Wow, what a year! In March, we welcomed close
to 1,300 delegates from 67 cities worldwide to ADFEST 2018.
Our delegates enjoyed a jam-packed 4-day
festival including 25 speaker sessions, 5 breakout workshops, and 3 parties –
not including the unofficial ones! We also welcomed 56 judges from 25 cities,
who had the job of reviewing thousands of entries across 18 Lotus Awards
categories.
Joyce King Thomas, our 2018 Grand Jury
President and Chairman and Chief Creative Officer for McCann XBC, New York,
described ADFEST as “warm and intimate – it’s not like any other awards show
I’ve ever been to!”
Now, we’re busy preparing for ADFEST 2019,
which will again be divided into two streams: Craft@ADFEST on 20th – 21st March
and Creative@ADFEST on 22nd – 23rd March.
Before we wrap things up for 2018, here are
a few important deadline reminders:
Fabulous Five – Deadline for short film scripts: Friday 4th January
ADFEST is inviting up-and-coming directors
to write 5-minute film scripts inspired by the theme of ADFEST 2019,
“TMRRW.TDAY”. To be eligible, you must have less than two years’ experience as
a Director or Assistant Director, which means your film career began in March
2017 or later.
‘Fabulous Five’ is a respected platform for
kick-starting the careers of commercial directors in the Asia Pacific and
Middle East. The final deadline for script submissions is Friday 4th January.
ADFEST Lotus Awards - Deadline for remote categories: 11th January
The following categories will be pre-judged
remotely: Audio Lotus (formerly called the Radio Lotus category), eCommerce
Lotus (*NEW category), Effective Lotus, Film Lotus (Internet Film & Other
Film sub-categories only), INNOVA Lotus, Interactive Lotus and Mobile Lotus.
The deadline for these categories is Friday 11th January.
ADFEST Lotus Awards - Deadline for all other categories: 18th January
You’ll have extra time to enter the
following categories: Branded Entertainment Lotus (formerly called Branded
Content Lotus); Brand Experience & Engagement (formerly called Promo
Lotus); Design Lotus; Direct Lotus; Film Craft Lotus; Film Lotus (excluding
Internet Film & Other Film sub-categories); Integrated Lotus; Media Lotus;
New Director Lotus; Outdoor Lotus; Press Lotus and Print Craft Lotus. The
deadline for these categories is Friday 18th January.
Now that 2018 is drawing to a close, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our amazing friends and supporters in the Asia Pacific and Middle East. We wish you safe and happy holidays – see you soon in 2019!
