Ciclope Asia 2018 Reveals Award Winners

Last Saturday, September 1st, more than 200 producers and creatives attended the first edition of CICLOPE Asia, the regional leg of the festival that recognises and rewards exceptional film craft in advertising and music videos. The winners were announced in an awards ceremony held at Eurolive, in Shibuya, Tokyo.

The jury was chaired by Umma Saini (Creative Lead, Google India) and Takeshi Takada, and included top professionals such as Mike Farr (ECD, W+K), Kazoo Sato (CCO, TBWA\Hakuhodo), Reed Collins (CCO, Ogilvy North Asia), Masa Tanaka (Associate CD, RGA), Yuka Tsukada (CD, Dentsu), Michael Ritchie (Managing Director, Revolver/Will O’Rourke), Lily Li (General Manager, MPC Shanghai), Aki Mizutani (director and editor, Cutters Studios) and Kate Hyewon Oh (CCO & ECD, Cheil Worldwide) among others.

During the event, 14 entries were awarded and one of them won a Grand Prix: Go Gentle Australia – “Stop the Horror”, directed by Justin Kurzel, produced by Revolver / Will O’Rourke and created by Cummins and Partners. 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.

You can find the complete list of winners below. Before the awards ceremony, delegates enjoyed a live interview with Tom Kuntz, director of the Emmy-winning commercial “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like”, conducted by Peter Grasse (founder of Mr. Positive). Later, guests had a celebration cocktail at Café 9, with a live show by rap artist Zen-La-Rock. A high note closing for the international conference and award show fully dedicated to the film craft, that will have its main event on November, in Berlin, and will come back to Tokyo next year. 

GRAND PRIX Stop The Horror Revolver/Will O'Rourke Justin Kurzel Revolver/Will O'Rourke Cummins&Partners Go Gentle Australia Ari Wegner Mullinars Casting Consultants

BEST ANIMATION SAMURAI NOODLES "THE ORIGINATOR" AOI Pro. Inc. YASUDA DAICHI AOI Pro. Inc. SAMURAI Inc./small inc./BOKU TO YOU Inc. NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD. NISHIKAIGAN CO.,LTD. ISHII MASAKI

BEST CASTING Rat's Tale FINCH Nick Ball FINCH Clemenger BBDO | Touchcast NZ Transport Agency Catch Casting George Herrick

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Shanghai Fast Stink Films Nicolas Winding Refn Stink Films Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai NIKE Adolpho Veloso Hsiao Shu Chang

BEST DIRECTION (90 SECONDS and UNDER) THE SECRET FACTORY01 CO., LTD. Wuthisak Anarnkaporn FACTORY01 CO., LTD. OGILVY GROUP THAILAND BANGKOK MONDE NISSIN (THAILAND) CO.,LTD. Chankit Chamnivikaipong Toey Jaruwateekul

BEST DIRECTION  (OVER 90 SECONDS) Armoured Truck Scoundrel FIlms Tim Bullock Scoundrel Films DDB GROUP NEW ZEALAND Lotto New Zealand John Toon Guy Treadgold

BEST EDITING The 227th Year of Innovation Cutters Studios Hisashi Eto TFC Hakuhodo Suntory Holdings Limited Cutters Studios Ryan Mcguire

BEST LOW BUDGET 50 Shades of No OTTO Annelise Hickey OTTO OTTO OTTO Alex Cardy Bronwen Kemp

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC Shanghai Fast Stink Films Nicolas Winding Refn Stink Films Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai NIKE Soundtrack Music Associates Cliff Martinez

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN A Twist At Every Turn Revolver/Will O'Rourke Gary Freedman Revolver/Will O'Rourke Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Visit Victoria Simon Duggan Adele Flere

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Westpac - Help When It Matters Alt.vfx Mark Molloy EXIT Films DDB Sydney Westpac Alt.vfx Colin Renshaw

BEST WRITING Bodybuilder Stink Films Diego Nuñez Irigoyen Stink Films Ogilvy & Mather Singapore Unilever Nicolas Courant Guilherme Camargos

BEST LIVE EXPERIENCE GREEN LIGHT RUN TBWA HAKUHODO Keisuke Hakomori, Director (VOYAGER) Tohokushinsha Film Corporation TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. adidas Japan Japan

BEST MUSIC VIDEO Obsession For Smoothness AOI Pro. Inc. Yusuke Tanaka / Damian Kulash AOI Pro. Inc. OK Go SIX inc. , Spa-Hakuhodo Co., LTD Japan