THE SHARED STORY OF HARRY AND AHMED

Short List
TitleTHE SHARED STORY OF HARRY AND AHMED
BrandUNICEF
Product/ServiceSUPPORT CHILD REFUGEES
Category B12. Charities & Non-profit
Entrant 180 AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Idea Creation 180 AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Production SMUGGLER London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Al Moseley 180 Amsterdam President & Chief Creative Officer
Dan Treichel 180 Amsterdam Executive Creative Director
Dave Canning 180 Amsterdam Executive Creative Director
Hannah Smit 180 Amsterdam Creative Director
Rachel Kennedy 180 Amsterdam Art Director
Alice Anselmi 180 Amsterdam Account Manager
Jordan Cross 180 Amsterdam Producer
Bethany Papenbrock 180 Amsterdam Executive Producer
Olivier Klonhammer 180 Amsterdam Executive Producer
Ben Armistead 180 Amsterdam Head of Planning
Sarah Gough 180 Amsterdam Business Affairs
Hilco Beukema 180 Amsterdam Editing
Joshua Neale Smuggler Director
Fergus Brown Smuggler Executive producer
Chris Barrett Smuggler Executive producer
Emma Butterworth Smuggler Producer
Adam Evans Smuggler Producer
Antonio Paladino Smuggler Director of photography
Paul Hardcastle Trim London Editor
Ed Hanbury Trim London Assistant Editor
Juan Pablo Thummler Wave Amsterdam Sound designer/mixer
Dafydd Upsdell MPC London Post producer
Kayleigh Dugdale MPC London Post producer
Paul Wilmot MPC London VFX Lead
Matthieu Toullet MPC London Colourist
Sylvana Knaap Getty Images Stock Footage Researcher

Brief Explanation

In a split screen, Harry (an elderly, Jewish, WWII survivor) and Ahmed (a young, Muslim, Syrian boy) describe their real, horrific journeys as child refugees, in their own words. As they speak, those words come together to build a single, seamless narrative. Current and historical footage accompanies their story, illustrating their strikingly similar experiences. Both escaped violence and persecution and were separated from their parents; both fled on their own, endured a treacherous journey by boat, and had to wait for permission to enter the safety of another country.At the end of the film their identities are revealed and the message is clear: We didn’t do enough to protect child refugees during WWII and 80 years later, the story is being repeated.