Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.

The Inventors

Client
European Patent Office
Year
2026
DIR
Sebastian Husak, Fabian Carl, David Preute, Oliver Mohr
DOP
Daniel Schäfer, Jan Linnartz, Zeno Legner, Tim Henkel, Thomas Spitschka
Format
International Portrait Film Series & Award Campaign
Discipline

Brand Film

Content Strategy

How do you film thirteen inventors, in thirteen countries, and make it look like one idea?
352 deliverables from 26 shoot days: 13 films in 16:9, 13 vertical cutdowns in 9:16, the Sounds of Invention piece, and 25 stills per location. Rolled out across EPO's channels around the ceremony.
Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.
The European Patent Office briefed IVORY on the film campaign for the 2026 European Inventor Award, portraits of every nominated patent holder, produced for the ceremony in Berlin and the promotion around it. Twenty six shoot days, thirteen countries, international crews, one visual system carried through all of them. Each subject's work had to be made legible on screen: we visualised the technical applications behind the patents and researched and integrated archive material for each story. Footage select and delivery ran centrally for every location, so the same standard held in every country.
Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.
Thirteen patent holders. Thirteen countries. Twenty-six shoot days that became 352 finished assets.