New Directors' Chance to Shine in Adfest's 'Fabulous Four' and 'Film School' Awards
ADFEST is once again looking to unearth the region’s top
emerging directors as part of its ‘Fabulous Four’ program, which supports new
and emerging directors by putting their work in front of the world’s most
influential production executives and agency producers.
Directors and assistant directors based in Asia and the
Pacific (including Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East) are now invited
to submit five-minute film scripts inspired by the theme ‘Creative
Intelligence’, which is also the theme of ADFEST 2016.
“Fabulous Four gives directors
the chance to present their films in front of a live audience of creative
professionals. It has the power to transform a director’s career by developing
their reel and giving them the chance to network with the industry’s most influential
agency producers,” says Jimmy Lam, President of ADFEST.
The deadline for script
submissions is Friday 1st January 2016.
ADFEST 2016’s Film Craft and New Director jury panel will vote on their
favourite scripts, and the top-scoring directors will become ADFEST’s ‘Fabulous
Four’ for 2016. ADFEST will
provide each of the Fabulous Four with return economy airfare, accommodation,
and registration passes.
The directors will have less than six weeks to bring their short film scripts to life in time to premiere at ADFEST 2016, which runs from 16th – 19th March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand. (Note: to be eligible, the film must be one of the first seven works directed by each director.)
For more information on eligibility and script submission, visit: http://www.adfest.com/Entries_fabulous.php
Vinit Suraphongchai, Chairman of ADFEST says: “ADFEST is
passionate about nurturing the next generation of creative professionals, which
is why we are so proud of Fabulous Four. It is one of the few programs in the world
designed to support emerging commercial directors, and it remains one of the
most popular sessions at ADFEST every year.”
ADFEST has also added a new sub-category to the New
Director Lotus awards category called ‘Film School’ so students can submit
films created for school projects into the ADFEST Lotus Awards. For more
information, visit www.ADFEST.com
