200 producers and creatives gather in Tokyo for Ciclope Asia’s first regional awards festival: Grand Prix to Australia’s ‘Stop the Horror’

On 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 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 the Grand Prix went to: 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.

Australian production company FINCH also won in the Best Casting category for Clemenger BBDO | Touchcast NZ Transport’s “Rats Tail“.

You can find the complete list of winners here: Ciclope-Asia-Winners.xls

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.

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