SMUGGLER

DGA: “Ivan Zachariáš receives an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials award nomination from DGA for his film “Flock” for Apple.”

Campaign: “Lucy Forbes is Campaign’s Director of the Year. Her standout work “Never Just a Period” for Libresse and “Sweet Suspicion” for Waitrose, both secured spots in Campaign’s Top 10 Film List for 2024.”

Deadline: “SMUGGLER Entertainment’s ‘Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend’ has been nominated for Outstanding Sports Program by the Producers Guild Awards.”

Deadline: “Headquartered in Miami and LA and named after the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner’s Argentina hometown, 525 Rosario was formed as a JV with Smuggler Entertainment (Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend and Messi Meets America), operating under the supervision of the Messi family, with Smuggler’s Tim Pastore as CEO.”

SHOOTonline: “Patrick Milling-Smith, co-founder and CEO of SMUGGLER, and James Razzall, U.S. president, integrated advertising, of Framestore, have been named chairpersons of the 2025 AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial, and the 2025 AICP Post Awards, respectively.”

SHOOTonline: “Apple’s holiday ad–’Heartstrings,’ directed by Henry-Alex Rubin, introduces us to a father with mild-moderate hearing loss. But thanks to the clinical grade Hearing Aid feature on AirPods Pro 2, he can now hear his daughter playing the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic ‘Our House’ on her new guitar, just unwrapped on Christmas morning.”

The Drum: “The Christmas spot directed by Tom Speers looks back at these last four decades and highlights that while technology has changed – from brick phones to smartphones – the feeling of speaking with friends and family during the festive season remains the same.”

Muse By Clios: “The creative for this particular campaign, directed by SMUGGLER’s Tom Hooper, follows its predecessors in those themes, but was born from the idea of intergenerational connection, purpose and celebrating doers, builders of families and communities.”

Shots: “Written and directed by the SMUGGLER star, The Holiday Ball sees a snazzy hotel fill up with impossibly beautiful people; their intriguing lives hinted at through stylish vignettes.”