Cannes Lions 2019: Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Creators Showcase Reel Unveiled At Cannes, Highlighting the Evolution of Filmmaking and Storytelling

Previously named the New Directors Showcase, Saatchi & Saatchi is almost on its third decade of presenting the New Creators Showcase at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Every year, the showcase celebrates new directing talent with a compilation of creative work from the best emerging directors. Saatchi & Saatchi gives new talent the opportunity to be seen and discovered. 

The event organized by Saatchi & Saatchi at Cannes highlights the evolution of the craft of filmmaking and storytelling. With almost three decades of the New Creators Showcase, new ways of twisting and stretching the craft are discovered, which is why there was a change of name for 2019. By using ‘creators’ instead of ‘directors,’ the name of the showcase takes into account the different platforms in which stories can be told. 

Here’s the lineup with works from 20 talented directors!

Anna Mantzaris – Enough

Anna Mantzaris is a Swedish director and animator based in London and Stockholm. She is represented by Passion Animation Studios and works mainly in stop motion. She graduated with an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art, and recently worked on Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs”. Her films have been screened in festivals around the world, and she has won multiple awards for them.

Billy Boyd Cape – Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Still a teenager starting at Bournemouth Film School, Billy Boyd Cape spent most of his time in London collaborating with classmates and directing music videos. He quickly took off, garnering millions of views by making several commercially successful videos for artists such as Jakwob and Mr. Hudson. 

BRBR – Héroes

BRBR is a film collective based in Madrid and London. They are joined together by the ambition of exploring new limits and possibilities on how to produce and create contemporary visual culture. Their work has been internationally recognized at film festivals and art institutions.

Calmatic – Vince Staples’ ‘FUN!’

Calmatic is a Los Angeles born and based director, filmmaker, and artist. 

Claudia Barral – “__ /__ /__” (Places)

Between Madrid and Paris, Claudia Barral Magaz developed her artistic training in Fine Arts, specializing in photography and graduating in 2015 from the Complutense University. It is then when she decided to immerse herself in the cinematographic world by taking a Master’s Degree at the EFTI International School of Photography and Cinema. Her artistic universe and the sensitivity of her pieces arise both from her training and her roots. 

Cool 3D World – Chefs

Cool 3D World is an animation and web artist duo composed of Brian Tessler and Jon Baken. Their videos showcase 3D animation and strange happenings. 

Dani Pearce – Backpedal

Dani Pierce is a director and digital designer. Her works sit at the intersection of art, film, and design. She acted as a creative assistant to some of the world’s top directors when she was just starting out in the film industry.

Daniel Mckee – If You Never Answered X

Daniel McKee is a Worcester filmmaker and overall winner of the Beer Town Film Festival 2019.

Ella Dobson – Conception: When Your Child’s Bogeyman is Real

Ella Dobson is a freelance designer and animator with a love of illustration and design. Originally from New Zealand, she worked with some talented people in studios across Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York

Erik Winkowski – Video Sketchbook

According to Come Alive Images, Erik Winkowski treats video like collage, cutting up, painting over, and remixing scenes from everyday life in playful, unexpected ways. Trees, hands, clouds, and birds are transformed into hypnotic patterns and bold compositions that evoke modernist painting. His stylistically diverse work is about “seeing with joy,” he says. He has pioneered animation techniques that lend his videos the spontaneity and vitality of drawing—this experimental spirit can be seen in his collaborations with Hermes and The New York Times.

Jérémy Comte – Fauve

Raised in the countryside and later graduating from Concordia University in Film Production, Jérémy Comte‘s connection with nature and curiosity for the human condition deepened with his travels around the globe. Comte is roused by psychological, raw narratives finding meaningful connections through poetic imagery.

Jun Ho –  Eye Bags

Jun Ho is a Hong Kong filmmaker. 

Maya & Mati Kochavi – Eva Stories

Maya & Mati Kochavi is a father-daughter team. Maya created a women’s empowerment blog for girls and she has used her grasp on social media to counsel corporations on how to communicate effectively with children and teens, while her father, Mati, is a millionaire who controls high-tech companies.

Nothing Lost – Big Tobz ‘WOKE’

Nothing Lost is a group of directors at Armoury London. 

Paco Raterta – The Prodigy ‘Timebomb Zone’

Paco Raterta is a Manila-based director who is represented by Pulse Films. He has worked for commercial brands and made videos for artists in Manila. 

Robert Strange – Everybody Wants To Be Famous

Robert Strange is a director and animator, who also fills the role of visual artist in Superorganism. He makes music videos, cartoons, and animations in a mixed-media style. He has extensive experience in directing 2D animation, 3D animation and VFX-focussed pieces as well as creating 2D pixel animation, collage animation and clay animation. He often makes use of green screen performance, location shooting and phone footage to maintain an organic element in my work.

Thomas Webb

Thomas Webb is a multi-disciplinary artist and creative hacker living in London, UK. Outrun and Roadblasters, late nights and early mornings spent gaming cultivated within him a love for this pixelated, neon grit that’s gone on to inspire his own work and many others across art, cinema, and broader pop culture.

Victor Haegelin – Patagraph

Victor Haegelin is a director and animator who specializes in stop motion. He loves clay and gives life to the inanimate in everyday places. 

Winnie Cheung – Albatross Soup

Winnie Cheung is a Hong Kong born, Queens raised, Brooklyn based filmmaker. She frequently collaborates with artists across various disciplines, using illustration, animation, and dance to place the corporeal body within surreal spaces. She has directed films that have screened at Sundance, Fantastic Fest, Marfa Film Festival, and Fantasia International Film Festival

Yoann Stehr

Director Yoann Stehr is part of the creative agency Temple Caché.

These directors have captured and explored new and innovative ways to tell stories. Congratulations to all who were part of Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Creators Showcase!