Ciclope is bringing its festival to Tokyo. It will be the first ever regional leg of the world’s top international show film craft show in advertising and music videos.
CICLOPE Asia will recognise the most outstanding works produced by APAC professionals to be broadcasted in any country in the world, or produced by foreign professionals to be broadcasted in the region. Categories in the competition include direction, cinematography, visual effects, editing, animation, script, original music, casting, music videos and new talent.
Entries are now open. To enter, submit your work here.
The entries will be judged by a selection of top creatives and producers from all over the world, including (among others):
- Kazoo Sato, CCO, TBWA\Hakuhod
- 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
- Michael Ritchie, Managing Director, Revolver/Will O’Rourke
- Lily Li General Manager, MPC Shanghai
- Thanonchai Sornsrivichai, director, Phenomena
- Aki Mizutani, director and editor, Cutters Studios
View an updated list of jurors here.
Winners will be announced on Saturday September 1 at the awards ceremony, which will be hosted at Eurolive, in Tokyo’s Shibuya. 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.
[image: Lovis Ostenrik]
Before the ceremony, Ciclope Asia will present a short programme of talks that will include top speakers such as Tom Kuntz, director of the Emmy-winning commercial, The man your man could smell like.
“Ciclope Festival is about discovering, stimulating and celebrating outstanding film craft, and we all know that big things are happening in APAC,” stated Francisco Condorelli, founder and director of the event.
“For a couple of years now, we’ve been seeing great work coming from the region, so we are really looking forward to take a closer at local talent.”
Find more info on entries and tickets here.
