The only regional award-show dedicated to film craft is getting ready to launch on Saturday, September 1. Ciclope Asia’s first edition will take place at Eurolive, a movie theatre placed in the bursting neighbourhood of Shibuya, in Tokyo.
The new Ciclope event extends the eight-year-old Ciclope Festival that has been building awareness on the importance of craft as a central force in the advertising and entertainment industry. It’s a unique conference and award show for the industries that gathers talented creatives, producers, marketers and directors throughout the world to recognise the most well-crafted works of the year – of course, while also networking with colleagues and clients, and exploring new ideas.
In its first edition, Ciclope Asia will present a talk by the Emmy-winning director, Tom Kuntz (pictured above). After starting his directing career at MTV, he began working full-time through Propaganda Films and then through MJZ. In August 2010, Kuntz’s The Man Your Man Could Smell Like for Old Spice won the Emmy for Commercial of the Year and since then, Kuntz has shot some of the most popular and strange commercials in the industry.
After Tom Kuntz’s talk, Ciclope Asia’s jury will recognise the most outstanding works in the APAC region in an exclusive awards ceremony.
Winners will be defined by a selection of top creatives and producers, that includes:
- Michael Ritchie, Managing Director, Revolver/Will O’Rourke
- Kazoo Sato, CCO, TBWA\Hakuhodo
- Mike Farr, ECD, Wieden+Kennedy
- Reed Collins, CCO, Ogilvy North Asia
- Umma Saini, Creative Lead, Google India
- Masa Tanaka Associate Creative Director, RGA
- Yuka Tsukada, CD, Dentsu
- Kate Hyewon Oh CCO & ECD, Cheil Worldwide
- Lily Li General Manager, MPC Shanghai
- Aki Mizutani director and editor, Cutters Studios
View the full jury and speakers lists here.
The shortlist will be announced on August 21. Tickets to attend are available here.
Ciclope Asia’s Grand Prix and best works in each category will automatically become finalists in the flagship annual festival, to be held in Berlin on November 8 & 9, 2018.
