Meet the finalists

The 2025 shortlist is out.

This year’s CICLOPE Awards finalists were chosen from more than 1800 entries, which came in from 39 different countries.

An international Grand Jury of 200 industry experts, deliberated over the craft of entries in 44 categories, and the Executive Jury will now gather in Berlin for the final round of live judging.

Winners will be announced on stage at the CICLOPE Awards ceremony, held in the historic UdK Konzertsaal on the closing night of CICLOPE Festival 2025, Thursday 9 October. Passes to join us at the Home of Craft are still available here.

All the shortlisted work can be viewed by craft section below – and please note that the order of appearance does not reflect ranking.

PRODUCTION SHORTLIST
POST-PRODUCTION SHORTLIST
ANIMATION SHORTLIST
MUSIC VIDEO SHORTLIST
SOUND & MUSIC SHORTLIST
IDEAS SHORTLIST
INNOVATION SHORTLIST
SPECIAL SECTION SHORTLIST