CICLOPE Asia Pacific has announced its 2025 award-winners, in a showcase of excellence in craft held at Sydney’s boutique Golden Age Cinema.
The Grand Prix was awarded to Revolver for Better on a Better Mobile Network, directed by Jeff Low, via Bear Meets Eagle on Fire and +61 for Telstra.
Special Award winners are:
- Director of the Year: Tim Bullock
- Production Company of the Year: Scoundrel
- Agency of the Year: Bear Meets Eagle on Fire
- Brand of the Year: Telstra
Jason Tran won New Talent in Direction, with the Eating Heartache music video for Cosmo’s Midnight produced by SUIKA Studios.
Scoundrel and Revolver led the winners with four awards each, all in Brand Content. Scoundrel won three for Toyota’s In a Pickle and one for Heaps Normal’s Stay Normal.
Revolver won two awards for Telstra’s Better on a Better Mobile Network as well as the Grand Prix, and one for Telstra’s Donkey.
Photoplay won one award in Brand Content for Destination NSW – Vivid Sydney, Nest.
DIVISION won one in Brand Content for KIA Australia’s Shh…it’s zombie proof, and won in Special Categories – Low Budget for A Thousand Odd Days.
FINCH won one in Special Categories – Fashion & Luxury for Modi Bodi’s Fear Not.
The 2025 Winners Showcase was the first regional celebration for the Home of Craft to be held in Sydney, held at the glamorous Golden Age Cinema, a venue steeped in film-industry history. The event took place ahead of the global CICLOPE Festival and Awards returning to Berlin later this year.
CICLOPE Festival will take place over three days, from 7-9 October 2025, at one of Europe’s oldest art universities; Universität der Künste (UdK). Entries are already open for the global CICLOPE Awards, and Festival passes will be available from next week.
CICLOPE Founder & CEO, Francisco Condorelli, commented, “Entries for the 2025 edition came from across Asia and the Pacific, with all shortlisted and winning work once again highlighting the region’s unique lens on creativity, and its industry filled with talent who stand out on the international scene. Many congratulations to all finalists and winners of this year’s CICLOPE Asia Pacific Awards.”
