Best Charity Film 2022, Smiley Charity Film Awards

bak created a film campaign with Welsh Refugee Council to highlight issues with the UK Gov Nationality and Borders Bill. Working with highly charged and sensitive material, we worked with refugees and asylum seekers to create an emotive video that got to the heart of the threat they faced from the new bill. The timetable for the bill was brought forward during development. This gave us a tight turnaround of only a few days to develop, script and shoot the campaign on a tight budget.

‘Profoundly moving’
‘Powerful’
‘Emotional’
‘Phenomenal’
‘Striking’

Just a few of the comments we’ve received for this video which has now had over 90,000 organic views on social media. The film was recognised as the best charity film of 2023 by the uninamous verdict of 64 judges at The Smiley Charity Film Awards. The team received the prize at a star studded ceremony in London at The Odeon Leicester Square. Compered by comedian Tom Allen with awards presented by Jason Watkins, Sadie Frost, Arlene Phillips and AJ and Curtis Pritchard, the ceremony celebrated charities from across the UK, with competitors such as Shelter, Mind, Save the Children and Barnardo’s also nominated.

Our creative director, Memet Ali Alabora’s post award interview has now received in excess of 6 million views on social media.

Script by Dave Evans & Memet Ali Alabora
Directed by Memet Ali Alabora
Produced by Dave Evans
Cinematography by George Hoagy Morris
Edited by Çınar Çabuk
Voiceover by Valmai Jones