CICLOPE has chosen the jury presidents for its 2026 awards. This year’s line-up of industry leaders are experts in craft from across the global creative community, who will lead the live judging in Berlin.
The 2026 CICLOPE Awards Jury Presidents are:
CICLOPE CRAFT
- Direction: Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Park Pictures, Co-Founder
- Production: Rupert Reynolds-MacLean, Biscuit Filmworks, Managing Director (UK)
- Post Production & Animation: Guillaume Marien, MATHEMATIC, CEO & Founder
- Sound & Music: Florian Lakenmacher, SUPREME MUSIC, Co-Founder, Composer & Global CD
- AI Craft: Tiffany Rolfe, R/GA, Chair & Global CCO
CICLOPE IDEAS
- Film, Innovation & For Good: Tara Ford, Droga5 London, part of Accenture Song, CCO
CICLOPE ENTERTAINMENT
- Music Video: Zico Judge, ProdCo, Co-Founder & EP
- Short Film: Raine Allen-Miller, Somesuch / MJZ, Director & Writer
Entries for this year’s CICLOPE Awards are open until August 14 2026. Enter here.
The jury presidents will be joined by hand-picked Jury panels of top directors, producers, creatives and marketing specialists from around the world.
Juan Maria Fernandez, CICLOPE partner & director of awards, stated, “We are thrilled to have a group of industry change-makers to lead the conversations in this year’s Jury room. They’ll guide the deliberations around craft excellence. These will include debates within the new 2026 Awards categories, which reflect the landscape of the industry at this current moment.
This year’s Jury Presidents come from different backgrounds and share a great deal of experience, authority, boldness, and above all, a commitment to creativity and craft. We can never predict the work the Jury will fall in love with in Berlin, but one thing’s certain: it will be judged by the best, and we can’t wait to see what the industry brings to the table.”
The new structure of the 2026 Awards introduces categories that provide more opportunities than ever for exceptional work to shine. These include new ones highlighting the future of creative work such as: Sustainability and Social Impact in the new For Good section; an expanded Short Film section to include Documentary and Experimental categories; a dedicated AI Craft section, and a brand new Campaign and Craft for Impact categories within CICLOPE Ideas.
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