Description

CHALLENGE
After global brands left Russia, the market was rapidly filled by new Chinese carmakers. To win attention, they all used the same emotional clichés — glossy “happy families” and pompous manifestos. This flood of templated communication created noise, but little cultural connection. LADA chose a different path: instead of copying, the brand embraced its contradictions and honesty, showing what only a truly local brand can — real character, rooted in Russian everyday life and cultural codes.

SCRIPT
• Built on contradictions: each scene a visual and verbal oxymoron.
• Mosaic structure: shifting tones form a portrait of Russia.
• Language: untranslatable idioms, echoes of classics.
• Direction: naturalistic acting, authentic settings.
• Music: blend of nostalgia and drive.
• Narrative: not a manifesto, but a poetic confession.

RESULTS
• Brand strength: 86 (record).
• 88%: “LADA feels like ours — not perfect, but sincere”.
• Distinctiveness: 37% vs. 19% norm.
• Reach: 60M+ people, 45% aged 18-34.
• Media: VTR 72% (65% planned), traffic 840K+ (750K target).
• Nearly 50% higher purchase consideration.

Credits

Agency - ad.nomad:
Alena Klepikova – Creative Leader
Inna Nikolaeva – Art Director
Alexey Utochkin – Art Director
Alexander Kovalenok – Senior Copywriter
Alexey Danko – Copywriter
Natalia Kacharava – Strategic Planning Director
Maxim Lapin – Managing Director
Viktoria Urzhumova – Group Account Director
Kristina Sidorina – Senior Account Manager
Natalia Masyukova – Producer

Production - PROFILM:
Marat Adelshin – Director
Mikhail Gerasimov – Executive Producer
Dmitry Timonov – Line Producer
Daria Nekrasova – Post-Production Producer