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Combining talent and technology to rewrite the future of digital-first storytelling.

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Awards

38
Countries Represented

32

Stories with soul.

We believe that great communication starts with great story telling. No matter the cost, length, or the size of the screen, the Film.Monks seek to create brave and captivating stories that make our audiences feel.

With humble beginnings in Amsterdam, we’re growing hubs across the globe from LA to Kuala Lumpur, Mexico to Madrid. We take on all aspects of production from script to screen to deliver across multiple platforms, disciplines, technologies and genres. As a result, our awards cabinet is filling up, including a 2022 Gold Lion for Best Fiction (Long Form) for our Victoria 'Cempasúchil' film.

The (open) secret to our success is our robust ecosystem of established and emerging talent around the globe, which helps us develop a diverse range of stories that matter. The latest technology in filmmaking further enhances the abilities of our team: collaborations with subject matter expertise in the Lab.Monks, Experiential.Monks, Data.monks, immersive web and more give us an edge.

Monk Thoughts If the work washes over the audience, we haven’t done our job. We seek out the stories that resonate and make people feel and do something.

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Christy Srisanan Global Executive Creative Director

A passionate community committed to the exceptional.

We’re creatives, writers, directors, producers, designers, VFX artists, editors and sound designers. It’s by inspiring, empowering and developing this creators community that we can produce the most innovative work, spanning integrated campaigns, branded entertainment, music videos, food and liquid, always-on content, broadcast and experiential.

Diversity is a word that has been swallowed up by the industry and spat out in many different forms. For us, it’s simply about giving a platform to unique, unheard and untold perspectives in filmmaking. Beyond influencing how we shape our team, this ambition drives our support of initiatives like FreeTheWork and BidBlack.

Case Study

Xibalba •Through both a film and a digital experiential platform, we paid authentic tribute to one of Mexico's most ancient traditions.

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Behind the lens.

A glimpse behind some of our favorite collaborations within our global talent network • Salomon Ligthelm - Nick Enriquez - Nina Meredith - David Darg - Lewis Smithingham
Salomon Ligthelm x Victoria: Cempasúchil —The Taste of Reunion

Together for the fourth time we partnered with esteemed director Salomon Ligthelm, we shot, scored and post-produced a three-minute film reuniting families with their late loved ones in honor of the Day of the Dead.
Nick Enriquez x Google Cloud: Frontier Development Lab Films

We partnered with award-winning director Nick Enriquez to capture out-of-this world stories of researchers at the Frontier Development Lab, augmented by archive and stock footage.
Nina Meredith x Robinhood

To support Robinhood’s mission to democratize finance for all, we teamed up with Clio and Cannes Lion-winning director Nina Meredith to produce a film that premiered during the 2021 Super Bowl.
David Darg x Harley-Davidson H-D 21

Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning director David Darg helped us extend focus beyond the stereotypical “hog” rider in a series of films produced for Harley-Davison’s first-ever virtual event.
Lewis Smithingham x Post Malone Carat Toothache

To accompany the launch of Post Malone’s album Twelve Carat Toothache, we worked with Lumière award winner Lewis Smithingham to take fans on a musical journey made possible only in VR.
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Monk Thoughts Taking an innovative approach to filmmaking breaks down traditional silos, opens up different workstreams, enables collaborations with other disciplines and lets magic happen.

Vivian Opsteegh

General Manager Films & Content

The stories we’ve told.

Connection, creation and coordination • These are the three facets to innovation within the Film.Monks. Giving the talent the tools to tell new and exciting stories, produce the work more efficiently and collaborate easier with creators around.
Mexican Football Federation: Mario

On Mexico’s National Day Against Discrimination, we launched “Mario.” The film is based on the story of Maribel “Marigol” Domínguez, who pretended to be a man for the chance to play football—and became the top scorer of the women’s national team. 9 El Ojo Awards and 6 Circulo Creativo Awards earned.
Toyota: Move As One

To support Team Toyota USA during the Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, we leveraged new and existing footage to pay homage to the friends, families and fans who lend athletes the determination to achieve greatness.
BrewDog Real Lager

Railing against the artificial lifestyle ideals so common in beer culture, we took to the soap box with BrewDog and rapper Roxxxane. More akin to social commentary than typical advertising, the film celebrates BrewDog’s raw, authentic and rebellious nature.
OREO x Pokémon

Celebrating 25 years of adventure, we supercharged the OREO x Pokémon cookie collab with a film merging the pixel-art style of classic Pokémon video games with the look and feel of its anime series—all rendered in OREO pixels.
Standard Chartered: Stand Red × Bob Paisley

In memory of his 100th birth year, we celebrated the life of Bob Paisley in a series of 5 films. Marrying hours of archived footage with meticulous sculpting in CGI, we brought the legendary Liverpool FC manager back to the screen one last time.
Omroep ZWART: Launch Campaign

To help support the launch of ZWART, a broadcaster committed to representing Dutch society in a more diverse way, we offered our creativity and studio facilities to co-develop a campaign that casts a spotlight on a variety of voices and faces.
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Global studios designed to flex  to future needs.

Our studios are equipped with an arsenal of high-end cameras, lighting equipment and robotic rigs, all operated by skilled inhouse crew who know how to get the best from them. These tools are hand-picked to keep our clients and ourselves ahead of the game, from high speed, SFX and tabletop in our Amsterdam studio and a dedicated virtual production studio in New Delhi, to beauty, fashion and automotive in our Stuttgart and LA hubs.