Top 100 of 2021

Top 100 of 2021

A look back at some of our best-loved ads, music videos, branded content, and short films from 2021, selected by the team at Source.

Chipotle

A Future Begins

Director
Johnny Kelly
Agency
Observatory/Los Angeles
Production
Nexus Studios/USA

Victoria Transport Accident Commission

A Trial Before The King

Director
Nicholas Carlton
Agency
The Taboo Group/Melbourne
Production
Airbag

Amazon

A Voice Is All You Need - Pompeii

Director
Andreas Nilsson
Agency
Droga5/London
Production
Biscuit Filmworks/UK

Klarna

A$AP Rocky Gets Smoooth

Director
Los Perez
Agency
NORD DDB/Stockholm
Production
Caviar/London

Amazon

Alexa's Body (:90)

Director
Wayne McClammy
Agency
Lucky Generals/London
Production
Hungry Man

Sony

Best Of

Director
Paul WS Anderson
Agency
adam&eveDDB/London
Production
The Mob

Google

Black Owned Friday Film

Director
Daps
Agency
BBH/New York
Production
Anonymous Content

Leia

Breakthrough

Director
Ulf Johansson
Production
Smith & Jones

Microsoft

Brings You Closer To What You Love

Director
Tarsem
Agency
McCann/New York
Production
RadicalMedia/USA

Anheuser-Busch

Bud Light Legends Extended

Director
Bryan Buckley
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/New York
Production
Hungry Man

Tajawal

Caged

Director
Omar Hilal
Production
Deja Vu

Verizon

Can't Blame the Lag

Director
Bryan Buckley
Agency
McCann/New York
Production
Hungry Man

Quicken Loans

Certain Is Better Rocket Pro

Director
Craig Gillespie
Agency
Highdive Advertising/Chicago
Production
MJZ/USA

Elton John x Dua Lipa

Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

Director
Raman Djafari
Production
BLINKINK

Mac Miller

Color and Shapes

Director
Sam Mason
Production
Hornet

Hjärtebarnsfonden

Dantes Heartbeats

Director
Marcus Ibanez
Agency
Abby Priest/Stockholm
Production
New Land

Discord

Discord - The Movie (2021)

Director
Finn Keenan
Agency
AKQA/Amsterdam
Production
Riff Raff

United Nations

Don’t Choose Extinction

Director
Murray Butler
Agency
Activista/Los Angeles
Production
Framestore Pictures/USA

ITV

Drama vs. Reality - The Phone Call

Director
Tom Hooper
Agency
Uncommon/London
Production
Smuggler/London

Gold Bond

Euphemisms

Director
Nalle Sjoblad
Agency
Terri & Sandy/New York
Production
Spark & Riot

Chicken Licken

Feel the Fire

Director
Greg Gray
Agency
Joe Public/Johannesburg
Production
Romance Films

Doritos

Flat Matthew

Director
Damien Chazelle
Agency
Goodby Silverstein and Partners/San Francisco
Production
Superprime

Samsung

Flip, Fold, Snap, Clack,

Director
Hannah Lux Davis
Agency
McKinney/Durham
Production
London Alley

Extra Gum

For When It's Time

Director
Nick Ball
Agency
Energy BBDO/Chicago
Production
MJZ/USA

IKEA

Fortune Favours the Frugal

Director
Tom Kuntz
Agency
Mother/London
Production
MJZ/London

Mercedes-Benz

Future 2021

Director
Nina Holmgren
Agency
Antoni/Berlin
Production
ANORAK Film

DirecTV

Get Your TV Together

Director
Traktor
Agency
TBWA Chiat Day/Los Angeles
Production
Stink/USA

FlyBuys

Give a Flybuys

Director
Sanjay De Silva
Agency
CHE Proximity/Melbourne
Production
Division/Australia

Apple

Hello Sunshine

Director
Oscar Hudson
Agency
Client Direct
Production
Pulse Films/USA

The Danish Road Safety Council

Helmet Has Always Been a Good Idea

Director
Tore Frandsen
Agency
&Co/Copenhagen
Production
New Land

Justin Bieber

Hold On

Director
Colin Tilley
Production
Boy In The Castle

Chevrolet

Holiday Ride

Director
Tom Hooper
Agency
Commonwealth//McCann/Detroit
Production
SMUGGLER

WeTransfer

How Have You Been?

