Lucid Dreams - Dreams during which person is conscious that is dreaming while the dream is taking place. 

_ DESCRIPTION

'Lucidreams' is a cinematic virtual reality project, accompanied by a photographic series, exploring the intersection of dreams and sexuality.

The first chapter is entitled 'Distraction’. The experience will take the viewer on an immersive journey to a pristine river. It starts with a meditative Voice Over of your personal assistant, then suddenly a seductive beauty appears. This is where things get interesting (and more complicated).

This series aims to demonstrate a style that excites us in the burgeoning field of Cinematic Virtual Reality - something that we refer to as ‘Poetic VR’. We are extremely excited by the project.  

More to follow soon.

_ DESCRIPTION

The jewelry brand YES, invited us to shoot and direct their latest campaign and 2017 Calendar. It was an opportunity for us to combine the roles of Creative Directors, Photographers, as well as Film and Virtual Reality Directors.

An annual event for YES is the release of their iconic calendar. It is a central element of the brand’s seasonal campaigns. We decided that the 2017 calendar would be the first step in the multi-channel storytelling. Our work would continue through the year with storytelling through a variety of channels, building our evolving story arc over the next twelve months.

The content was shot in three different mediums. Photography, Film and VR.

_ LINKS

Under Her Spell  |  TVC

The Forest  |  Online Film

Kiss  |  Instagram video

_ DESCRIPTION

A jewelry brand YES, invited us to shoot their iconic 2017 Calendar. The 2017 theme was summed up as ‘The Essence of Femininity’.

We focused on the symbolic connections between women and the natural world. In many cultures both forests and water represent femininity at its core. While woodlands stand for the unconscious and its mysteries, water also acts as an icon for the rebirth of body and spirit.

Our work on the project led us to present the new face of the brand, model Aleksandra, in one of most remote and unspoiled forests in all of Europe. 

The calendar was shot in three different mediums. Photography, Film and VR. Using their unique features we laboured to capture different moods and emotions, with each moment viewable in three distinct medias.

The premiere of the YES 2017 calendar was accompanied by a photographic exhibition, stunning film projections and Virtual Reality installations made in partnership with HTC Vive.

_ DESCRIPTION

The History of Innovation is a film that sums up Samsung’s philosophy of relentless innovation. A continuous drive to keep moving forward; building on what they've learned, but not dwelling on ideas that have run their course. 

In the video, an artist hand sketches some of Samsung’s groundbreaking products accompanied by a pianist playing a piano version of Queen’s classic hit Radio Ga Ga. The video begins with 1983 when Samsung stated its semiconductor business, then shows how the company progressed to launch new technologies, including smartphone, wearables, smart TV's and Virtual Reality headsets. Every step forward leads us to a big question: ‘What’s Next?’.  

The spot was opening Samsung Keynote at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. We made it as BBH Asia Pacific creative and art directors.

_ LINKS

Samsung History of Innovation - Heritage

Samsung History of Innovation - CES 2016

“Facebook estimates that people upload more than 250 million photos to the social networking site daily. Over three-quarters of travelers post vacation photos to a social network. How could we make use of that content?”

_ DESCRIPTION

The answer to the question above is Expedia: Find Your Story, a multi-platform, Facebook Storytelling App. The App allows users with no video editing skills to quickly compile vacation photos from their Facebook account into a short, stylized video integrated with Google maps. The process is simple and intuitive, the user is being asked to upload photos alongside a few details of their vacation. At the end, the holiday video can be viewed and shared across social networks with friends.

Expedia: Find Your Story was made in collaboration with 180LA and UNIT9 team. The Kissinger Twins were both interactive and live action directors responsible for all visuals of the project.

_ CASE STUDY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZINRgTz4o

_ RECOGNITION 

The FWA Site Of The day
Google Creative Sandbox
BuzzFeed Top 10 Essential Apps for the Modern Traveler

“It is brilliantly dark and surreal" Creative Review

_ DESCRIPTION

Channel4 approached us via Unit9 to create a teaser campaign to the second season of their hit show Utopia, a conspiracy thriller-drama. The story follows a small group of people who find themselves in possession of a manuscript The Utopia Experiments which is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century. This leads them to be targeted by an organisation known as The Network, which they must avoid to survive.

