SEARCH RACISM. FIND TRUTH.

Bronze Eurobest
TitleSEARCH RACISM. FIND TRUTH.
BrandREFUGEES WELCOME
Product/ServiceREFUGEES WELCOME
Category D01. Use of Film
Entrant FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
Idea Creation FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
Media Placement FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
Media Placement 2 INITIATIVE MEDIA Zurich, SWITZERLAND
PR EHRENBERG KOMMUNIKATION Hamburg, GERMANY
Production FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
Additional Company TONSTUDIOS Z Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Credits
Name Company Position
Dennis Lück FCB Zürich Chief Creative Officer
Andy Lusti FCB Zürich Creative Director
Hanja Baruschke FCB Zürich Creative Director Digital
Sarah Ming FCB Zürich Copywriter
Olivia Schläpfer FCB Zürich Art Direction
Fabian Sigg FCB Zürich Art Direction
Elgee David Wee FCB Zürich Art Direction
Lia Bellini FCB Zürich Art Direction
Emanuel Büchler FCB Zürich Content Developer
Marco Frei FCB Zürich Content Developer
Mark Becher FCB Zürich Client Service Director
Mirjam Milenkovic FCB Zürich Account Director
Michael Hürlimann FCB Zürich Account Director
Sharon Nehrenheim FCB Zürich Account Director
Nina Hinkelmann FCB Zürich Account Director
Aleksandar Sofranac FCB Zürich Frontend Developer/Designer
Snezana Tadic Ehrenberg Kommunikation PR
Peter Fobe Ehrenberg Kommunikation PR
Giulia Ciarla Initiative Media
Jazmin Suriel Initiative Media
Renzo D’Alberto Tonstudios Z Sounddesign

Brief Explanation

The German organization «Refugees Welcome» wanted to stop the distribution of digital hate videos: With a clever idea and courageous refugees, who stand up against the hate preachers. In 10 spots refugees disproved common prejudices with hard facts, surprising revelations or humor. Furthermore they anticipated the content of the following videos. For instance, when searching for Lutz Bachmann, the German right-wing leader of Pegida, viewers were confronted by Arif from Syria, who did away with prejudices. Other pre-roll ads showed that refugees put a lot of effort into learning the local language or debunk false statistics. At the end of each video the refugee appealed to better watch his or her story instead of listening to more prejudice. With the button “Skip prejudice” the viewer was led to the story of the particular refugee and invited to change his thoughts about their – till then – objects of hate.