UTAIR DREAM DESTINATION EXPERIMENT

TitleUTAIR DREAM DESTINATION EXPERIMENT
BrandUTAIR AIRLINES
Product/ServiceUTAIR AIRLINES
Category B07. Travel
Entrant FRIENDS Moscow, RUSSIA
Idea Creation FRIENDS Moscow, RUSSIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Alina Scherbinina Utair airlines Vice President of Marketing Utair airlines
Maxim Shmakov Utair airlines Head of Communications Department, Marketing Department Utair airlines
Mikhail Grigorovich Friends Moscow Creative director
Albert Urchukov Friends Moscow Senior Copywriter
Ksenia Ferapontova Friends Moscow Account Director
Daria Mansurova Friends Moscow Senior account managers
Evgenia Egorova Friends Moscow Senior account managers
Maxim Korostelev Friends Moscow Head of Production Department
Dmitry Saveliev Friends Moscow Head of the Strategic Department
Ekaterina Kovaleva Friends Moscow Producer
Victor Gorbachev Stereotactic production Director
Alexander Medvedko Stereotactic production Producer
Alexander Khudokon Stereotactic production DOP
Mikhail Khursevich Stereotactic production DOP

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

Traditional thinking says that in order to experience genuine emotions, you have to go to “places where no one expected you”: foreign countries and unexplored lands. In fact, the complete opposite is true: nothing holds such a firm and stable emotional hold over us as places and people from our childhood. We wanted to confirm this as something more than an empty statement, but as a scientific fact. The aim of the video is to help those people overcome the reluctance to spend a vacation in their hometown, remove the stigma of such a trip, and show that going where you belong can be no less emotional than a tropical trip. (edited)

Cultural/Context information for the jury

S7 & Aeroflot, the key players in the market, reinforce the category’s perception of exclusivity. Their aim is to win over the small but wealthy segment of people flying abroad. Hence, their communication looks accordingly — touting dream destinations, remotest corners of the planet, and the best sights and cuisines from all over the world. Important: Russia is incredibly huge. Thousands of kilometers may separate a son who moved to Moscow from his mother living in Siberia. After that, we established that people who’d moved to Moscow from the Russian ‘regions’ often avoid visiting their childhood towns, while regularly vacationing abroad. After moving to the affluent Moscow, people start feeling ashamed of their modest provincial origins. And that was a good starting point.