The future has a message for the people of Brazil. “You are not in my hands. It’s the other way around.”

That message is the core of an uplifting 90 second film by Sao Paulo creative agency, Africa, for Itau Bank, in which the future also tells us to love now, respect those who are different now (because only then can peace exist in the future) and fight to be happier now.

It’s a remarkable message because the bank doesn’t utter a word of it. It’s a compelling message because the bank doesn’t utter a word of it. If we fear the future, we also give it the ultimate authority.

The film, I am The Future, concludes the bank’s end-of-year trilogy, launched by Africa in 2015, and it is narrated by actress, Fernanda Montenegro, one of the most important Brazilian actresses of all times and an Oscar nominee.

The 2015 film talked about human relations with the world’s digitalisation. In 2016, the focus was on how to enjoy the digital world’s wonders to live more and enjoy more each moment without pursuing lost time. In this final commercial, the theme relates to people’s fear of the future and their consequent neglect of the present. While the future is uncertain, the film notes, we are the ones who can create it.

An awesome message deserves an inspiring visual story, and this film certainly has it. The film was shot in different places in Uruguay – Montevideo, Punta Ballena, and Cabo Polonio, was directed by Vellas and produced by Saigon, under the guidance of agency creative, Everton Behenck’s, script.

In three days, the film achieved more than 20 million views in the bank’s channels alone.

Credits

Agency: Africa 

Chief Creative Officer: Sergio Gordilho

Creative Directors: Otavio Schiavon & Jeferson Rocha

Copywriter:  Everton Behenck

Art Director: Edson Rosa

Innovation & Creative Research: Andreia Rocha, Eduardo Berardinelli & Asaph Luccas

Client Management: Ana Hasegawa, Tariana Cruz,  Bruna Motta & Rebeca Coelho

Media: Luiz Fernando Vieira, Francisco Custodio, Beto Lima, Caroline Tanzillo, Gabriel Tardelli, Brunna Sa, Paula Rumachella & Jade Moura

Planning: Rodrigo Maroni, Marina Pires, Rafael Camilo, Felipe Nogueira, Bruno Schwarzschild & Leonardo Juhasz

Agency Producers:  Rodrigo Ferrari, Tais Olhiara & Ian Inglez

Production Company: Saigon

Director: Vellas

Executive Producers: Marcelo Altschuler & Carol Pessini

DOP: Pierre Kerchove

Art Direction: Marcelo Reginato

Editing: Beto Araujo

Finishing: Fabio Abreu

Post Production: Nash Production

Post Production Coordinator: Virgini Fares

Sound Production: Antfood

Sound Producers: Lou Schmidt, Pedro Botsaris, Wilson Brown & Vinicius Nunes

Voiceover: Fernanda Montenegro

Client: Itau Bank

Client Approval: Eduardo Tracanella, Thiago Cesar Silva, Leticia Banheti &  Mariana Carvalho