2023 Winner

In the Royal Ontario Museum’s cinematic “Immortal” video, by Broken Heart Love Affair, a voiceover – accompanied by sombre, dramatic music – details key moments and milestones in human history, slow-moving set pieces that mostly take place underwater, designed to depict both collective and individual experiences. The script and accompanying images cover the range in both broad and specific strokes: “I will be beheaded. I will be a girl. I will be shamed. I will live through a pandemic. Or die in one.” The video ends with the words “I will give birth and I will die. But I will live on in what I leave behind,” as a series of artifacts from the ROM are shown in quick succession.

Credits

AGENCY
Agency: Broken Heart Love Affair
Chief Creative Officers: Denise Rossetto, Carlos Moreno & Todd Mackie
Chief Strategy Officer: Jay Chaney
Art Director: Carlos Moreno
Copywriter: Denise Rossetto
Client Success Team: Beverley Hammond, Joline Matika, Carlos Game-Garcia, Olivia Cousineau
Executive Producer: Erica Metcalfe
CULTURE CONSULTANT: Shaunoh Wilson

CLIENT
Client: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Chief Marketing Officer: Lori Davison
VP, Brand and Marketing: Kathryn Brownlie
VP, Communications: Sally Tindal

MEDIA
Media Agency: OMD
Christine Wilson

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Scouts Honour
Executive Producers: Simon Dragland & Rita Popielak
Director: Mark Zibert
Directors Of Photography: Mark Zibert & Eric Kaskens
Producers: Simon Dragland, Rita Popielak
Creative Research: Tricia Zaremba

Production Service Company: Moonlighting Films
Executive Producer: Shayne Brookstein
Line Producer: Suzanne Currie
Production Designer: Naobie Noisette
Costume Designer: Ruy Filipe

PROSTHETICS / SFX
Prosthetics: Cosmesis
Lead Artist: Clinton Aiden Smith

CASTING
Casting: Kamikaze Casting
Casting Director: Lee-Ann Hendrickse
Indigenous Casting: Shasta Lutz

EDITING
Editorial: Nimiopere Editorial
Executive Producer: Julie Axell
Editor: Graham Chisholm
Assistant Editor: Griffin Stobbs

CG & VFX
CG & VFX: Motif Studios
VFX Artist: Craig Parker
Executive Producer: Jacques Bock

COLOUR, VFX & FINISHING
Colour: Alter Ego
Colourist & VFX: Wade Odlum
Executive Producer: Hilda Pereira
Senior Producer: Genna Mcauliffe

Additional VFX: Tantrum Studio
VFX Artist: Dominik Bochenski

AUDIO
Audio House: Rajakovic Electric
Music Composer / Audio Director: Mark Rajakovic
Executive Producer: Nicole Rajakovic
Mix & Sound Design: Aaron Mccourt
Voice Over: Alana Bridgewater

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Agency: Leo Burnett Design
Chief Creative Officer: Lisa Greenberg
Head Of Design: Man Wai Wong
Account Lead: Kim Le