CICLOPE Festival, the world’s greatest celebration of advertising music video and short film craft, this year features one of the world’s greatest exponents of craft, Spike Lee. The Academy Award winning Spike Lee is a guest speaker at the three-day festival, November 8-10 in Berlin.
The Festival includes panels, talks, networking and the awards ceremony with around 30 categories including direction, cinematography, production design, editing, VFX and music, with a Grand Prix for best in show.
Guests and speakers at CICLOPE this year will include Andrew Thomas Huang, director of some of the most memorable Björk´s music videos; Lauren Greenfield, co-founder of Girl Culture films; David Lee, chief creative officer of Squarespace US; Lynsey Atkin, executive creative director of 4Creative 4Creative UK; Matthew Fone, owner of Riff Raff Films; and directing duo, Rubberband, among others. CICLOPE aims to support the development of talent across the world and also holds regional versions of its awards in South America, Africa and Asia.
“Spike Lee has always been a pioneer, an icon of our generation. He took his camera to fight a cause, so his films can not only be considered to be culturally, historically and aesthetically important, but absolutely essential for a better world,” stated, Francisco Condorelli, founding director at CICLOPE. “I´m sure Spike will bring a different perspective to CICLOPE, making a significant contribution to the intellectual and creative capital of our community.”
Best known for films such as Do the right thing (1989), Malcom X (1992), Inside Man (2006) and Blackkklansman (2018), Spike Lee is also a celebrated commercials director, with campaigns for Nike that included the company’s 50th anniversary commercial in 2022, starring Zimmie and Mars Blackmon. The anniversary spot brought back the Mars Blackmon character from his 1986 film, She’s Gotta Have It, pitting him against Zimmie from a more recent TV reprisal of the film. Sitting at a sliding chess table in Brooklyn Park, the pair play out the last 50 years of sporting history, while attempting to get a checkmate.
Visit ciclopefestival.com to view the full programme and to purchase tickets.
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