Cannes Lions

State of Gratitude

SMUGGLER, Los Angeles / MONTEFIORE / 2021

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The film opens on an establishing shot of NYC leading into the 2020 holiday season. We’re slowly introduced to characters out and about in the city at night as a woman slowly emerges on her balcony to tune her violin and a tuba player retrieves his instrument from the trunk of a cab. Successive shots of regular New Yorkers, intercut with musicians follow, leading to the “band’s” conductor officially starting the performance promptly at 7p. From rooftops, balconies and in the streets, a contagious, communal musical celebration commences honoring those who continue to work in hospitals and other medical facilities throughout the city. It’s a tribute to the movement started at the beginning of the pandemic, and thoughtfully reprised, as a thank you from the brand to those still on the front lines. A film made by New Yorkers for New Yorkers, that strikes an emotional chord with all.

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