Rise Up

CENTRAIDE

Centraide | Rise Up
Campaign directed and photographed by Olivier Staub

Poverty and exclusion are heavy things to carry.
For this film, I wanted to stay away from miserabilism and build everything around hope. The idea was simple and literal: once the weight is lifted, people can rise.
We turned Centraide’s work into a visual metaphor. Through a series of human situations rooted in Greater Montreal, poverty and exclusion become almost physical. Gravity holds the characters down, until a helping presence allows them to rise.

Press / Awards: 
SIFA Awards - Idea Awards (Film Direction - Editing - Photography) - The Stable - Culture Pub - Shots - AdForum - AdsOfBrands
Credits​​​​​​​
CLIENT  Centraide  •  TITLE Rise Up  •  AGENCY  Rethink, Canada  •  DIRECTOR  Olivier Staub  •  DoP  Jo Decoste  •  PRODUCER  Stephanie Beaudin  •  PRODUCTION  Les Enfants  •  CREATIVE  DIRECTOR  Xavier Blais  •  CREATIVE DIRECTOR  Maxime Saute  •  EDITING Monica Remba  •  COLOR GRADING  Benoit Coté  •  ONLINE Jean Marc Laurin  •  AUDIO  Cult Nation