The campaign used the themes of surveillance, incrimination, and identity manipulation to promote the series. We created the “all-seeing eye” to evoke the nefarious nature of The Network. The eye appears on billboards, interactive screens, in TV Ads and finally, online banners. It leads users to TheNetworkIsWatching.com, a digital experience on desktop, mobile, and tablet. 

During this experience The Network steals the users' identity (we used the face mapping technology), manipulates the footage and forces users to watch the film in which they commit a crime. Finally, the intimidated users have no option but be obey to The Network.

We were responsible for all aspects of the main multi-platform interactive experience, live action direction of CCTV style films, creation of the iconic eye, animations for TV, DOOH and online banners. 

_ LINK

www.thenetworkiswatching.com

_ RECOGNITION

_ The Webby Awards 2015 Official Honoree
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ The FWA Site of The Day
_ Design Licks Site of The Day
_ Awwwards Special Mention
_ Creative Review

_DESCRIPTION

KissKiss is a photo series presenting kissing couples of all ages. Pictures are taken in natural poses. There are no retouching or embellishments, yet they capture the passion and emotion.

The kiss is a sign, a symbol of the sealing of two personalities. The characters are sincere and spontaneous in their reactions, and thus fail to hide their real dependence, characters, relationships, passion. Despite the apparent similarity of gesture, every couple does it differently.  

Images also lead to other types of reflections: How much are we accustomed to the idealized portraits? What kind of response evokes in us a natural view of the bodies that have not been touched? How we react to the sight of a kiss without the infantile romanticism to which we have become accustomed via media and advertising.

_ RECOGNITION

_ Voies OFF Arles Photography Festival
_ KTR Awards - Photography / Silver

An american werewolf arrived in Twin Peaks...

_DESCRIPTION

ScreamSaver is a tongue-in-cheek project we made for Harper's Bazaar. It is a halloween interactive experience, as well as a homage to David Lynch's Twin Peaks. 

Your goal is to save a sleeping beauty named Laura from a werewolf. How? You simply have to scream as loud as possible to scare the beast away and wake her up. You can do it solo in front of a computer screen or in a cinema, because ScreamSaver works best as a group interaction experience.

ScreamSaver was made in a collaboration with BBH Labs and BlackSheep Live.

"Addictive interactive music video game" Contagious

_ DESCRIPTION 

Ogilvy London approached us via Unit9 to work on Philips You Need To Hear This campaign promoting its range of headphones. We teamed up with Manchester band Swiss Lips and together with UNIT9 team of developers and designers created a music-video-game to their track Carlolyn. A game where you create a music video.

Designed to be played through headphones, the 16-bit style retro game sees the band's lead singer Sam battle it out in a drag race with the evil Flame Gang to impress love interest Carolyn. Players use keyboard controls to direct Sam's car through several different scenes, with outcomes - from Carolyn turning into a Zombie bride to leaving Sam brokenhearted for the Flame Gang leader - dictated by the routes chosen.

The song itself can be remixed by collecting musical icons on the road, picking up hitchhikers (other band members) and driving over road furniture to add layers to the original song. The game boasts seven different audio environments and custom created sound effects.

The game was launched during an outdoor event at London's Broadway market. Passers-by were able to play in a custom-built arcade machine.

_ LINK 

www.vimeo.com/109004018

_ RECOGNITION 

_ The FWA Site of The Day
_ Google Creative Sandbox
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival 
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier

_ DESCRIPTION

The Hunt is a short, poetic interactive film written and directed by The Kissinger Twins. Shot near Palmdale in California with Claudia Graff. Directors of Photography - Marcin Nadolny and Kasia Kifert.

Coming Soon.

“I have seen the future of Hollywood and it's from Poland.” Ernie Schenck

_ DESCRIPTION

Sufferrosa, is an online interactive film written and directed by The Kissinger Twins. What happens in the film depends entirely on the viewer's choice.

Sufferrosa combining video, animation, literature, music with the web is considered as one of the biggest interactive films ever made. It consists of 110 scenes, 3 alternative endings, 20 locations. There are 25 actors parforming, including Beata Tyszkiewicz and Ryszard Ronczewski, the legends of Polish film industry. 

