ADFEST is delighted to introduce Naoto
Mitake as this year’s final Fabulous Five Director to be announced for 2019.
Mitake is a Director at AOI Pro. Inc. in Tokyo and is also represented by
Directors Think Tank in Kuala Lumpur.
Mitake replaces Josh Patrick Dawson of
FINCH, Melbourne, who was previously announced as a 2019 Fabulous Five
Director. Unfortunately, Dawson is now unable to attend ADFEST 2019 and Mitake
was next in line having received the sixth highest score for his film script.
Every year, ADFEST invites emerging
commercial directors to write a short film as part of its ‘Fabulous Five’
program – one of the world’s most respected platforms for kick-starting the
careers of commercial directors. This year, directors had the task of writing a
five-minute script inspired by the theme of ADFEST 2019, ‘TMRRW.TDAY’. All
scripts were then scored by ADFEST’s 2019 Film Craft Lotus & New Director
Lotus Jury.
The directors with the five highest scores
are now:
- Ms. Jo Motoyo, Director from
Tokyo/Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd., Tokyo
- Ms. Mai Murata, Assistant Director
from Dentsu Creative X Inc., Tokyo
- Mr. Naoto Mitake, Director from AOI Pro. Inc., Tokyo &
Directors Think Tank, Kuala Lumpur
- Ms. Rin Soejima, Director from AOI
Pro. Inc., Tokyo
- Mr. Tomu Yamaguchi, Director from AOI
Pro. Inc., Tokyo
“Congratulations to Mr. Mitake for joining
our line-up of Fabulous Five directors,” says Jimmy Lam, ADFEST President. “The
Fabulous Five film program presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show
off your talents to creative and production professionals.”
Motoyo, Murata, Mitake, Soejima and
Yamaguchi now have days left to finish directing and editing their films in
time to premiere at ADFEST 2019.
* Don’t miss the ‘The Fabulous Five 2019’ film screening on Thursday 21st March, 3:40pm – 5.25pm. The session will be moderated by Ali Brown, Partner and Executive Producer at PRETTYBIRD in Los Angeles.
