CICLOPE Asia Pacific
2025 entries now open!
CICLOPE Asia Pacific
2025 entries now open!

KEY DATES & FAQS

  • Entry Deadline

    18 April 2025

  • Eligibility Dates

    1 May 2024 - 18 April 2025

  • Shortlist announcement

    7 May 2025

  • Live Awards Ceremony

    TBA

CICLOPE Asia Pacific is a regional edition of the global CICLOPE Awards. It is an outstanding showcase and celebration of the best of the year in commercials, music videos and short films, and since the first edition in 2018, is the only Award that honors the people behind the craft in the region.

Each year, a panel of industry experts from across Asia and the Pacific award the most well-crafted work of the year, setting a gold standard in 18 different categories including: Direction, Cinematography, Production Design, Editing, VFX, Animation, Music and more.

Enter your work at the link above, for the chance to set this year’s benchmark of excellence at the CICLOPE Asia Pacific 2025 Awards.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Receive recognition for you and your team’s hard work.
  • Expand your network by being part of CICLOPE’s community, and increase new business opportunities with production partners and clients around the world.
  • Raise your profile and differentiate your company from the competition, showcasing your work on the international stage.
  • Contribute to regional development by raising the bar of excellence in film craft in Latin America.
  • Add an iconic CICLOPE Award to your trophy cabinet.

To be eligible, entries must have involved:

  1. Companies based in the Asia-Pacific region contributing to work to be broadcast in any country in the world. For example, an editing company in Tokyo cuts a commercial produced by a German production company for European broadcast. The film can be entered into Editing. Or…
  2. International companies, as long as the production company and/or director behind the project are based or were born in the Asia-Pacific region. For example, a British music company adapts a song for a commercial directed by an Australian filmmaker. The film can be entered into Music.

For more info, please go to Terms & Rules.

Call for entries is now open, and submissions must be made exclusively via the CICLOPE Asia Pacific website.

You can do so by creating an account on our entry system here.

The suggested formats for videos are MPEG4, MPEG2 or MOV files, with a maximum file size of 1GB. The recommended compression rate is 15-20 Mbits. PLEASE do not include any special characters (& / * / “”) in the name of the file.

ENGLISH SUBTITLES ARE MANDATORY in all categories except Music Videos.

Please note that entries must remain anonymous, so all credits and logos should be removed before uploading the video.

If you wish to enter a campaign, keep in mind multiple films should be entered separately.

Entries should be no longer than 20 minutes in length.

Yes, all entrant companies should include a brief description of the project, (max. 700 characters) alongside their submission, in order to help the Jury gain better understanding of the work they’re judging.

The supporting material can be uploaded while completing your submission in the entry platform.

Yes, good things are rarely free ☺.

Please check our entry fees here.

CICLOPE Asia Pacific’s judging process consists of two rounds. The first round is undertaken by both the Executive & Grand Juries, who independently watch and rank all of the entries on CICLOPE’s online platform. The highest-ranked entries in each category are then considered Finalists. In the second round of judging, the Executive Jury discuss the Finalists on a video-call meeting, and award one Winner in each category. On a second conference call, the Executive Jury may also decide to award one Grand Prix for the best work of the year.

More questions?

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email us at awards@ciclopefestival.com.