CICLOPE Awards

2025 Award-winners Announced

The 2025 CICLOPE Award-winners have been announced from Berlin, in the Awards Ceremony held on Thursday 9 October at the Konzertsaal of the Universität der Künste (UdK), wrapping up three inspiring days of at CICLOPE Festival’s biggest edition yet.

CICLOPE Festival

Introducing: Work Editorial

Ahead of the ‘Better Together’ Craft Debate session at CICLOPE Festival 2025, Jane Dilworth, founding partner of Work Editorial, provides insights into creative partnerships, and how to build trust and foster new connections that flourish into impactful collaborations.

CICLOPE Awards

2025 Shortlist Announcement

The official 2025 CICLOPE Awards shortlist is here. Winners will be announced live on stage at the Awards ceremony in Berlin, on the closing night of this year’s CICLOPE Festival.

CICLOPE Festival

Introducing: Landscape

Gustavo Gripe, Founder & CEO of Landscape – a production ecosystem with roots in Brazil – shared with us what makes Latin American creativity stand out, and how the 2025 CICLOPE Partner company are forward-thinking about the future of the industry.

CICLOPE Awards

Meet the Jury: 2025 Awards Presidents

The CICLOPE Awards Jury Presidents are behind some of the most highly acclaimed, disruptive, and thoughtfully-crafted work out there. We found out what they’ll be looking for, as they lead craft panels of industry experts in the 2025 judging.

CICLOPE Asia Pacific

Meet the Director: Tim Bullock, Scoundrel

Tim Bullock and Scoundrel -which he co-founded- were named CICLOPE Asia Pacific’s 2025 Director and Production Company of the Year respectively. In our chat with the internationally acclaimed comedy director, Tim shared his insights on not being afraid to pass on scripts, and fostering young talent in the industry.

CICLOPE Latino

Meet the Director: Papota, with Martín Piroyansky & Rebolucion

‘Papota’, directed by Martín Piroyansky for Argentine multi-genre music duo CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso, won the Grand Prix at this year’s CICLOPE Latino Awards. We spoke to Martín and Chino Fernández, EP at Rebolucion, about the humor and craft behind the Award-winning visual album.

new talent

Meet the Director: Tanner K Williams

We spoke to Tanner K Williams, director of ‘Shiversucker’ which took the 2024 CICLOPE Awards by storm – winning Gold in Cinematography, Editing and New Talent in Music Videos – about their directorial debut and being newly signed to magna studios.

behind the craft

Meet the Creative: Brent Anderson

We asked Brent Anderson, Global Chief Creative Officer at TBWA\Media Arts Lab who were awarded CICLOPE’s Agency of the Year, about what it takes to build 2024’s Brand of the Year, as they have with Apple.

new talent

Meet the Director: Vanessa Stachel

We sat down with Vanessa Stachel, now in her final year at Filmakademie Baden-Württemburg and director of the award-winning student film ‘Delivery for Mr Frogula’, to hear what challenges face young directors breaking into the industry today.