Your Girlfriend Director Morgan Dingle talks about working with Nicolas Cage and the secret to advertising.
EXCLUSIVE! Director Morgan Dingle opens up about Nicolas Cage and the impact the Hollywood star had on his career.
Work to Watch: April 2018
This month we showcase the stand-out work that South African companies on iDidTht are doing. Apart from just bragging about it (which is very important), it’s the work that was recently featured at the Creative Circle Awards and iDidTht’s Craft Awards. View the work and find out more about the companies who did it…
Ciclope Africa 2018 – The Winning Work
Check out all the winning work from our iDidTht companies that won at the first ever Ciclope Africa Awards last night. The awards recognise craft excellence in moving image and we couldn't be prouder/more hungover. Congrats you sexy bunch!
To Peri van Papendorp. From Advertising Anonymous.
Ever wanted to make the move from advertising to directing, but can’t exactly ask your ECD for tips? Ex Creative Director turned Director, Peri vP from Giant Films steps up to the plate to answers all those burning questions…from Anonymous of course #JobSecurity
On Set with Jono Hall
We track the blazing year that Director Jono Hall from Darling Films had! The versatile director also makes time to pay tribute to Stephen Hawking, take some intimate shelfies, share the importance of a cricket bat on set and there’s even a helluva disturbing image of him on a tiger #Grrr
Ciclope Africa Deadline Extended
The festival, which awards craft excellence in moving image, will for the first time ever be hosted in Africa. But you haven't entered your work yet? We list a whole bunch of reasons why you shouldn’t i.e. being applauded by industry leaders is awful and meeting new clients who want to give you money is depressing. Read on for more reasons...
All the Work and the Winners – Creative Circle 2017 Annual Awards
Wanna see the actual work that won? Now you can! iDidTht showcases all the work that the Creative Circle selected as the best of the best at the 2017 Annual Awards held last week. Because most of us are too busy creating even more kickass work, collecting grey water or even just facing upcoming corruption trials, we gathered all the winning work, which means you can find out more about each company involved.
Face-to-Face with Mark Middlewick
Mark Middlewick from Gentlemen Films has come a long way since writing ‘fin’ at the end of his screenplays at Drama school. From directing his short film in LA starring Adrien Brody to locally becoming ‘The Bank Man’ of ads. Mark is on the rise! We managed to slow him down long enough to find out how, why and if he'd give us Adrien’s number.
Face to Face with Cindy Lee from Star Films
Director Cindy Lee from Star Films gives us all the feels. From the beautiful characters she crafts on set to riding on dragons and getting shout-outs from Ellen Degeneres. It’s everything you didn’t know you needed to know.
iDidTht Craft Awards Rankings 2017
We’re kicking off 2018 with a throwback to 2017 by celebrating the best craft of the year. iDidTht's Monthly Craft Awards showcase the very best by production companies in SA. Here are the top 13 ranked companies of the year. So stop googling ‘What is Bitcoin’ and rather check out which production companies kicked ass, including all the Best of Reel and Special Mentions awarded by the industry's leading creatives.
Behind The Screams With AK
We took the graveyard shift and went inside the dark world of Director AK from Spitfire Films and his latest campaign for DStv #HalloweenSleepOver. We learnt one thing, do not disturb AK, because he already is…
Meet The Darlings
When Darling Films invited us into their home to meet the family we weren’t ready. Eight multi-talented directors, all equally eccentric, wonderfully weird and extraordinarily skilled in their own way. With one thing in common of course, they’re all absolutely Darling!
Karien Cherry Did That
You know those ads you love? Well, Karien Cherry from Giant Films directed them. We dug deep into her road to success, made her share all her secrets and got the juice on her latest and most controversial campaign for eNCA.
Find out more about SA’s top-ranked companies at Loeries
We are positively beaming with pride at all our companies that opened a can of whoop-ass at this year’s Loeries. Now that the official rankings have been released, you can find out more about all the companies you want to work with right here. Never has online-stalking been made easier!
Meet Chess. The new director team at Ola! Films
Directors Justice Mukheli and Amy Allais from Ola! Films are making their next move count. Introducing Chess - a fresh proposition to directing by two fearless artists. Let the games begin!
Picture Tree Branches Out
This just in! Picture Tree’s, Gary King, announces majority of company to be shared amongst employees. Fake News? Clickbait? iDidTht is on the case. *cue CSI theme song*
Loeries 2017: Find out more about South Africa’s award winning companies on iDidTht
You’ve had time to recover and reassess your life choices, especially knocking on your ECD’s hotel room door at 4am 😱 Here are all the companies that made us proud and brought home the metal.
Face to Face with iDidTht: Featuring Dani Hynes from Egg Films
We caught up with agency creative turned badass commercials director Dani Hynes, who shared her psychological analysis of The Loeries, her legendary party trick and even divulged her Google search history (because we forced her to). It’s everything you didn’t know you needed to know.
Face-to-Face with iDidTht: Featuring Ernest Nkosi from Bioscope Films
iDidTht gets blown away by SA's Feng Shui, rugby-playing, teetotaler, vegetarian, Rastafarian, award-winning director with an obsession for motorsport.
iDidTht Gets Schooled. Meet the New Wave of Filmmakers
Meet the emerging filmmakers serving up some executive realness. iDidTht sits down with Director Jabu Newman and Producer Mvelisi Mvandaba from inc. Now let’s get in formation.