Thematically, Sufferrosa is a neo-noir thriller and satire of the cult of beauty and youth. The story follows detective Ivan Johnson, who is looking for a missing woman, Rosa von Braun. His investigation leads him to Professor Carlos von Braun, who works on Reujvenation treatments for women. Von Brauns orders Johnson to be drugged and taken to his clinic located on tropical Miranda Island. A few days later Johnson wakes up in a cell. From that point progress of the story is in the viewer’s hands. Now, the viewer becomes a detective. His aim is to find Rosa von Braun and escape from the clinic. 

Sufferrosa is a homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s movie Alphaville, American film noir, W.J.Has's cult-movie The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and the French writer Vernon Sullivan. Since its release, the film has enjoyed critical acclaim and won several awards. It is the first interactive film regularly presented at film festivals worldwide.

_ LINK

http://sufferrosa.unit9.com
 

_ RECOGNITION 

_ Webby Awards Finalist
_ The FWA Site of The Day
_ Design Licks Site of The Day
_ 24. Stuttgarter Film Winter - Audience Award Winner
_ onedotzero London
_ OFFF Barcelona
_ Vancouver International Film Festival
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Ambulante International Film Festival
_ Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal
_ Geneva International Film Festival
_ Fasntasporto International Film Festival
_ Festival International CulturaDigital Brasil
_ WRO Media Biennale
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival
_ Reykjavik International Film Festival
_ Toffi International Film Festival

“Nostalgic and ground-breaking at the same time” Edmonton International Film Festival

_ DESCRIPTION

Meet Jack Torrance, the man who in 1969 took America to the moon in The Trip, a trans-media project combining online interactive film, short cinema film, a concept record album, and a large scale photo series. Learn the truth behind the moon landing, while realising the impact of technology and control on society. 

The Trip was inspired by real life events. In 2012, we met an unforgettable 80-year old man who claimed to be the mastermind behind NASA’s moon landing. The tale he told the filmmakers that day would become the story told in The Trip. The man behind the biggest hoax of the 20th century shares his conclusion that our society has reached a critical point, where, through the rapid advancement of technology, people can be controlled and manipulated on an unprecedented scale. This is no conspiracy anymore. It is fact. 

Watch, interact and listen to The Trip, 2013 Webby Award winner for Best Use of Interactive Video. 

_ LINK

www.jacktorrancetrip.com

Buy 'The Trip' - a concept album on iTunes

 _ RECOGNITION

_ Webby Awards Winner
_ Webby Awards Honoree
_ The FWA Site of The Day
_ Design Licks Site of The Day
_ Awwwards Site of The Day
_ Communication Arts  Site of The Day
_ WebDesigner Site of The Week
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Ambulante International Film Festival
_ Toffi International Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier
_ Filmteractive Festival
_ Etiuda & Anima Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival

_ DESCRIPTION

"Why do we still love retro sci-fi movies? 
The refreshing lack of CGI?
The inventiveness that comes from working with less? 
The break-neck plot twists? 
The unapologetic rejection of pretension? 
Or is it strictly the zombies, mutants or blood thirsty
creatures descending from above or crawling from bellow? 
Is this what draws us back to these lesser-known
slices of ‘50’s and ‘60’s cinema?"

Multi award-winning Interactive music video Forget Me Not is a tribute to forgotten sci-fi and horror movies from the 1950s. It is a nostalgic, sentimental and tongue-in-cheek project that reintroduces the hidden gems of pop culture to the younger generation. We made this project in collaboration with Smolik and the French actress Emmanuelle Seigner.

_ LINK

www.forgetmenot.tv

_ RECOGNITION 

_ Davey Awards The Best in The Show
_ Dawey Awards Gold Winner
_ W3 Gold Winner
_ The Lovie Awards Silver Winner
_ Creative Review Annual
_ The FWA Site of The Day
_ Design Licks Site of The Day
_ Communication Arts Site of The Day
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Ambulante International Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier

_ DESCRIPTION

Our latest project is a tribute to classic 20th century cinema and its people. Far Away So Close is an intimate Virtual Reality series featuring great personalities of cinema. In each episode one character tells a personal story in an important for her/him environment.

