Product film · 45s
Soft Launch
Kestrel Running Co.
2026
A running-shoe launch that feels like the first warm day of spring.
Credits
Client
Kestrel Running Co.
Director
Kai Lindqvist
Agency
Northbound
Services
Direction, live action, colour
Year
2026
The brief
Kestrel’s new trainer is soft, bouncy and very red. The brief was one line: make people want to go outside. No athletes, no finish lines, no heavy breathing.
What we made
We cast forty people from a Lisbon running club, put them in mismatched socks and filmed their feet on a red floor for two days. The edit follows the rhythm of their steps, and the colour grade stays warm from the first frame to the last.



What the client said
It's the first product film our own staff shared without being asked.
Dana Whitlock, Brand Director, Kestrel
What happened next
2.4M
views in week one
+31%
pre-orders against the last launch
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One dancer, eleven neon tubes and a song about staying out too late.

