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 spoke to 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.
CICLOPE Festival
2024 Edition Highlights
2024 you were another amazing edition of CICLOPE. Thank you to everyone who made it so, especially all our speakers, jury members and sponsors, who helped us continue to make this event such a special celebration of craft within the creative community.
CICLOPE Awards
2024 Award-winners Announced
The winners of the 2024 CICLOPE Awards been announced. The biggest CICLOPE Festival to date saw attendees gather in Berlin to celebrate the power of craft in a three-day festival, culminating in the Awards Ceremony at UdK.
CICLOPE Awards
2024 Shortlist Announced
We are glad to announce the shortlist for the 2024 edition of CICLOPE Festival. The shortlist includes the highest ranked entries in each of the 41 categories, based on the scores given by the Festival’s Jury, that comprises 200 top industry talent from around 30 different countries.
CICLOPE Asia Pacific
Meet the Maker: Pip Smart
We sat down with Pip Smart, EP & Partner at Revolver, to discuss her thoughts on craft and get an inclusive insight into the behind-the-scenes of the CICLOPE Asia Grand Prix winner Play It Safe.