Not Every Smile
Starts as a Smile



ART DIRECTION | CONCEPT  

Colgate
2025, VML

Definitely not a campaign that’ll help me want having a kid. 

No serioulsy, this campaign is our first breakthrough globally, teaming with Quentin Rabault and Jules Rhety, we demonstrated the strength of parents in the fight for oral health education in UK and in the world. 

In a context where tooth decay remains the main reason UK children aged 5 to 9 are admitted to hospitals, Peter Funch photographies and film called parents to keep brushing everyday, no matter the costs.


Cannes Lions
X1 Silver 2025 (Print & Publishing)



“Colgate connects with parents by reflecting
the honest, chaotic moments of real life.”

         
Contagious







Credits


Agency 
VML Paris
EMEA CCO, Colgate-Palmolive & France CCO Dimitri Guerassimov
EMEA Group Creative Director, Colgate-Palmolive: Vitor Menezes 
Associate Creative Director: Leon Kotze
Art Directors: Adrien Caquant, Quentin Rabault
Copywriter: Jules Rhety
Motion designer: Felipe Seixas

Production company
Birth
Director: Peter Funch
Photographer: Peter Funch