COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION Dec 2018

AG Films is a Portuguese - Canadian film service company based in Lisbon, working exclusively for international clients and offering a full range of film, TV and photo production service and support for shooting locally across Portugal.

For over 20 years, AG Films has earned a place as one of the top film service companies in Portugal. The company helps clients to make world class commercial projects, with friendly and professional producers, technicians and a crew to deliver a production experience that keeps clients coming back.

"Building friendships, sharing laughs and spreading passion for Portuguese culture."

Brett Danton has been capturing the stories for some of the world’s most iconic brands for more than 20 years. Working alongside companies like Emirates, Jeep, Canon, Interface and Land Rover, Brett has travelled the world working as a director, DOP and photographer.

Artistry and creativity sit at the heart of everything he does. For Brett, it’s not just about capturing motion and stills in one shoot; it’s in adding a new dimension to the visual aesthetic to tell a brand’s story in a way that is truly unmistakable. Possessing the technical know-how allows him and his team to seamlessly bring it all together from an initial concept down to the final deliverables.

This recent project in collaboration with Canon and Chevrolet shot in the Liwa Desert showcases Brett’s abilities to implement a creative concept and bring it to life. Produced by NM Productions, who also represent Brett within Europe and the UAE.

Cromo is an award-winning video production studio based between Venice and Trieste.

"We provide video production for commercials, documentaries and corporate contents. We also deal with field recording, sound design, original soundtrack composition and production, still photography and graphic design. From initial idea to post-production and VFX, we always guarantee high quality results."

Cromo specialises in wine and automotive content and has a profound knowledge of its geographic region.

The company's documentary 'The Iso Rivolta Chronicles', won the Best Documentary Award at the 2018 International Motor Film Awards in London, and has been nominated at the European Cinematography Awards.

Clients range from car brands to clothing and jewellery producers, from high-end furniture manufacturers to food and wine makers, including Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Abarth and Zagato’s Iso Rivolta, Farnese, La Marca, Hausbrandt, Leroy-Merlin, Azimut Yachts, Antica Murrina, CMP and Arrital.

Faraway collective is a minimalistic instrument that can pack quite the sound, capable of filling the largest of concert halls, enamouring any kind of crowd. With a small core team and an unending library of collaborators who can fill every skill set required, there is no story that is unreachable in their eyes.

Finding those untold stories is their speciality, crafted after years of travel and insights collected over conversations in all corners of the world. These stories are told in short film, short documentary and features. They are told in unique narrative styles, which in commercial assignments seamlessly move from protagonist to brand.

Every film is custom built to the last detail, from voice to sound to visual. Everything is crafted to bring the true essence of the stories that they create and experience to screens all around.

Specialised in TV commercials, TV series and documentaries, and with production capacity in both northern and southern Italy, Filmika is a flexible service and executive production company based in Turin.

The company has a pool of creative talents including DoPs, editors, producers, actors and set designers.

Filmika supports everything required for a successful production from estimation to completion, including casting, crew, location scouting and permits, prop hire, travel and hotel reservations, transportation, catering and equipment rental. The company's city-centre studio is also available to rent and features a backstage green room, office and editing suite all conveniently located next to an associated audio recording studio.

Clients include Piaggio Aerospace, Alenia, Finmeccanica, Kaspersky, Chivas, Maserati, Brandcast Media LTD. London, Waltz Binaire Berlin and Fiction Valley BV Amsterdam.

Hero Production Iceland is an honest, hard working, full service production company based in the official Middle of Nowhere - Iceland. The team have honed their skills in the raw and magical landscapes that you have seen in most car commercials, Hollywood blockbuster movies, and all the "top five places to visit" blogs on the internet.

Having worked with all shapes and sizes of production, Hero knows the ins and outs of the country and has good relationships with location owners, hotels, equipment rentals and car rentals, giving clients the best bang for their buck.

Recent projects from Hero include American Eagle Outfitters - Fireworks on The Glacier Lagoon, Huawei Mate 20 and P 20 - Gal Gadot rally driving in a Lamborghini and cave diving on a glacier into an ice cave, while the latest BMW photo shoot placed the new X5 in front of a huge waterfall, on a black sand beach, on a glacier and a moss covered lava field.

Jake Brusha is a Director/DP specialising in commercial work, specifically lifestyle and travel jobs with a documentary approach. His style has been described as the mis-en-scene beauty of real life but with enough production value to make moments really pop.

He has worked to build the brand on clients such as Philip Morris US and International, Prudential, Jim Beam, GoDaddy, Redbox, Dell, Purina, Sprint, McDonald's, Kellogg's, ComED, Leo Burnett, Hallmark, and P&G. However, a good majority of his portfolio work is client sensitive and confidential, so please reach out for a private viewing link.

Founded by Pipas Forjaz and Mickey Fonseca, Mahla Filmes is passionate about the work they do and creating the best content. The Mahla team takes immense pride in their accomplishments, their crew members, cast, and supporters - all working hard to capture the right moment for each and every video they do. The focus is always on putting out the best productions, and each member on their team is invaluable to the process.

