IDIDTHAT HOUSE will be back at the Loeries 2026
It’s a two-day meeting place where agencies, marketers, and production companies connect between seminars, masterclasses, and awards shows. Expect panel chats, food, drinks and good hangs, all powered by South African production companies.
o 8 & 9 OCTOBER
o THE ELECTRIC, 48 Canterbury Street, District Six, Cape Town
o Opens 9am – 8pm
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
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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.
A Rebel with a car cause. Hungry Films’ Director Juniper takes on Mercedes and wins.
Hungry Films director Juniper recently wrapped one of the most ambitious car campaigns we’ve seen in a while. The brief? Shoot nine Mercedes vehicles, deliver six hero 30-second spots for AMG, four retail ads, and a truckload of extra content. It all had to be done in just five days. For sixteen different regions. And she made it look good.
Blacksmith expands in a world of chaos
Our ad industry is pivoting at warp speed. Creativity’s under pressure, tech is rewriting the rules, and uncertainty is the only certainty… cue the tiny violins. Or listen to Blacksmith. Their new showreel's intention is to inspire others to simply keep creating.
A Bulletproof park for kids; M&C Saatchi Abel and Gun Free SA forces a nation to look twice
In South Africa, gun violence is so normalised it hardly makes the news. That’s why M&C Saatchi Abel and Gun Free South Africa decided to do something radical: propose a bulletproof playground. Biometric access. Panic buttons. 24/7 surveillance. All to protect kids from stray bullets while they try to, you know, play.
PrettyNeat launches Maxime Davenport’s new film that hits a nerve
Released over Mother’s Day weekend, ‘Moms Need Moms Too’, is the new spot PrettyNeat produced to officially launch director Maxime Davenport on their roster. In the film Maxime explores the invisible, unrelenting weight of motherhood, the kind that doesn’t really get posted to Instagram. But this one did and in just a few days, it struck a chord, racking up over 70,000 views on PrettyNeat’s profile.
Director Craig Moore is back at Robot and he’s bringing the fire home
After nearly two decades lighting up sets from London to Los Angeles, crafting cinematic commercials, fashion films, and music videos director Craig Moore is back on home turf. Now based in Cape Town, Craig has rejoined the ranks at ROBOT, the creative machine he co-founded with Executive Producer Liam Johnson, and he’s bringing the heat to South Africa’s creative scene.
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.
Best in Film Craft: October 2019
Creative Director at Grey Africa/Liquid, Steph van Niekerk once went on stage 15 times on a single night at the Loeries. She’s one of SA’s most awarded creatives in film, but it’s time that people know that the real talent lies with her cat, word-renowned film critic and enthusiast, Dmitri Moses, who will be joining her as co-judge this month. Thank you Steph and Moses. 🙌🐾
Best in Film Craft: September 2019
Every month iDidTht teams up with an industry superstar to award South Africa’s best in Craft. For the month of September, we were joined by none other than Neo Mashigo. His credits are endless so in the interest of word count, here’s the highlights reel: CCO for at M&C Saatchi Group, former Chairperson & current board member of Loeries, Co-Founder of 'I See a Different You', on the Executive Committee of the Creative Circle, and basically won all the awards including Grand Prix at Cannes, legend. Thank you Neo, thank you!
Best in Film Craft: August 2019
Our iDidTht Craft Awards for August were judged by Creative Director at TBWA Hunt Lascaris, Nikki Taylor-Garrett. Fresh from serving on the jury at Cannes, Nikki brings over a decade of industry experience, working with some of the top brands while simultaneously creating disruptive work for non-profits. We couldn’t be prouder that she agreed to make our Craft Awards her side-hustle. Thank you Nikki!
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Work To Watch: June 2017
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Work To Watch: April 2017
This month we’re showcasing all the work by our iDidTht Subscribers who won awards at One Show and D&AD. These are the companies taking names and making waves. They are the purveyors of glorious content, so sit back and get ready to be amazed…
Work to Watch: March 2017
Every month we showcase the stand-out work that companies on iDidTht are doing. Apart from just bragging about it (which is very important), it's work that’s actually being featured at local and international award shows and that industry leaders have awarded on the SA Film Reel. It’s the work you should know about…