FAMILY DIARY

TitleFAMILY DIARY
BrandWHATSAPP INC.
Product/ServiceWHATSAPP
Category A07. Use of Licensed / Adapted Music
Entrant BBDO Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation BBDO Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation 2 ALMAPBBDO São Paulo, BRAZIL
Production ANORAK Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Till Diestel BBDO Group Germany GmbH Chief Creative Officer
Luiz Sanches AlmapBBDO Chief Creative Officer
Josy Paul BBDO India Global Creative Lead
Wolfgang Warzilek BBDO Berlin GmbH Creative Director
Erick Barrios Hernández BBDO Berlin GmbH Creative Director
Pedro Corbett AlmapBBDO Creative Director / Copywriter
Deepanjali Singh BBDO Berlin GmbH Art Director
Erin Conboy BBDO Berlin GmbH Art Director
André Vervloet (Firulo) AlmapBBDO Art Director
Florestan Roesemann BBDO Berlin GmbH Copywriter
Dara Luise Kleyer BBDO Berlin GmbH Copywriter
Bruno Bizuti AlmapBBDO Copywriter
Mark Andree BBDO Berlin GmbH Managing Director
Kadia Sow BBDO Berlin GmbH Senior Account Manager
Alexander Geier BBDO Berlin GmbH Agency Producer
Catherine Baikousis ANORAK Film GmbH Executive Producer
Yan Schönefeld ANORAK Film GmbH Producer
- - Strangelove Studio 8 Post-Production Company
Bevil Schwartz Strangelove Studio 8 Producer Post-Production
Caribou - - Music/Composer
Calle Budee Ross - Sound Design
- - Ponytail Sound AB Audio Production House
Joanna Nordahl - Director
Tim Lorentzén - Director Of Photography
Emma Backmann - Editor
Michelle Leigh Collins - Make-up Artist
Neil McClean - Styling
Irma van Heerden - Setting
- - Kayos Casting Casting
- - Gray's Casting Casting
Vivian Odior WhatsApp Inc. Global Head of Integrated Marketing
Bosco Zubiaga Delclaux WhatsApp Inc. Brand Marketing Lead
Maz Sharafi WhatsApp Inc. Director, Marketing
Eric Rottenberg WhatsApp Inc. Creative Producer
Vispi Bhopti WhatsApp Inc. Product Communications Manager
Summer Schiavo WhatsApp Inc. Marketing Researcher
Felipe Chaves - Communications Planning Manager
Amanda Godspeed Creative X Managing Director
Rodrigo Moran Creative X Head of Creative
Lucas Heck Creative X Global Creative Director
André Felix Creative X Global Creative Director
Belén Marquez Creative X Global ACD/ Art Director
Soham Chatterjee Creative X Global ACD/ Writer
Devin Baker Creative X Global Art Director
Chad Emerson Creative X Executive Producer
Julian Katz Creative X Production Strategist

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

On New Year’s Eve, the protagonist relives all the highs and lows of her special 2020 by scrolling through her WhatsApp family chat, as if it were a diary. We see her being pregnant in the midst of a pandemic, her little siblings going through the emotional struggles of being so isolated from the world, her father trying keep the family together while feeling so helpless watching them suffer and of course her old grandmother having to be alone through all of it with WhatsApp as the only gateway to her family. Despite the hardship and frustration, the protagonist though also remembers the support and closeness of her family. She realizes that even in a really tough year like this, where we had to stay apart from the people we love the most, it’s the bond we shared that got us through.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The year 2020 was drawing to a close and most people had not even been able to process all that had happened to them this year. A completely new life situation, fear of the unknown, grief, new insights, but also a strong sense of community shaped this year like no other. In the process, WhatsApp wrote bittersweet record figures as far as digital message exchange was concerned. For this reason, WhatsApp wanted to wish the world a happy, hopefully better, New Year and at the same time remind us how important connection between loved ones is in such times.

Tell the jury about the choice of music track.

The song by Caribou emphasizes how important family is for the protagonists. Throughout the film we subtly hear the most important emotion of the year: "I can't do without you". Many people can identify with that. So, it was a conscious decision to forego the slow piano music typically used for this kind of film and instead to rely on a song that clearly emphasizes the emotional message of the film.