and the addiction to the instant gratification that the flood of “likes” provides. The series follows a fictional influencer and her struggles to reach the daily quota of posts and likes. To achieve these goals, she looks at the people in her life purely as a source of content. Her boyfriend = a human selfie stick; her childhood friend = a pretext for an emotional caption; her dog = the best like magnet she could ever find.

Four days before Christmas we had no idea for a greeting card. So we decided to convince 60 people to sing "Jingle Bells" with us. Film advertisement created by Mots, Romania for Mots, within the category: Agency Self-Promo.

Studies show that every year, in Romania, 2/3 of underprivileged children interrupt school by the end of 8th grade, because they are put to work. Having the mission to help underprivileged children to continue their education, the non-profit international organization United Way asked Rusu+Bortun to create a PSA, in order to raise awareness about this problem. Coming from the insight that children who interrupt school have a much lower chance to recover and build a career, we came up with this idea idea: To interrupt school is to interrupt a career. Every child is a potential adult with a successful career. But children who drop out of school, even just for a while, will never fullfill their potential. To show the consequences of interrupting education, we took this idea into the future by applying it to adult careers. Film advertisement created by Rusu+Bortun, Romania for United Way, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

How a tv ad turned into a live conversation platform in the #letseattogether integrated campaign. Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Coca-Cola, within the category: Non-Alcoholic Drinks.

Vodafone Istori@ is the first mobile application that presents Romanian history as a comic book. When Romania turns 100 years old, Vodafone upgrades history classes for digitally-native children: from boring facts and figures to visual stories. Children scan textbook lessons with their smartphones, thus revealing history as fun, yet accurate comics on their devices. Istori@ includes 35 visual (hi)stories, brought to life by 40 historians, writers, illustrators, art directors and programmers. The amplification campaign turned Vodafone Istori@ learning tool into the coolest thing in school. Integrated advertisement created by FCB, Romania for Vodafone, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

A short “How to” guide in case of an unfortunate accident. Film advertisement created by Frank, Romania for Asirom, within the category: Finance.

One of the most important music festivals in Romania, Electric Castle offers a unique experience that takes place annually, from Thursday to Sunday, on the amazing domain of Banffyh Castle, near Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania. Integrated advertisement created by Golin, Romania for Electric Castle, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

The existence of filter bubbles and echo chambers on social media platforms presents a wide variety of challenges to brands and people interested in reaching a wide audience across political allegiances and cultural divisions. The nature of the web is to reinforce what we already know and like. Algorithms are designed to show us content that aligns with our own predispositions, and people’s historical behavior online tends to prevent them from seeing or accessing material from opposing viewpoints and perspectives. This leads to customized internet experiences for everyone that rarely stray into the unexpected. Telekom Romania wanted to turn this tendency on its head. As a brand built on sharing content, it worked with Leo Burnett Bucharest to devise an attention-getting stunt that would open up young people’s eyes to communities and perspectives far from their ordinary inclinations. The brand launched Vloggers’ Swap. Vloggers’ Swap was built on a deep analysis of the data of different Vlog channels on Youtube. LB/Bucharest identified Vlog channels whose audiences did not overlap at all. These groups of young viewers had very little in common, and their viewing habits led them to inhabit very rigid filter bubbles. For one day, Telekom Romania initiated a “swap” of these Vlogs with their polar opposite vlogger, helping to introduce each specific audience to a perspective and vlogger far out of their normal comfort zone. This stunt drew massive interest in Romania, and helped Vlog channels to broaden their appeal to audiences they normally wouldn’t reach. Launched to coincide with Telekom Romania’s offer of unlimited video, this work serves up a fantastic example of how brands are helping people to build wider audiences in spite of the algorithms that would limit their reach and appeal. By helping millennials to broaden their viewing diet, Telekom Romania is cultivating a younger audience of viewers who cannot be restricted by the constraints of filter bubbles or echo chambers. As Telekom Romania has championed for years, “life is for sharing.” Digital advertisement created by Leo Burnett, Romania for Telekom Romania, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

Audio advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Virgin Radio, within the category: Media.

Without a law regulating headphone use in Romania, traffic accidents related to headphone use have tripled in the last 6 years. Radio 21, Romanian hit radio station, changed its content to promote a new behavior: use just one headphone so you can hear the traffic around you. Working with famous Romanian artist Claudia Pavel, the radio station launched the Go Mono Anthem, the first song that has different genres in each headphone: rock if you use the left headphone and acoustic if you listen to it in the right headphone. Audio advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Radio 21, within the category: Media.

Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Untold, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

Digital advertisement created by Interactions, Romania for Seat, within the category: Automotive.

Real women who’ve survived domestic violence are giving their voices to scenes from silent movies where female characters are being abused by men, in support of a Romanian domestic violence charity. In Unquiet Voices, a 40-minute film created by Cheil Centrade on behalf of Romanian charity ANAIS, scenes from seven different silent films are intertwined with narratives of romances that became nightmares for women. It is estimated that every 30 seconds, a Romanian woman becomes a victim of domestic abuse, but very few are empowered talk about their experience. The idea of Unquiet Voices is to reveal the almost unnoticed portrayal of violence against women in films and how men copy this wrong behaviour in real life. ANAIS, which supports domestic violence victims, wanted to undo the wrong. With the loss of copyright of dozens of these silent movies on January 1 2019, ANAIS wondered if they could be turned into an empowering cinematographic product for the next generation? The real-life stories brought to life in the movie show different types of abuse, from psychological to economic. sexual, and even attempted murder. The movie talks about physically assaulted women who are left breathless on the floor, men who should be in jail but are walking freely, and children witnessing tragedies. The footage from each movie chapter was taken from seven different silent movies, then rearranged to fit the real stories of victims, whose voices are recorded over the footage to finally unsilence every violent scene. Movies used in the campaign: A Woman of Paris, directed by Charlie Chaplin - 1923 Our Hospitality, directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone - 1923 Flaming Youth, directed by John Francis Dillon- 1923 Safety Last!, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor- 1923 Souls for Sale, directed by Rupert Hughes- 1923 Where the North Begins, directed by Chester M. Franklin- 1923 Scaramouche, directed by Rex Ingram- 1923 Digital advertisement created by Cheil, Romania for Anais Association, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Ambient advertisement created by FCB, Romania for Staropramen, within the category: Alcoholic Drinks.

Film advertisement created by Ogilvy, Romania for Anim'est, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.