The Empty Seat wins YDA

June 23rd, 2025

Huge congratulations to Milo Blake for picking up Gold Commercial at this year’s Young Director Awards. His film ‘The Empty Seat’ was made for Paralympic Team Belgium with Being and Mutant.

Thank you to all involved.

Watch The Empty Seat Here

 

Hey Jude wins 3x Cannes Lions

June 23rd, 2025

Greg Hackett’s adidas spot is the gift that keeps on giving, picking up 3x Cannes Lions out of 6x shortlists. It was awarded Bronze – Film Lions for Single Market Campaign, Gold – Entertainment Lions for Music – Use of Licensed/Adapted Music and Bronze – Entertainment Lions for Sport – Fan Engagement/Distribution Strategy.

Huge well done and thank you to everyone involved, we’re beyond proud to see the recognition it’s been getting.

Watch Hey Jude Here

Spindle welcomes Bonnie MacRae

March 17th, 2025

Bonnie MacRae tells honest stories through rhythmic, colourful and darkly comic visuals. She is making a name for herself highlighting important subject matters through a lighthearted and stylistic lens.

Bonnie is an upcoming director, hailing from Dundee. She made her debut during the pandemic in 2020 with ‘Mind Yersel’, after surging suicide rates in her hometown named the city as the UK’s Suicide Capital. The film went viral and was featured on BBC Scotland and used by the NHS in a campaign created by Bonnie to establish improved mental health training practices for healthcare professionals across the UK.

She followed this with winning Best Director at the BFI Future Film Festival for her micro-budget dark-comedy ‘All Up There’, a relatable, immersive short around Endometriosis praised for its originality. Spinning her own lived experiences with the condition on its head, the film tackles the realities of medical misogyny, chronic illness and coming of age during the pursuit of a endometriosis diagnosis. Since its release, the film has screened in the UK Parliament, The Vagina Museum, as well as winning a Silver Screen at the Young Director Awards in Cannes.

In 2024 Bonnie moved to London and signed to Spindle, starting to work together behind the scenes and building her commercial reel. Together, All Up There has been developed into a 2025 awareness campaign for charity Endometriosis UK. She has recently completed her debut commercial for Heinz ‘Loved by Babies, Craved by Parents’ – a series of short & sweet comedy spots that show the irresistible nature of their baby food range.

Spindle have also just produced Bonnie’s latest comedy short ‘Happy Birthday Daniel’ in collaboration with Bacon. This tongue in cheek character comedy sees a novelty birthday present given between a young couple haunt them both post break-up. It stars Lizzie Davidson of BBC’s Such Brave Girls and Rhea Norwood of Netflix’s Heartstopper, and is currently starting it’s festival run. Most recently, Bonnie is also developing her debut TV project ‘F*CKGIRL’.

Bonnie is quickly establishing herself as one of the UK’s most exciting breakthrough talents, lauded for her bold, darkly comic but vibrant approach to serious topics.

Watch Bonnie’s reel HERE

4x Directors 8x Shortlists at The British Arrows

February 13th, 2025

We’re proud to say that four of our directors, Greg Hackett, Milo Blake, LIKAH and Daniel Lundh, have been shortlisted at this year’s British Arrows. Thank you to all involved in bringing the projects to life.

Spindle 2024 Sustainability Overview

January 15th, 2025

Click here for our 2024 Sustainability Overview.

In the interest of transparency and as part of our People + Planet commitments, here is our tCO2e impact across the year. It highlights areas that can account for the majority of carbon emissions within productions, and includes some comparisons of where this impact can be reduced.

Molly Burdett’s A Loud Piece Of Armour selected for Palm Springs

November 28th, 2024

Molly’s A Loud Piece of Armour will premiere at the Oscar, BAFTA and Goya-qualifying festival Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America. Watch it as part of the ‘Beneath The Surface’ program at 2.30pm 27.06.25.

Written by Riz Moritz and shot by Robbie Ryan, this short film stars Jo Hartley as Holly, who attempts to rediscover the primal scream she once had as a child. A huge thanks to everyone involved in bringing this labour of love to the screen.

Watch the trailer HERE

 

 

Hey Jude takes home the Clio Grand Winner!

November 20th, 2024

Greg Hackett takes home the Grand Winner at Clio Sports for adidas ‘Hey Jude’.

Spindle also win 8 Clio Sports AwardsBig well done to Milo Blake, Greg Hackett and all the teams involved in ‘The Empty Seat’ and  ‘Hey Jude’, and thanks to Clio Awards for the Gold, Silver and Bronze statues.

BRBR join the Spindle roster

October 23rd, 2024

Big welcome to BRBR, who have joined Spindle for representation in UK & Benelux.

BRBR is a film collective who, over the the last ten years, have become known as one of Europe’s most promising talents. Their work hovers between a heightened, otherworldly aesthetic and powerful, raw storytelling, and has picked up multiple awards at Cannes Lions, YDA, Ciclope, Shots and more.

Watch their reel here

Spindle wins Gold, Silver and Bronze at Ciclope

October 17th, 2024

Big well done to Greg Hackett, Milo Blake and all the teams involved with ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘The Empty Seat’ for their wins at Ciclope.

Greg’s ‘Hey Jude’ picked up Gold for ’Best Music Adaptation’, taken from the iconic Beatles track performed live by Sir Paul McCartney. The film was made with Johannes Leonardo, adidas and Wake The Town Music.

Milo’s ‘The Empty Seat’ was awarded Silver for ‘Best Low Budget’ and also Bronze for ‘New Talent in Commercials’. It was made for Paralympic Team Belgium with Being and Mutant.

Watch adidas ‘Hey Jude’ here.

Watch Paralympic Team Belgium ‘The Empty Seat’ here.