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Entrant: Exit Films Australia, Sydney
Brand: Telstra
Title: "This is Footy Country"
Corporate Name of Client: Telstra
Client Company: Telstra, Sydney
Chief Marketing Officer: Brent Smart
Head of Global Brand Marketing: Anna Jackson
Client Head of Brand Marketing: Alita McMenamin
Senior Client Brand Manager: Jon Hollett
Agency: The Monkeys, Part of Accenture Song, Sydney
Agency Chief Executive Officer: Mark Green
Chief Creative Officers: Scott Nowell/Ant Keogh/Tara Ford
Creative Directors: Cameron Bell/Sam Dickson
Senior Copywriter: Jake Ausburn
Copywriter: Seamus McAlary
Senior Art Director: Alex Polglse
Art Director: Emmalie Narathipakorn
Agency Head of Production: Penny Brown
Agency Chief Strategy Officer: Hugh Munro
Agency Business Directors: Amanda Porritt/Samar Karim
Production Company: Exit Films Australia, Sydney
Production Managing Director: Declan Cahill
Director: Mark Molloy
1st AD: Jeremy Fitzgerald
2nd AD: Hannah De Jorge
Executive Producer: Leah Churchill Brown
Producer: Mark Foster
Line Producer: Rachel Argall
Director of Photography: Jeremy Rouse
Production Designer: Steven Jones Evans
Head of Production: Jacquie Riley
Production Assistant: Millie Lombardo
Gaffer: Ruru Reedy
Grip: Mick Leslie
Best Boy: Massimo Luongo
Storyboard: Maria Pena
Post-Production Company: The Editors, Sydney
Executive Post-Producer: Nicoletta Rousianos
Post-Producer: Adrian Konarski
Edit Facility: The Editors, Sydney
Editor: Jack Hutchings
Colorist: Ben Eagleton
Music Production Company: Level Two Music
Music Supervisors: Marcus Brooke-Smith/Mel Pantz/Hugh Owens/Karl Richter
Music Composers: Jaakko Sakari Salovaara/Ville Virtanen
Music Performed By: Whisky Shivers
Song Title: Sandstorm

Description:
This is Footy Country opens on a broken down bus on the side of a rural road.

The coach on the footy team travelling on the bus is on a call with the manager of the club, concerned they wont make it to the game in time. The club manager is not accepting defeat or a forfeit.

She grabs the keys to the old worn out team bus and hits the road. as she speeds around the small town she recruits any and everyone she can find. Young and old, past players and locals who have never touched a ball. All the new recruits trust in the club manager and are determined to support their local and beloved team.

Clothed in the uniforms from generations of teams in the past the rag tag team burst onto the field to face their opponents. The ref blows the whistle…