"We are unique. Every project is unique. Contact us and it will be a pleasure to discuss your specific, tailor-made needs."

myway productions is a Barcelona-based service production company working all over Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Founder, Tina Dobslaw, combines her wide international experience and German values with her adopted laid-back Spanish nature in a unique way, ensuring film-making in Spain is easy.

Person Films is a leading production service company in Italy, providing support across all aspects of production for commercials, films, documentaries, music videos, and print campaigns.

The company's strength lies in its long standing relationships with the very best crews and location contacts. Extensive working relationships with production companies, agencies and clients outside the country have given the team an international business model. Vast digital location files allow clients to immediately grasp the versatile, modern, historic, and epic options on offer throughout Italy.

"We pride ourselves in applying the same level of focus and attention to detail in large budget productions as we do to smaller, more boutique work."

Person Films recently produced 'The Audition', which premiered at Venice International Film Festival and won 'Best Film' at both New York Film Festival and Australia Film Festival. Other Person Films productions include 'Unsinkable Henry Morgan', which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and 'Black Mirror', which premiered on Sky Arte. The company has also produced many award-winning commercials for a range of international clients, including Bulgari, Volvo, Häagen-Dazs, IBM, Seiko, Martini, Norton, Samsung, Fiat, and many others.

During 2018, Pillowtree Productions has worked with notable new clients across both still and moving image productions in the fields of travel and fashion.

The company provided service production for an Aurinkomatkat TVC, Finland's largest travel agency, with producer Jukka Valtanen from Woodpecker Film and director Sam Shingler. The team showcased a few of the many hidden gem locations along the Croatian coast. They also handled still production for Fruit of the Loom with Makalu Agency from the UK.

Pillowtree Productions is a full-service production company working throughout Croatia, with offices in both Zagreb and Split.

Visit the website for more information.

Instead of showing a sampler of productions or showcasing locations from around the entire American continent, whiich they cover, Red Creek is showcasing their incredible abilities with a photo essay of a job done a while ago but still impressive in its ambition and technical challenges: Lotus Code. This shoot required 40Km of train tracks, a train, two helicopters, microwave transmitters and stunt doubles hanging from helicopters and running on top of speeding trains. Click on the feature to see the imagery.

Red Creek Productions and its team of producers, filmmakers, and photographers cover the Americas from offices around the hemisphere, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay and NYC. The Red Creek team's combined knowledge of the region makes them one of the best resources and a reliable first call. Whether you need to understand the local rules in Chile, find a Russian arm in Argentina, where to shoot "London" in the Southern Hemisphere, or where to film wheat in March, they have you covered; on productions of any size, film, TV or photography.

Red Creek's clientele is a who-is-who of the best companies in the world: from Apple to Kenzo, Amazon to Hermès, Audi to Nike, Coca-Cola to P&G.

Sandeep Abraham was born in Basel in 1990 and completed his Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Engineering at the HTW Chur in Switzerland.

He began his career shooting music videos, independent short films, and broadcast content. His immediate interest in developing his skills as a storyteller and camera operator allowed him to enhance his visual eye as a cinematographer.

After becoming a recognised shooter on many award-winning shorts and commercials (from Mobile Film Festival to Cannes), he gravitated organically into the narrative and commercial format, which is what currently fills his schedule.

With extensive experience for his young age across different genres, as well as a keen interest in changing technology, Sandeep continues to work on a diverse range of projects, beautifully crafted content pieces and high-end TV commercials. He is currently working on a video editorial about domestic violence.

Stillworks is a full service production company based near Frankfurt, providing concepts, strategies and developing ideas for impactful and emotional stories for commercial and corporate films as well as digital content.

Stillworks provides a wide range of film services including concepts and ideas for stories, complete pre-production services, location scouting, casting and shoot organisation. In-house camera and lighting equipment is available, while the company also provides post-production services including editing, colour grading, sound design, animations, soundtrack and voice-overs, and more.

"We have a creative pool of professionals who are ready to handle just about everything. DoPs, UAV/aerial operators, directors, editors, assistants - 'We can’t' is something you'll never hear. Everything is possible, and not only in our imaginations!"

T-eight is a Singapore-based production support company specialising in ultra high speed and professional cinematography services to local and regional production houses.

The company owns and operates Phantom Flex 4k and Phantom Miro high speed cameras. Helmed by an experienced cinematographer, the team are more than a specialised camera rental company - they have the experience to bridge the gap between creative visions from the director and technical know how to get the job done efficiently.

"Slow down your world with T-eight. No job is simple or complex enough that we can’t handle. We were recently tasked to handle a shoot in a steam turbine power plant for a technical research shoot, where temperatures reached over 40°C and we had to use two Phantom Flex 4k cameras at the same time!"

Uptown Media House is a television production company based in Athens, Greece. The key activity of the company is to deliver original content to broadcast TV networks and to the new media platforms. The company is specialised in the production of original TV programmes, documentaries, corporate presentations, TVCs, radio spots, adaptations, web live streaming and offers broadcast facilities as well.

Uptown Media House provides all the aspects of audio-visual services, including pre-production support, filming and post-production.

The team never fails to deliver on budget and on time, specialising in tight deadlines.

"Flexible, focused and full of ideas - Uptown will engage and inspire your audience, every time."