2025
United Arab Emirates
Client: Aseer Development Authority
Produced by: IVO Film Production
Agency: HQWS
Category: Region Promotion
Entry Type: Video Ad / TV Commercial
A visit to Aseer is a practice in perspective; a reminder that assumptions can cloud the beauty of the unfamiliar. This film explores a region rich in nature, art, and culture, offering a surprising glimpse of Saudi Arabia’s wild beauty and human warmth. Shot in six days with minimal prep, it’s driven by a soundtrack blending traditional Aseeri music with modern production, honoring the past while embracing the future through movement, composition, and a sense of curiosity.
Commissioned by Aseer’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, we had three goals: affirm Aseer’s alignment with the modern, progressive national vision of the country's leadership, reveal Aseer's diverse beauty to Saudi tourists, and invite the world with a bold promise of the unexpected, showcasing music, dance, vibrant culture, an incredible landscape intertwined with its warm and welcoming people. All this with one foot rooted in a proud history, and the other boldly stepping into the future.
This was intended for two main audiences - those within KSA (local tourists), and Global tourists. Since this region, and KSA as a whole, have only recently been opening up to tourism, it was a broad swathe of a global audience.