Bringing you the best emerging creativity
Entries for our 2025 New Creators’ Showcase are officially open.
Screened at Cannes Lions, this showcase spotlights rising creators, celebrating top-tier creativity, storytelling, and visual innovation.
Open to all forms of motion creators, and we are open to all film formats, experiences and styles. We are looking for one single piece of work to feature per creator.
Candidates are not eligible for consideration if they directed any film, content, game etc in moving image format, specifically made for commercial purpose e.g paid for by a brand before June 2023.
Selection criteria:
Outstanding skill in any motion format
Innovative style or technique or use of platform or channel
Exceptional craft in it’s content
Please submit the following:
High res headshot
Bio
Pro res 422HQ and viewable version of the work
List with air dates of any commercial (funded by a brand) work they have been part of
Airdate of work they are submitting
Send your entry to [email protected] by Friday 25th April 2025.
Meet the curators
Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
Award-winning creative and filmmaker Franki joined Saatchi & Saatchi almost a decade ago and has been behind much of the company’s most notable work for clients including Direct Line and Deutsche Telekom. Alongside her role at Saatchi & Saatchi, Franki is Executive Producer at Western Edge Pictures, a multi award-winning independent production company she co-founded in 2010. Prior to Saatchi, Franki founded and ran a boutique film marketing consultancy, ‘Franki&Jonny’, whose clients included Pathé, Warner Bros and Curzon Cinemas. A graduate of Glasgow School of Art, she has returned regularly as a guest lecturer and spent time teaching at Parsons School of Design in Paris.
Chief Production Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
Jess comes from a varied background having worked across entertainment and advertising, helping brands tap into cultural moments. She recently joined Saatchi & Saatchi from 750mph, where she worked with brands such as IKEA, Playstation and Bodyform. Prior to 750mph, Jess co-founded and ran a consultancy business which specialised in entertainment partnerships and helping brands and agencies better understand, access and navigate the world of entertainment. She also spent nine years at Grey, delivering Cannes- winning content for brands including P&G, Lucozade, HSBC and Volvo.
Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
Kate Stanners is Global Chief Creative Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi. Having been at Saatchi & Saatchi for 18 years she has been pivotal in transforming the agency. By harnessing the unreasonable power of creativity, she has driven the agency’s spirit of Nothing Is Impossible to deliver impossible outcomes and revolutionise clients’ businesses. Kate, oversees the creative talent of the network and global clients that include Visa, UBS, Beiersdorf and Deutsche Telekom to name a few.