TO WITNESS IS TO CREATE
Over the past decade, we’ve immersed ourselves in local communities, uncovering the deeper layers of culture, people, places, and experiences.
LISTENING POST
Region: China Year: 2017 - 2018 Agency: BAMM Global
Truckers are among the most hardworking groups in China. They are entrepreneurial, dedicated, and always willing to go the extra mile, rain or shine. However, they are also some of the most marginalised people in society, living on the bare minimum in the hope of a better quality of life.
Working with the documentary filmmaker and the creative team at BAMM, we captured the lives of these hard grafters, exploring their lifestyles, living conditions (i.e. the trucks and truck stops) as well as their oil change rituals for Shell lubricants.
This film took away a Silver for the internal film category at the London Brand Film award 2018.
JUST BELOW THE SURFACE
Region: China Year: 2014 Agency: Seymourpowell
Commissioned by Nokia Brand Studio, ‘Just Below the Surface’ and 'Dancing with Strangers' are short films that captured the progressive attitudes and dreams of those born between 1980 - 1996. The films told the story of the emerging behaviours of Generation Y who are finding creative ways to express their everyday adventure that are otherwise hidden from view of the general mass.
12 NIGHTS 2
Region: Taiwan Year: 2020 Production: Cosmos Cat Film
Filmed over 7 years, “Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero” is a sequel to a landmark documentary film about stray animals in Taiwan. It follows animal welfare charities and shelters domestically and abroad to reveal the true cause of the stray problem.
The groundbreaking "Twelve Nights” (2013) influenced policymakers in Taiwan to abolish the euthanasia law. This second film (Nov 2020) also broke the record of being the most crowdfunded Taiwanese documentary film to date.
LIFE ON THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER
Region: China Year: 2018 Agency: BAMM Global
Dandong, a closest Chinese city that borders North Korea, gave us a strong sense of how life can be so different yet familiar on different sides of the river.
This is a mini-documentary produced by BAMM Global. Research and interview by Stories of Culture, directed and filmed by TLHFord.