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    2 Grand Prix Winners Top CICLOPE Asia Pacific Awards

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    CICLOPE Asia Pacific 2026 Directors of the Year (l-r, foreground) Atsushi Makino, Patrick Fileti and David Robinson-Smith
    SYDNEY --

    Winners of the 2026 CICLOPE Asia Pacific Awards were unveiled during a ceremony at the first CICLOPE Asia Pacific Festival held in Sydney’s Rebel Theatre on Thursday (5/28).

    Topping the competition were two Grand Prix winners–one in the Direction category; the other in Postproduction:

    DIRECTION – “The Shirt Off Your Back”
    Entrant Co: Good Oil
    Production Co: Good Oil
    Director: David Robinson-Smith
    Director of Photography: Jaclyn Paterson
    Editing: ARC

    POSTPRODUCTION – “CRAFTMAN.SHIPS”
    Entrant Co: HAKUHODO Gravity
    Production Co: HAKUHODO CABIN
    Agency: HAKUHODO Gravity
    Director: Atsushi Makino
    Client: SHIPS
    Animation: ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS

    For a rundown of 2026 CICLOPE Asia Pacific Award winners across 23 categories, click here.

    Special honors

    CICLOPE Asia Pacific also honored those behind culture-defining craft and creativity, with the 2026 Special Awards going to:
    ● Production Company of the Year: FINCH
    ● Agency of the Year: Hakuhodo
    ● Director of the Year(s): Patrick Fileti, David Robinson-Smith, Atsushi Makino
    ● Brand of the Year: Telstra

    Juan Maria Fernandez, CICLOPE partner & director of awards, said, “Congratulations to the 2026 winners! This year at CICLOPE Asia Pacific, one word came up again and again when discussing the work: emotion. The winning work stood out for its exceptional craft, but mostly for its ability to make people feel something.”

    This year’s award-winners were decided by a jury of the region’s top directors, producers, creatives and marketing specialists. The jury panels were chaired by international leaders and 2026 jury presidents: Medb Riordan (Academy Films), Nils Schwemer (Iconoclast Germany), Rebecca Skinner (Superprime Films), Mandy Harris (Untold Studios) and Matt Murphy (72andSunny). They selected the Winners from work submitted from across Asia Pacific including Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, China, Indonesia, India and Taiwan.

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    Actor Anthony Head, known for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” dies at 72

    Friday, June 5, 2026
    Anthony Head arrives for the European premiere of 'The Iron Lady' on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

    Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso," has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.

    Head's daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.

    The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe Gold Blend instant coffee. The ads were later re-shot for a U.S. audience for Taster's Choice.

    Head achieved wider fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ran from 1997 to 2003.

    He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham's character Rebecca, in "Ted Lasso."

    "Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them," his daughters said. "How lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us."

    Head was born in London on Feb. 20, 1954 to Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker, and Helen Shingler, an actor. His older brother, Murray, is also an actor.

    Other notable roles included playing Geoffrey Howe, the deputy to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, in the Oscar-winning "The Iron Lady."

    Head portrayed a prime minister himself in the sketch comedy show "Little Britain," as well as King Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the "Merlin" TV series. He also appeared in "Motherland," Manchild," and "Silent Witness," along... Read More

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