We are totally over the moon at our stonking FIVE award nominations at this year's Drum Roses Awards. 'Scotland is Open', the stunning and poetic campaign film directed by Ainsley Bowman and Oscar Sansom for Brand Scotland is nominated for best 'Leasure / Travel / Tourism'. 'That Guy', the impactful and bold campaign film directed by Michael Sherrington for Police Scotland is n ...

We are so thrilled to announce 'That Guy' has picked up an award at the Drum Awards for Digital Advertising 2022 in the Best Public Sector category! The campaign film was directed by Michael Sherrington for Stand Agency and the Scottish Police Authority last year and quickly garnered widespread attention for its bold and important message about harmful male attitudes towards wo ...

It's excellent to see two of our powerful campaign films from the last year continuing to create impact. Both 'That Guy' and 'Scotland Is Open' have picked up nominations at this year's Marketing Society Star Awards. The viral campaign film for Police Scotland, directed by Michael Sherrington for Stand Agency, is shortlisted in the categories 'Marketing in Society: Purpose' and ...

We were thrilled to discover 'Say Hello to Jura' has been nominated in the Prolific North Champion Awards 2022. Originally produced by us and Directed by Oscar Sansom, the commercial was redelivered recently by Republic of Media and Channel 4 who are shortlisted in the category Large Budget B2C Campaign of the Year. The award recognises the organisations, teams and individuals ...

We loved shooting this film for the Scottish Government’s ‘Keep using Covid sense’ campaign with Director Rose Hendry on some gloriously sunny days recently. We worked with a fantastic crew and it was a joy to reunite with Chris and Rufus and team at The Leith Agency for this whirlwind project. Shot and lit by Ian Forbes and soundtracked by The Noisettes ‘Never Forget You’.  Hu ...

A new radio documentary airing on BBC4 entitled 'Am I That Guy?' examines at great length the viral Police Scotland campaign film directed by Michael Sherrington and created by Stand Agency. Scottish writer and broadcaster Alistair Heather interviews Alan Bissett who co-wrote the script together with Michael and Stand's David Tolmie, discussing the writing process and the thoug ...

Honoured to have two of our recent projects included in the Arri 2022 Showreel with beautiful cinematography by Jamie Quantrill! We love working with Jamie and it's great to see his work highlighted in this way. Arri have included footage from the music video we made for 'Always' by The Snuts in late 2020 directed by Michael Sherrington, and a performance of 'Hunger In Your Hau ...

We are excited to share new work by director Michael Sherrington for Parent Club and The Scottish Government. It was a pleasure to work with The Union agency on this important campaign that promotes openness and coversation about teen mental health, and resources available for those raising a teen.  Thanks to our wonderful crew and cast and a special thanks to Owen Rixon at The ...

We couldn't be happier that two films from our directors have been selected for the strand 'Scotland's Year Of Stories Short Film Award' at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022. 'Dive' directed by Oscar Sansom and 'The Dead Are Jewels To Me' directed by Rose Hendry & Isla Badenoch were both announced for the award today. The Scottish competition at GSFF is the largest annual sh ...

We are thrilled to see Rose Hendry's spellbinding video for Arab Strap's 'Fable of the Urban Fox' shortlisted as a Video of the Year 2021 by Promonews! The video was filmed in an allotment in London over the course of a few hours from afternoon into evening last May. Rose explains:  "I created a set of visual rules which involved keeping the camera in one fixed position - one p ...

A powerful and emotive new campaign film directed by Michael Sherrington for the Scottish Government was named Pick Of The Day and received a 5 star review on DavidReviews.com. You can read the full review here and find an excerpt below. The campaign, aimed at tackling public stigma of alcohol and drug addiction by emphasising it as a health condition, was also discussed on maj ...

We are so chuffed that 'The Dead Are Jewels To Me' has been officially selected for London Short Film Festival 2022! Directed by Rose Hendry and Isla Badenoch and produced by Forest of Black, the short film has been shortlisted for the UK competition 'So It Goes' strand of the festival - films that "ponder our place in the universe in heartfelt, distinctive ways". Read more abo ...