AdFest 2025 calls for Five Fabulous New Directors to showcase new directors in the APAC region

ADFEST is looking for 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 Pacific 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.

ADFEST is a not-for profit entity that believes passionately in its role to nurture and support the creative industry in the Asia Pacific and MENA region. It is included in the Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings.