We are so excited to share the latest work by Director AINS for The Scottish Government. This important and beautiful campaign film created with the wonderful folks at the Leith Agency highlights the increased protection offered by vaccines against flu and Covid-19. This is highlighted through the symbolism of a light that flickers as protection wanes, then grows stronger after ...

Huge congratulations to our friends and collaborators at Scottish Ballet for the wonderful reviews they have received for 'Coppelia' which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival and will soon tour Scotland. It was a pleasure to work with directing power duo Jess & Morgs again to create some additional video content for the show. The bold and breathtaking ballet c ...

Continuing our wonderful collaboration with the Leith Agency and the Scottish Government over the last year, we were honoured to create this new powerful campaign film for Organ & Tissue Donation, directed by Michael Sherrington. The campaign is urging people to have the sometimes difficult conversation with their loved ones about their decisions around organ donation befor ...

IT’S OUT! We had so much fun making the promo for the national treasures The Proclaimers and their new single ’The World That Was’, directed by Ciaran Lyons. The story is set in a not-too-distant, dystopian post-Brexit future and follows Maude and her donkey as they traverse the filthy, barren landscape encourering strange folk along the way. Huge thanks to our wonderful crew a ...

We're excited to announce that over the course of July our comedy film ‘Hard Coffee’ has been broadcast on Portuguese TV channel Canal 180 as part of a showcase of the best Straight 8 films from the competition's archives. This weekend will be your last chance to catch it with the selection of films showing between 6pm till 11pm. Get yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy.  You can ...

We are so honoured that DIVE directed by Oscar Sansom won the top award at the 2022 Cinedans festival. It was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Dance Short. We are so grateful and overjoyed to see the film be shared with more audiences around the world. Oscar joined the ceremony in Amsterdam virtually to receive the award and prize. In his speech he thanked the incredible creativ ...

We were so honoured to be nominated for a total of 9 awards at the Drum Roses Awards, Drum Marketing Awards and Drum Digital Marketing awards, and even more pleased to have picked up an amazing 8 awards for two of our recent campaign films; 'That Guy' for Police Scotland, with Stand Agency, directed by Michael Sherrington and 'Good Things Live Here' for Brand Scotland, with Lei ...

We're so excited that 'Electric Malady' is getting its UK premiere at this year's Sheffield Doc Fest! The moving and visceral documentary film by filmmaker Marie Lidén is a poetic portrayal of a young man living in near-complete isolation in the Swedish wilderness and suffering from an invisible illness, and follows his family's tireless devotion to curing their son. The film i ...

We are over the moon that 'Starstruck' has picked up Best Film at this year's Critic's Circle National Dance Awards. The Scottish Ballet performance is Gene Kelly's love letter to ballet, who originally choreographed the production for the Paris Opera Ballet back in 1960. This incredible work by Kelly has been brought to the screen by Scottish Ballet and Forest of Black in this ...

We're delighted that our video for Gentle Sinners latest single 'Landfill' has been featured on Promonews. The video was directed by Kieran Howe with DOP Sean McDonald and delves into themes of haunting trauma and mental health struggles.  "Flipping from realism to a supernatural dark space, and introducing some striking visual edits, Howe marshals his resources to create a dis ...

It was great as always to work with The Union agency and Scottish Government in bringing together this new campaign film urging the people of Scotland to fill our their census before the extended deadline. It only takes 10 minutes! The film was directed by Michael Sherrington with DOP Jamie Quantrill and produced by Beth Allan. Big thanks to our brilliant team for their hard wo ...

Another season of BBC Tune Shorts has been wrapped up nicely with our sixth and final episode showcasing Ayrshire rapper Bemz who was recently crowned 'Scottish Act of the Year' by BBC Introducing. Directed by Michael Sherrington and filmed on a glorious spring day at Kelburn Castle in stunning, quirky and unexpected settings.  This season has seen us travel as far and wide as ...