Director
Andy Baker
Production
Andy Baker Studio

Samsung

I'm Open To That

Director
Alaska
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/Amsterdam
Production
Iconoclast UK

Beagle Street

Insurance for Life

Director
Noah Harris
Agency
Creature of London/London
Production
Agile

Frito-Lay

It Wasn't Me

Director
Bryan Buckley
Agency
Goodby Silverstein and Partners/San Francisco
Production
Hungry Man

Crown Royal

It’s A New World Of Cocktails

Director
Paul Geusebroek
Agency
Anomaly/New York
Production
Iconoclast

Apple

Jump

Director
Sam Brown
Agency
TBWA\Media Arts Lab/Los Angeles
Production
Imperial Woodpecker

Coca-Cola

Just Because

Director
Autumn de Wilde
Agency
Droga5/London
Production
Anonymous Content/London

Anheuser Busch

Last Year's Lemons

Director
Mike Warzin
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/New York
Production
Arts & Sciences​

B&Q

Later Means Never

Director
Sam Gainsborough
Agency
Uncommon/London
Production
BLINKINK

John Lewis & Partners

Let Life Happen

Director
Tom Kuntz
Agency
adam&eveDDB/London
Production
MJZ/London

Ford

Levels (2:45)

Director
Daniel Warwick
Agency
BBDO/Berlin
Production
Zauberberg Productions

DHL

License To Deliver

Director
Adam Berg
Agency
180/Amsterdam
Production
SMUGGLER/London

LG Electronics

Light Up Your World

Director
Sam Brown
Agency
The&Partnership/London
Production
Rogue Films

Bosch

Like a Bosch

Director
Ben Callner
Agency
Jung von Matt/Alster
Production
CZAR Germany

AREA 23

Lil Sugar

Director
Paulo Garcia
Agency
Area 23/New York
Production
Zombie Studio

Al Etihad Credit Bureau

Majd and The Librarian

Director
Esfandiar Haji
Agency
Serviceplan Group/Dubai
Production
Hanzo Films

Meat and Livestock Australia

Make Lamb, Not Walls

Director
Ariel Martin
Agency
The Monkeys/Melbourne
Production
Airbag

Jimmy John's

Meet The King - Extended Version

Director
Craig Gillespie
Agency
Anomaly/Venice
Production
MJZ/USA

eLaLiga Santander

Monsters

Director
Keane Pearce Shaw
Agency
SRA Rushmore/Madrid
Production
BLUR

Lil Nas X

Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

Director
Tanu Muino
Production
UnderWonder Content

General Motors (GM)

No Way Norway (Extended Version)

Director
Jake Szymanski
Agency
McCann/Detroit
Production
Gifted Youth

Abbott Laboratories

Now you Know

Director
Mark Molloy
Agency
Anomaly/New York
Production
SMUGGLER

Procter & Gamble

Old Spice - The Smell that Never Dies

Director
Joel Limchoc
Agency
Fuse/Makati City
Production
Film Pabrika

Frito-Lay

One Upper

Director
Martin Granger
Agency
Goodby Silverstein and Partners/San Francisco
Production
Moxie Pictures

Burberry

Open Spaces

Director
Megaforce
Agency
Client Direct
Production
Riff Raff

Coca-Cola

Open That Coca-Cola (Full Length)

Director
Los Perez
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/London
Production
Caviar/London

Fiverr

Opportunity Knocks (:60)

Director
Nick Ball
Agency
Publicis/New York
Production
MJZ/USA

Hyundai

Orinocco Flow (Little Angels)

Director
Michael Spiccia
Agency
Innocean Worldwide/Sydney
Production
Scoundrel

IKEA

Our Little World

Director
Mark Zibert
Agency
Rethink/Toronto
Production
Scouts Honour

Lexus

Parking Spot

Director
Anthony Russo
Agency
Team One/Los Angeles
Production
Bullitt

Flonase

Petrified Petals

Director
Misko Iho
Agency
FCB/New York
Production
Rattling Stick/USA

Nike

Play New: The Land of New Football

Director
Felix Brady
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/Amsterdam
Production
Stink/UK

Magnum

Pleasure Tales: Konnichiwa

Director
Kellan Stover
Agency
LOLA MullenLowe/Madrid
Production
Powerhouse Animation

Bradesco

POSEIDON

Director
Marcio Leitao (Squarehead)
Agency
Leo Burnett Tailor Made/Sao Paulo
Production
Stink/Brazil

