Corporate Publicity

Imagenation Abu Dhabi

DDA is the agency of record for Imagenation Abu Dhabi, which was launched in September 2008. Imagenation develops, finances and produces full-length feature films and digital content for Arabic and global markets and has secured partnerships with Participant Media, National Geographic, Hyde Park Entertainment, Singapore's MDA, Warner Bros., and Parkes/MacDonald Productions .

Mpower Pictures

Mpower specializes in the financing, production, distribution and marketing of motion pictures and television content. Most recently they are behind The Stoning of Soraya M., which stars Academy-Award Nominated Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and Jim Caviezel and the live action family film Snowmen, starring Ray Liotta and Christopher Lloyd. Mpower was founded by producer Stephen McEveety in January 2007, to leverage both his ability to reach mainstream audiences and to produce highly-profitable films such as The Passion of the Christ, We Were Soldiers, Braveheart and What Women Want.

DTS Inc.

DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of multi-channel surround processor, and there are hundreds of millions of DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as DVD-Video, Blu-ray Disc and Surround Music software. DDA provides DTS with a media relations heavy PR programme ensuring there is regular dialogue between the company and its key press.

Brightwide

DDA works with Brightwide, set up by Colin and Livia Firth, a new platform where audiences can watch the best of social and political cinema. The social enterprise website specializes in screening films that encourage change in the world - and show audiences how they can get involved with NGO partners, special features, commentaries and director updates.

Specifically DDA offered its services at a reduced rate as the retained agency that helped launch Brightwide as a social enterprise in January 2010. DDA worked closely with the Brightwide team and the London Film Festival to create a soft launch with a special presentation of the award winning Iranian film, NOONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS. The bespoke festival screening was followed by a panel discussion introduced by Colin Firth and featuring the filmmakers, key journalists as well as Amnesty International who brought to life the Brightwide concept. DDA continued to drive interest by securing the BBC who worked with DDA to package a two minute editorial feature on Brightwide which was then shown across various BBC platforms including; BBC Breakfast, BBC E24, BBC Worldwide, and BBC online.
As a direct result of the coverage generated Brightwide witnessed a major surge of site traffic.

LLeju Productions

DDA provides LLeju Productions with retained corporate PR. Founded in 2008, LLeju Productions (pronounced "yay-who") is a motion picture production, financing and distribution company dedicated to stirring the emotions of audiences worldwide with unconventional and thought provoking material. LLeju's goal is to create a trusted and recognizable brand in independent filmmaking. LLeju Productions is behind After.Life, which will be released on April 9th and stars Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Christina Ricci and Josh Charles and centers on a young woman caught between life and death. LLeju is on post-production on: Roadkill starring Paz Vega and D.L. Hughley about two amateur private detectives who discover what could be a government conspiracy; Unthinkable, a psychological thriller which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh and Carrie-Anne Moss; and The Chameleon starring Emilie De Ravin, Famke Janssen, Nick Stahl, and Ellen Barkin about an FBI agent who is hot on the tracks of a man who has taken up the identity of a woman's long lost son. In addition, Lleju recently acquired Jerusalema, about a young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.

Reliance Big Entertainment

Reliance Big Entertainment first contracted DDA PR in April 2008 to help introduce the company's ambitious international plans at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Since then, DDA has been retained to support the company with international strategic PR and marketing advice. This has included working on visibility for their extensive Bollywood slate (the latest, 3 Idiots, will gross in excess of US$65 million) and helping the company announce its Hollywood Creative Partnerships deals and the formation of DreamWorks Studios with Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider. DDA also provides international PR support across Reliance BIG Pictures and Reliance Mediaworks.

Dubai Film Festival

DIFF plays a major role in promoting the merging of Eastern and Western cultures and it is also dedicated to stimulating regional and international film production and trade. DDA has worked hand-in-glove with the Festival team to help DIFF become the festival it is today putting it firmly on the international festival map with its 6th successful year.

DDA was brought on board prior to the inaugural film festival and has since played a very prominent role. Having introduced the festival to studios, talent and content, DDA PR has provided vital strategic PR advice, support and expertise which has contributed to DIFF's success enabling it to become firmly established, recognized and highly thought of as an important global film event of in both the East and West.

Cayman Islands Film Commission

DDA helped with the launch of the Cayman Islands Film Commission (CIFC) on January 30, 2009 and provided support throughout the year including at Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica, Calif.. The CIFC is responsible for facilitating film, television, video and other media projects in the Cayman Islands, providing a one-stop service to both local and offshore producers, financiers, studios and production teams. The Commission looks to create new jobs, promote and market Cayman's locations, local talent, crews and facilities and serves as a liaison between filmmakers and all relevant Government agencies.