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
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