Coca-Cola

Real Magic

Director
Daniel Wolfe
Agency
BETC/London
Production
Colors

OFFF Dach

Repeater

Director
Ian Bradley
Production
Carbon/New York

Capcom

Resident Evil Village

Director
Jakub Jablonski
Production
Platige Image/Poland

Dove

Reverse Selfie

Director
Benito Montorio
Agency
Ogilvy/London
Production
Independent Films/London

Humane Society International

Save Ralph PSA

Director
Spencer Susser
Production
Vespa Pictures

Kraft Heinz

Shake It Like Dad

Director
Adriana Robles
Agency
VaynerMedia/New York
Production
Tool

Ed Sheeran

Shivers

Director
Dave Meyers
Production
Freenjoy

SK-II

SK-II STUDIO VS Pressure

Director
Bartek Kik
Agency
WPP Black Ops/London
Production
Platige Image/Poland

Travel Oregon

Still Only Slightly Exaggerated

Director
Todd/Kylie Mueller/Matulick
Agency
Wieden + Kennedy/Portland
Production
Psyop

Dentiste

Tell Them

Director
Thanonchai Sornsriwichai
Agency
Lobster & Co/Bangkok
Production
Phenomena

WaterAid

The Girl Who Built A Rocket

Director
Neeraja Raj
Agency
Don't Panic/London
Production
Nexus Studios/UK

Tide

The Jason Alexander Hoodie

Director
Jeff Low
Agency
Saatchi & Saatchi/New York
Production
Biscuit Filmworks/USA

Zillow

The Journey

Director
Martin De Thurah
Agency
Fig/New York
Production
Epoch Films

Curaviva

The Life of Rosemarie

Director
Guto Terni
Agency
CRK/Zurich
Production
Roof Studio

JM Smucker Company

The Lil Jif Project

Director
Dave Meyers
Agency
Publicis/New York
Production
RadicalMedia/USA

Axl Le

The Patient

Director
Axl Le

Verizon

The Reset

Director
Doug Liman
Agency
Madwell/Brooklyn
Production
Independent Media

Bastille

Thelma & Louise

Director
Balazs Simon
Production
BLINKINK

Barclaycard

There's More to Barclaycard

Director
Andreas Nilsson
Agency
Droga5/London
Production
Biscuit Filmworks/UK

NABS

This Job Can Break You If You Let It.

Director
Edward Andrews
Agency
Cossette Communication/Toronto
Production
Skin + Bones

Spotify

Today's Top Hits: The Hit Station

Director
Warren Fu
Agency
In-House
Production
Partizan/USA

Insmed

Unbreakable

Director
Roof Studio
Agency
Area 23/New York
Production
Roof Studio

John Lewis & Partners

Unexpected Guest

Director
Mark Molloy
Agency
adam&eveDDB/London
Production
SMUGGLER/London

NZ Blood Service

Unseen Emergencies

Director
Perry Bradley
Agency
Young Shand/Auckland
Production
FILM CONSTRUCTION

Mercedes

Valet Guys

Director
Pantera
Agency
Antoni/Berlin
Production
BWGTBLD

WWF

We Can't Negotiate with Ice

Director
Yannis Konstantinidis
Production
NOMINT

DoorDash

Welcome To The Flavourhood II

Director
Stevie Gee
Agency
John St/Toronto
Production
Blinkink

Huggies

Welcome to the World, Baby (Extended Version)

Director
Mark Molloy
Agency
Droga5/New York
Production
SMUGGLER

Macmillan Cancer Support

Whatever It Takes

Director
Jonathan Alric
Agency
AMV BBDO/London
Production
Iconoclast UK

Procter & Gamble (P&G)

Widen the Screen

Director
Kevin Wilson Jr
Agency
Grey/New York
Production
Chelsea

Green & Blacks

Wildly. Deliciously. Organic. (Made of Nature)

Director
Kim Gehrig
Agency
VCCP/London
Production
Somesuch

Ubisoft

Win More Than Gold

Director
Ernest Desumbila
Agency
CLM BBDO/Paris
Production
Iconoclast France

Riot Games

Year One Anthem

Director
Carl Addy
Agency
Client Direct
Production
Mill+

Instagram

Yours To Make

Director
rubberband.
Agency
Johannes Leonardo/New York
Production
SMUGGLER/London

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