The Ciclope Festival in Berlin wrapped yesterday (11/9) with the jury awarding a total of five Grand Prix honors along with more than 40 Gold, 60 Silver and 80 Bronze trophies.
Grand Prix were presented to:
- Idents for Channel 4, created by 4Creative, produced by Art Practice and Love Song, with visual effects by Time Based Arts and music by String and Tins. Lynsey Atkin was executive creative director.
- “Summer Never Sleeps” for Kathmandu directed by Daniel Warwick, produced by Scoundrel and created by Special.
- “On Set with Adam Driver,” directed by Pepe Hernandez and Alex Thompson, and “The Singularity”–considered as a campaign by the jury–directed by Aoife McArdle, VFX by Black Kite Studios, both created by Squarespace and produced by SMUGGLER.
- “Mama’s Eyes” for American artist Mette, edited by Trim Editing, and produced by Love Song, Art Practice, Division and Shot In Mars.
- “We Cry Together” for Kendrick Lamar by Park Pictures, produced by pgLang/project3/Park Pictures and directed by Jake Schreier, Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar.
Ciclope founder and festival director Francisco Condorelli said, “Across the board our jury members were so impressed by the standard of entries this year that they wanted to recognize this with the trophies awarded. Ciclope Festival is growing each year, and we’d like to extend our thanks to our community – those who believe in the power of craft – for making it all possible”.
For a full rundown of Ciclope 2023 winners spanning Gold, Silver and Bronze, click here.
Special Awards 2023
The Ciclope Festival also presented Special Awards to:
- Production Company of the Year: SMUGGLER
- Agency of the Year: Squarespace
- Director of the Year: Steve Rogers
- VFX Company of the Year: Square & Monumental FX
- Animation Company of the Year: Electric Theatre Collective
- Editing Company of the Year: Cut+Run
- Music Company of the Year: Human
- Sound Company of the Year: String & Tins
