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We start with the brief behind the brief: the thing the client says at minute forty.
A creative collective from Doha.
Directors, producers, editors and photographers, working out of Doha for brands across the Gulf and beyond.
- 2019
- Founded in Doha
- 140+
- Films delivered
- 9
- Countries shot in
- 1
- Crew, start to finish
Commercials — Films — Stills — Spec — Verticals —
Commercials — Films — Stills — Spec — Verticals —
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Shape
Treatment, look development, boards. The idea gets a body before it gets a budget.
Make
Full production out of Doha, with crews we have worked with for years, not marketplaces.
Land
Edit, grade, sound and every cut-down the campaign needs, delivered when we said.
Since 2019
2019
Two people, one camera
Stillwaves starts in a borrowed edit suite in Doha, cutting other people's footage at night.
2021
First campaign
A regional launch shot across three cities in one weather window. The phone has not stopped since.
2022
The collective
Directors and photographers we kept hiring become part of the studio. The crew stays small on purpose.
2024
Beyond the Gulf
Productions in Europe and North Africa, run from Doha with the same crew and the same standards.
2026
Now
Commercials, films, stills and spec work. Still calm on the surface, still moving everything underneath.
The collective
