IDIDTHAT promotes and connects South Africa’s advertising, marketing and production industry2026-10-14T09:05:43+02:00

IDIDTHAT Promotes and Connects South Africa’s Advertising, Marketing and Production Industry.

IDIDTHAT Directory 

Quickly find the right people to work with by searching through our curated Directory. We make the process of sourcing South African companies to work with easy, simple and downright sexy. Basically, if you’re not listed on IDIDTHAT.co, you simply don’t exist, like Bruce Willis in that movie with the kid that sees dead people, except nobody will see you…#Shame

SPECIALIST SERVICES

View this Directory that features:
Drone Companies
Location Sound Services
Crew Management
Talent Management
Set Building Services
Voice Over Artists

IDIDTHAT Promotes and Connects South Africa’s Advertising, Marketing and Production Industry.

IDIDTHAT Directory

Quickly find the right people to work with by searching through our curated Directory. We make the process of sourcing South African companies to work with easy, simple and downright sexy. Basically, if you’re not listed on IDIDTHAT.co, you simply don’t exist, like Bruce Willis in that movie with the kid that sees dead people, except nobody will see you…#Shame

IDIDTHAT Featured Stories

Find out who we’re talking about. Read the latest advertising, production, and creative news. We write it so it’s not kak. Let us know if you’d like us to feature your big stories.

IDIDTHAT HOUSE has become the industry’s home at Loeries

Every year, Loeries brings our industry to Cape Town. And in just two years, IDIDTHAT HOUSE has become the place to find each other, catch up properly, meet someone new and remember why we love this industry. Preferably with a drink and chippy in hand.

SHE DID THAT PARTY GALLERY 2026

Our very first SHE DID THAT party and what a way to start. A room full of brilliant women, a whole lot of magic and one very good time. See all the pics.

HOUSE PARTY GALLERY 2026

Our biggest IDIDTHAT HOUSE party yet, across three venues and with one hell of a crowd. The pics are in. Go find yourself (and see what everyone else got up to).

PANEL CHATS GALLERY 2026

Four panels. Two days. Some of the industry’s biggest names talking honestly about the stuff we should all be talking about. See what went down upstairs in the Nedbank Loft. See all the pics.

AT THE HOUSE GALLERY 2026

Two days, one HOUSE and a whole lot of the industry coming and going. Coffees, catch-ups, industry chats, ice creams and familiar faces everywhere. See all the pics from IDIDTHAT HOUSE.

IDIDTHAT Monthly Craft Awards

Find out who’s doing the best work in South Africa. Every month we team up with industry leaders to award South Africa’s best in Production Craft. Huge thanks to our recent guest judges who’ve taken the time to judge IDIDTHAT Craft Awards. Look how sexy they are in these black and white pictures we put up – FYI we used the ‘Inkwell’ filter.

Craft Award Results: September 2026

This month’s IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were in in the very capable hands of Nomfundo Myeni, CD at We Are Bizarre and Lourens van Rensburg, Director at 7 Films. Okay, seriously, what are Melina and Lorraine putting in Zee’s water? My goodness, the man is on a roll! Congrats Zee from Darling Films for taking home the top spot this month. Well done mister!

Craft Awards Results: August 2026

Darling and Darling director Alexa Wilson and Post Modern editor and also a darling William Kalmer take Best in Craft this month for Bernini. On judging duty were Nwabisa Tolom, Creative Director at TBWA\Hunt Lascaris, and Lebogang Rasethaba, Director at Egg Films. Thank you, power duo.

Craft Award Results: July 2026

Director Zee Ntuli from Darling Films and Editor William Kalmer from Post Modern take Best in Craft in this month’s  IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards for Castle Milk Stout ‘This is African Time’. A big thank you to this month’s judges, Kate De Bruyn, Creative Director at Studio One, Publicis Groupe, and Greg Gray, Director at Romance Films, for lending us their impeccable taste to pick the month’s standout work.

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WISH I IDID THAT

We all know that feeling. A piece of work drops and your stomach sinks a little because… damn, you wish you’d did that. The idea, the craft, whatever it is, it gets under your skin in the best possible way. So instead of pretending creatives don’t get wildly jealous of good work, we decided to celebrate it. We asked some of South Africa’s top talent to look at the work released between September and December 2025 and pick the pieces they genuinely wish they’d done themselves.

South Africa’s D&AD Work & Winners 2026

South Africa picked up a handful of shortlist recognitions at this year’s D&AD Awards, with a Wood Pencil awarded to Accenture Song for Allan Gray’s ‘A Seat at The Table’. Love this work, go team! And while it wasn’t the country’s biggest year at D&AD, getting shortlisted here still means the work stood out among some of the best creative entries in the world.

IDIDTHAT reveals South Africa’s Cannes Lions Predictions 2026

Last night, at a packed Cannes Predictions Dinner hosted by IDIDTHAT in Johannesburg, South Africa’s 2026 Cannes Contenders were revealed live to the industry. And now you can view that work right here.