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FORM London's global talent search has taken them to the Czech capital Prague, where directors Jan Kalvoda and Premysl Ponahly ply their trade under the name Wolfberg. While the similarly named Wolfsburg were relegated from the Bundesliga last season, Wolfberg are in a rich vein of form with commercials for the likes of Erste Bank, Pilsner Urquell, and Budvar.

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When a Riyadh newspaper claims a team of three kids are "unbeatable", it rubs a couple of youngsters up the wrong way. Rather than accept it, the two insist they can put together the best three-a-side team around. How hard can it be to sign futsal captain Nawaf Arwan, Saudi Women's Premier League star Lulu Al-Obaid, and international defender Saud Abdulhamid in less than sixty seconds?

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One of the many reasons DAVID loves Arctic Monkeys is how much frontman Alex Turner loves margaritas. Guitar, piano, cocktail shaker… he plays them all. Perhaps he'd appreciate the new Olmeca Altos spot from agency Wieden+Kennedy and director Sam Hibbard, who show viewers how to make margaritas hands-free.

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There are different ways of interpreting this and on behalf of Cancer Council Victoria, and they all work. Director Stephen Carroll opens the film with a young woman preparing herself ahead of a moment that feels momentous, but it isn't clear whether it is good momentous or bad momentous. Is she standing on the brink of news about her prognosis or is it something else?

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So-called prediction market Kalshi is a brand with money to burn. Over the last few months, it's paid Timothée Chalamet, Bryson DeChambeau, and Lionel Messi to peddle its speculative wares. As a change of pace, it's got an honest-to-God shareholder—Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Miami Heat—to star in one of its commercials.

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The Last Dinner Party have a knack for lyrics that reek of cigarette smoke—the kind that film noir characters breathe in and breathe out, day after day, night after night (only they never have to visit a doctor).

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Nicholas Braun, most famous for playing cousin Greg in Succession, both stars in and directs this interesting commercial for Shinola – a watch and fashion brand. Speaking directly into the camera to convey that he is having a very direct conversation, Braun is expressing discomfort at the way in which he is being controlled by an unseen other.

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As much as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would love to lounge by the pool and forget about the whole Brendon McCullum/Ben Stokes saga, it's much too busy with the sixth edition of The Hundred. The brand wants the next few weeks to be dramatic with a capital D, but still showbizzy enough to get newcomers and casual viewers hyped (the script even refers to it as "season six").

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Despite the occasional skirmish with moral efficacy, VW remains a brand with a tremendous legacy, and they cannot be blamed for soaking their advertising with nostalgia... it is the obvious move and one that will generally work. In this film, expertly directed by Academy's Billy Boyd Cape, the recreated scenes have been put together with such authenticity that you almost expect everyone to have a fag on the go!

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This is one of those commercials where the evaluation is quite different depending on where you place your focus. Much of the footage is quite lovely and, in that sense, directing team King She deserved a great deal of credit alongside their cinematographer Andreiy Nikolaev but the whole thing is weighed down by a script that has more cheese than Philadelphia.

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What a beaut this is for American singer-songwriter Kelela and her guest from across the pond, PinkPantheress. Shot by Yasser Abubeker and lensed by Diara Sow, 'The Bridge' revolves around a sultry solar eclipse that turns much of Kelela Mizanekristos and Victoria Beverley Walker's world blue. Michael Mann fans will feel right at home here.

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When experimental electronic music duo Cyst (Seamus Rawles Malliagh and Daisy Emily Warne) got together with directors UNCANNY (George Muncey and Elliott Elder) for 'Knackered', the latter suggested that the former shoot each other. No, not like that, you gun nuts—as in Malliagh and Warne should share a camera and capture whatever they got up to on stage.

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Tiggs Da Author and Lady Leshurr provide the appropriate soundtrack to this ASB commercial. 2016's 'Run' plays for a guy who’s ready to move it, move it, if you will, and his willingness to put in the steps proves contagious. The more he runs, the more townsfolk do the same. Some, like a committed bingo caller and a bloke in a barber's chair, stay put for now, but we reckon they'll catch up sooner or later.

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South African director Anton du Preez has signed for Nursery of Evil in the UK and Riff Raff in the US, so both sides of the Atlantic are in for a treat.

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Sam Brown is a director who likes to do as much in camera as he possibly can, and even when a project is mostly CGI, as this one was, he still imbues it with the authenticity of doing it for real. This Skoda ad draws a parallel between the intrepid creature who first decided to make its way from the sea to the land, and the advertised car marque which is, we are told, constantly trying to innovate.

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This is a sensationally good way to get the message out about a new birth control product. The sorority shifts into full sisterhood mode when one of their number begins talking about a relationship which is becoming serious. The women surrounding her all have a view, and each leans into the idea that Opill will provide her with the protection she needs to ensure she is not faced by an unwanted pregnancy.