London - At the 60th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Nelson De Castro, the winner of the OK Go Saatchi & Saatchi Music Video Challenge 2013, spoke to OK Go's lead singer Damian Kulash about his standout video. The interview took place on Thursday 20th June, shortly after Kulash introduced De Castro's film for the new OK Go track "I'm Not Through" at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase.
This was the 3rd Saatchi & Saatchi Music Video Challenge, and the first collaboration with Talenthouse and OK Go, the kings of groundmaking music videos who are known for directing their own award-winning videos. BUG Music Videos were partners in the Saatchi & Saatchi Music Video Challenge for the 3rd consecutive year.
The Grand Prize winner Nelson De Castro is a 25 year old graduate of USC film school in Los Angeles, and incredibly his eye-catching video for "I'm Not Through" was his first foray into directing. De Castro was treated to an all expenses paid trip to Cannes, to meet Damian Kulash and attend the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase, where he saw his video on the big screen of the Grand Audi in the Palais des Festivals.
Check out the interview below, directed by Lee Sharrock, Saatchi & Saatchi's Director of Global Creative PR: http://blog.talenthouse.com/2013/07/02/damian-kulash-chats-with-nelson-de-castro/