CICLOPE APAC Awards 2025: Revolver + Director Jeff Low score Grand Prix for Telstra ‘Better on a Better Network’ via Bear Meets Eagle on Fire with +61; Scoundrel named Production Company of the Year; Tim Bullock wins Director of the Year
Australia’s Revolver and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire with +61 have been awarded the Grand Prix for Telstra ‘Better on a Better Network’ at the CICLOPE APAC 2025 award winners showcase held tonight at Sydney’s boutique Golden Age Cinema. Scoundrel has taken out the Production Company of the Year title; Tim Bullock has been named Director of the Year; Bear Meets Eagle on Fire with +61 has been crowned Agency of the Year; and Telstra has been named Brand of the Year.
Benchmarking excellence in craft across the region, the evening celebrated the work setting the gold standard in commercials, music videos, and short films – and the people behind it.
This year’s Executive Jury, a selection of the region’s top directors, producers and creatives, awarded the Grand Prix to Telstra’s ‘Better on a Better Mobile Network’ campaign, which also picked up awards in the Animation and Idea | Commercial categories. Revolver and director Steve Rogers picked up a fourth award for Telstra ‘Donkey’ via Bear Meets Eagle on Fire with +61 in the Direction | 61 To 120 Seconds category.
In addition to the Production Company of the Year win, Scoundrel scored four awards including three for Toyota ‘In a Pickle’, directed by Tim Bullock via Saatchi & Saatchi Australia in the Cinematography (DOP: Simon Duggan), Direction | 61 To 120 Seconds and Production Design (Production Designer/Art Director – Miles Pitt) categories. Scoundrel / Groundglass / The Casting Co won an award in the Casting category for Heaps Normal ‘Stay Normal’, directed by Tim Bullock.
Jason Tran won New Talent in Direction, with the ‘Eating Heartache’ music video for Cosmo’s Midnight produced by SUIKA Studios.
DIVISION secured two award wins including one for Kia ‘Shhh… It’s zombie proof’, directed by Francois Rousselet via Innocean and Mathematic in the VFX category and one for ‘A Thousand Odd Days’, directed by Riley Blakeway in the Low Budget category.
Production companies with one award apiece include Photoplay for Destination NSW – VIVID Sydney ‘Nest’ directed by Melvin J. Montalban and Leila Jeffreys in the Idea | Live Commercial category; and FINCH for Modibodi ‘Fear Not’, directed by Kyra Bartley via TBWAFabric in the Fashion & Luxury category.
As well as awarding the winners of each craft category, CICLOPE Asia Pacific also honored the most successful overall performances of the year, with Special Awards going to:
Director of the Year: Tim Bullock
Production Company of the Year: Scoundrel
Agency of the Year: Bear Meets Eagle on Fire
Brand of the Year: Telstra
The 2025 Winners Showcase was the first regional celebration for the Home of Craft to be held in Sydney. Held at the glamorous Golden Age Cinema, a venue steeped in film-industry history, the event took place ahead of the global CICLOPE Festival and Awards returning to Berlin later this year.
CICLOPE Festival will take place over three days, from 7-9 October 2025, at one of Europe’s oldest art universities; Universität der Künste (UdK). Entries are already open for the global CICLOPE Awards, and Festival passes will be available from next week.
Says Francisco Condorelli, Founder and CEO, CICLOPE: “Entries for the 2025 edition came from across Asia and the Pacific, with all shortlisted and winning work once again highlighting the region’s unique lens on creativity, and its industry filled with talent who stand out on the international scene. Many congratulations to all finalists and winners of this year’s CICLOPE Asia Pacific Awards.”
All of this year’s winning work can be viewed here.
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