ADFEST is looking Five Fabulous New
Directors to take the stage at ADFEST 2025! As ADFEST is committed to nurturing
and championing new talent, the Short Films by the Fabulous Five is ADFEST’s unique initiative to showcase
up-and-coming new directors in the region.
If you’re an Assistant Director or Director
based in Asia and the Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle
East, and have started your Directorial debut in the past 2 years (after March
2023), this is the perfect opportunity for you to catapult your Directorial
career and showcase your talent on a regional stage.
For the chance to become a Fabulous
Five New Director, eligible Directors need to submit a script for a 5-minute
short film inspired by ADFEST 2025 theme “COLLiDE.” If the script is one of the top five
scripts as voted by ADFEST’s Film Craft Lotus & New Director
Lotus jury, the director will be asked to direct the short film of the
submitted script and debut the short film at ADFEST 2025, held Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 March 2025. All Fabulous Five directors will be
flown to Thailand to premiere and discuss their films on stage. ADFEST will
provide return economy airfare, ground transportation, accommodation, and a
full delegate registration to ADFEST 2025.
In addition, all Fabulous Five films
will be automatically accepted for the Young Director
Award (YDA). As YDA is also committed
to support and promote creative talent in commercial film production, 2
additional New Director Lotus winners will also be accepted to the YDA.
For more information on eligibility and submission
process to the Fabulous Five, click here. Script submission deadline is Friday
3 January 2025. For more details on other New Director Lotus
categories and all Lotus Awards categories, visit www.ADFEST.com. Deadlines
for Entry Submission to all other Lotus categories are Friday 13 December
2024 for the Early Bird Deadline, and Friday 10 January 2025 for the
Regular Deadline.
ADFEST, Asia’s only international creative festival, invites you to
COLLiDE at ADFEST
2025, which takes place Thursday 20 – Saturday 22
March 2025 at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand. Collide with
over 1,000 leading industry players, network with peers and celebrate the
region’s culture and branded marketing creative excellence.