Far Away So Close is currently under the development. The project will be presented at VR and film festivals in 2017.

The trailer with a legendary Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr talking about relations between theatre, film and virtual reality coming soon.

We love this Ad!' Gazeta Wyborcza / Poland

_ DESCRIPTION 

We directed this short interactive and linear film with our friends from UNIT9 for Wieden+Kennedy London. Follow Happy is a part of the Honda Civic 2012 campaign and lives in the Honda Civic YouTube channel. The film brings to life the story behind the Honda Magic Seats and introduces charming dog named Happy. The interactions we added are very simple and natural, by whistling into your microphone you let Happy in and by blowing, you increase the speed of the car. It’s pure fun.

Kasia's beauty photography catches the eye with its absolute purity and elegance. Her work combines technical precision and attention to detail, which is reflected in her range in lighting and highly stylised work.

Kasia Kifert has delievered sunning beauty projects for some of the world's most prestigious cosmetic, hair and skincare brands including Chanel, Clarins, L’Oreal, Nivea and Avon.

“It is not 1984. It is 2014. Everyone is being watched. Everyone can be framed. You too.”

_ DESCRIPTION 

The Kissinger Twins directed four short films in grainy CCTV style for Channel4 UTOPIA2 campaign. The themes of all films are incrimination, identity manipulation and surveillance. The rapid progress of digital audiovisual technologies blurred the line between reality and fiction. Everyone can be easily framed. Every film can be manipulated. This is not a domain of sci-fi films anymore. So here we are with four stories, four crimes and only one criminal - YOU. 

Watch the films here:
www.thenetworkiswatching.com

_ DESCRIPTION

We directed a surreal and noir teaser film promoting a new album Tesla by Silver Rocket/Sony BMG.

"The poetry of broadband" Techsty

_ DESCRIPTION

Maria-Awaria is a teaser campaign for Polish pop star Maria Peszek's new album produced by Smolik. It is a mysterious mix of sensual visuals with erotic lyrics from the record. We directed and shot several short films on dunes in Slowinski National Park in Poland. It is a project that we often present as an example of online visual poetry.

_ RECOGNITION 

_ Ambulante International Film Festival
_ Geneva International Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival

Kasia's fashion photography is a modern mix of nostalgia and cinematic feel. Her film background has been fundamental to developing her imaginative compositions. Looking at her pictures you have the feeling like looking at just part of a bigger story. They really make you wonder what’s going on behind the scenes. 

Visual references and formal skills are used as vehicles for this natural ability and her models appear relaxed and organically beautiful. She is fantastic to collaborate with in the creative process and efficient in all areas of production. Her creativity and professionalism result in lasting relationships and exceptional imagery. 

Selection of fashion photography projects of Kasia Kiefert: Fashion Mag, InStyle, 180, Futu Love, Futu Luxury, Viva!, Marie Claire, Glamour, Playboy, A4, Exlusiv, Gala.

_ MORE PHOTOGRAPHY

www.kissingertwins.tumblr.com

_ DESCRIPTION

The Kissinger Twins, in a collaboration with adam&eve London and UNIT9, directed John Lewis' 2012 campaign launching the first Somerset by Alice Temperley collection. They shot a number of short films with a model Lily Donaldson and crafted series of rich media banners. The banners were mixing Cinemagraphs technique with interactive video sequences. 

"Someday On The Misty Island" takes the challenge of how to make Opera a more exciting and meaningful experience for younger generation.” Europrix Jury

_ DESCRIPTION 

Someday on The Misty Island is an interactive storytelling project aiming to reintroduce opera to the younger generation. It was made for Malgorzata Walewska, one of the world’s leading dramatic mezzo-sopranos, Polish born performer of Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera and many other big stages.

The complex online interactive music video looks simple, but the story is multilayered and multidimensional. Users can follow the main plot. A young journalist Karen Kane travels to the Misty Island to interview Mrs Walewska. but her plane crashes in the ocean and she is being unconscious washed ashore.

