Unknown Heroes - International Committee of the Red Cross
Charity

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Title of Entry:	Unknown Heroes
Brand:	International Committee of the Red Cross
Product/Service:	Charity
Client:	International Committee of the Red Cross
Entrant Company:	Saatchi&Saatchi France
Creative Team:	Managing Director - Olivier DESPRÉS Creative Director - Pierre VIALLANEIX Art Director - Laëtitia CHRETIEN Copywriter - Jean-François LE MAREC Head of strategies - Yann CHERVET Group Account Director - Vanessa LAUNAY Account Director - Jonathan MIRA Account Manager - Jessica XAVIER TV producer - Thierry DELESALLE
Other Credits:	Technical sheet International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Community & Digital Engagement - Siane MONREAL Digital Tactics & Activation lead - Jesper ASTROM Audiovisual producer - Didier REVOL Global Social Media Manager - Nora LIVET Public Relations Officer - Florian SERIEX Public Relations Officer - Chris HANGER Prodigious Film director - Stephane BARBATO Producer - Bastien BARBANEL Production Director - Frederic LUBIN Chief Editor - Marie RAFFY Business & Legal Affairs - Flore BERNOT, Cécilia NEYROUD, Catherine OGER
Sector:	03: PUBLIC INTEREST OR CHARITY
Notes:	At least 3,780 attacks were perpetrated against health personnel and infrastructure between 2016 and 2020, in an average of 33 countries seeing conflict or violence, according to data from the International Committee of the Red Cross. This alarming number underscores the importance of the ICRC’s decision to join forces with Saatchi & Saatchi and Blaise Matuidi to develop an awareness campaign aimed at young people in Europe and Africa about attacks on health care personnel and services. In a perfect world, war surgeons risking their lives to help victims should be as famous as footballers. This is why Saatchi & Saatchi has chosen to make a film in which fans from around the world cheer for a war surgeon with the same fervor they bring to football matches. The “UNKNOWN HEROES” campaign takes us through a surgical operation as if we were watching a major football match. From the camps of South Sudan to Paris, Brazil, Barcelona, and the suburbs of Manchester, fans from around the world witness the war surgeon’s accomplishments on the medical field and his inevitable rise to fame after achieving his feat. From interviews to front-page news, awards, hordes of journalists and video game avatars, our protagonist gets the same idol treatment as the planet’s biggest football stars. The film, directed by Stéphane Barbato, questions what the world values and is particularly relevant today as important health issues dominate global headlines.