CICLOPE Festival

The deadline for CICLOPE Latino entries is tomorrow, Friday 28 February, and then it's up to our talented 2025 Executive Jury members to have their say. So make sure it's your work they're watching - and then awarding, at the MIS in São Paulo on 2 April. Enter now at https://lnkd.in/diC_yqrD #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

Entries are now open for CICLOPE Asia Pacific 2025. The regional edition of the Awards dedicated to craft will take place in Tokyo this May, so submit your work now for the chance to benchmark excellence on the international stage. Enter at https://lnkd.in/d8hRRi_a #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

If you haven't already seen it (and cried through it), now's the time to save 'Daughters', Natalie Rae Robison's debut feature documentary, to your watchlist. The Object & Animal director was nominated for Best Documentary Film at Sunday's BAFTAs in London, and at last year's CICLOPE Festival, Natalie took us behind the craft and through the 8 year journey of making the film. 'Daughters' is available on Netflix, and you can catch Natalie Rae's full interview with Mia Powell, EP & Head of New Business at Caviar, by subscribing to CICLOPE's content platform: https://lnkd.in/eq2fSysM   #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of celebrated creative Ari Weiss. Ari was on the CICLOPE Awards Executive Jury last year, and it was an honour to have not only his breadth of knowledge in the room, but his depth of character and warm presence too. One of the most important parts of CICLOPE is its international community of exceptional people behind the craft, and so we send our love and support from all around the world to Ari’s family, friends, and his colleagues at Quality Experience at this time.

Our CICLOPE Latino Executive Jury know what they're looking for when it comes to excellence in craft. So it's our pleasure to introduce more of this year's panel, who'll be benchmarking the best creative work in Latin America. Entries close in two weeks, on 28 February, so make sure it's your team they'll be awarding on 2 April at MIS, São Paulo. All entry details can be found at https://lnkd.in/dwbhwf9V, and our Awards team are happy to answer any questions about submissions, from work eligibility to category selection. You'll find them ready to help at awards@ciclopefestival.com. #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

"40 years ago, it was urgent. Now it's an emergency." In the mid-80s, Carl Sagan warned of the impact that global warming would have. Bringing alive his speeches for UN Global Compact and a contemporary audience, the poignant 'Carl Sagan Message' by Boiler Filmes and AlmapBBDO, won the Idea & Low Budget categories at CICLOPE Latino 2024. It demonstrates the impact of great craft in delivering a message, whether that's one intended to make us laugh, think, cry, or take action. If your work does the same, enter it now for Latino 2025 at https://lnkd.in/dwbhwf9V. #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards 

Many fantastic things happen at CICLOPE Festival. One of my personal highlights in 2024 was seeing the Music Video jury, filled with industry luminaries, captivated by the work of a young, then independent director unknown to everyone in the room. That day, Tanner K Williams won three Gold awards for Madge's "Shiversucker". I recently asked him why he decided to enter his film into CICLOPE and this was his answer: "The entire team that worked on 'Shiversucker' knew what the potential of even getting shortlisted would mean for our careers, so we sent in our entries and just crossed our fingers. Other music video festivals came and went but really all we cared about was getting into Ciclope. Also, because the blind judging eliminates a lot of the industry politics, we felt like our small, donated-time production would have a higher chance of creating waves". Loved it. magna studios

We're delighted to announce the first of our Executive Jury members for CICLOPE Latino 2025. In April they'll be setting the new benchmark for excellence in craft, placing Latin American creatives on the world stage at the Awards in São Paulo. Submit your work now at https://lnkd.in/dwbhwf9V before entries close on 28 February. #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

We're taking advantage of the tennis season being in full swing, to revisit the winning work that Primo Content and ICONOCLAST served up via Publicis Conseil at CICLOPE Latino 2024. 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' for Roland-Garros partner Renault, won Gold in Cinematography, Production Design, and VFX. It also saw Primo and Nico Perez Veiga awarded Production Company & Director of the Year respectively. Enter your work before the end of February for the chance to ace this year's Latino Awards. All info can be found at https://lnkd.in/dwbhwf9V, and you'll find our Awards team ready to answer any questions about submissions, from work eligibility to which categories to enter, at awards@ciclopefestival.com. #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards

We had a wonderfully insightful chat with the CICLOPE 2024 Gold winner of New Talent in Music Videos, Tanner K Williams. They spoke about the impact of creative peers supporting each other, how a background in photography shaped his directorial debut, and next steps now that they're newly signed with magna studios.  "I know the music video industry has gone downhill - or at least changed significantly - due to TikTok-ification. BUT I think [music videos are] still one of the most accessible ways to bring art to the masses and influence pop culture and thereby culture more broadly. I genuinely believe this art form has the power to shift things." Read the full interview at Behind The Craft: https://lnkd.in/eMESJDVm #CICLOPEfestival #FilmFestival #AdvertisingFestival #FilmAwards #AdvertisingAwards