Once she gets back to reality, her journey begins across the island. She doesn’t know that all what happens to her has been staged for her and every character she meets on her way is a contemporary interpretation of classic opera character. She meets Carmen, Eboli, Amneris or Dalilah to name a few. All that teaches her about the master pieces. Users can interact with all encountered characters to learn how opera can be transformed into the present day, but they also can dive deep in the history and watch, listen and interact with classic interpretations of Mrs Walewska.

There is a good balance between the educational and entertainment sides of the story with lots of surprising interactions that give a real depth of the story. The project was awarded The Best European Online Project at EuroPrix Festival in Vienna in 2004. 

_ RECOGNITION 

_ Europrix Multimedia Top Talents Winner
_ Seoul Film&Net Festival Finalist
_ OFFF 04 Finalist
_ Net Art Festival Torun
_ Prix Visionica
_ Electrofringe Festival
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Geneva International Film Festivall
_ Noise Pop Festival 
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier

"Thrills! Shock! Suspense!”

_ DESCRIPTION 

Naznaczeni is a digital campaign launching Nokia phone 7210. It was made in collaboration with K2 team and consists of four chapters launched over one month time. Users can follow two characters, young Man and Woman. They are on their discovery expedition through abandoned metropolis on a mission to reveal the meaning of a mysterious sign. The path of each of them is parallel, they don't meet until the final chapter, when the meaning of the mysterious sign is revealed.

The travel across the city is subsequently a journey across history of pop culture. Our heroes encounter plenty of icons presented in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek way. They meet phantoms of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, as well as, Humphrey Bogart, Ed Wood, Space Invaders, Atari’s Pong and that’s just the beginning of the list…

 _ RECOGNITION 

Kreatura Awards Best in The Show
Kreatura Awards Gold Winner
Golden Eagles Gold Winner

“Smooth music and visual goodness...” Coolstop

_ DESCRIPTION 

Smolik Attitude is one of the first worldwide produced online interactive music videos. We directed it inspired by David Lynch Lost Highway and an American film noir. It was made in Flash 4 in 2002, a few years before Youtube came and changed the internet. By then, we were exploring the world of online video, animations and interactivity. This experimental piece was made from 40 animated images, its size was only 800kb, less than one hi-res jpeg now. 

The navigation is simple and intuitive, users can just click and watch the video in a linear way. The real fun starts when they interact with the project changing the order of the scenes and read the hidden story of the main character divided into 15 parts. 

_ RECOGNITION 

_ OFFF 03 Finalist
_ Net Art Festival Torun
_ Electrofringe Festival
_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Geneva International Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival 
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier

“Don’t lose your way”

_ DESCRIPTION 

Insomnia is an innovative, digital campaign launching Christopher Nolan’s film Insomnia in Poland. It was ordered by BestFilm via OpenDesign. We crafted a compelling story in seven atmospheric chapters to be launched within two weeks before the premiere of the movie. Each chapter was a short animated interactive film, a narrative puzzle, or as some journalists described it “a surreal, storytelling labyrinth”.

Users were teased with cryptic quotes from the film, mysterious animations and memorable images of Al Pacino vs Robin Williams. Nothing was simple and intuitive, as wasn’t the movie itself. The goal was to immerse users in the story and let them get lost against Al Pacino’s warning "Don’t lose your way".

“Sophisticated concept album meets pioneering interactive storytelling” Little Black Book

_ DESCRIPTION 

Welcome to Condale is an innovative transmedia storytelling project made in collaboration with a London based band Summer Camp. It consists of a concept record album, an online interactive film, a scrapbook, music video and a photo series. Using all these media channels, we have build a Storytelling Universe, with a centre in Condale, a fictitious suburb of Los Angeles. This is a unique place, where time got stuck in 1984. Teenagers and their dramas are the main theme of Welcome to Condale. Users visiting Condale re-experience teenage angst, naivety, loneliness, jealousy and love. Visitors watch, listen and finally interact with them and get engaged in story of their lives.

The music video Better Off Without You, was hailed by Drowned by Sound as one of the best British music videos of 2011.

_ LINK 

www.welcometocondale.com
 

_ RECOGNITION 

_ Edmonton International Film Festival
_ Ambulante Travelling Documentary Film Festival
_ Geneva International Film Festival
_ Kerry Film Festival
_ Noise Pop Festival 
_ Digital Kunst Festival Trier