Ciclope International Festival of Craft is “the only international event fully dedicated to the ‘craft’ in moving image. In the last few years, it has become a platform for directors, creatives, artists, producers, digital creatives and clients to share knowledge, be inspired and celebrate the best work.”

In short, Ciclope Festival is a gathering of some of the top creative minds to celebrate the craft in production. They hand out awards for well-executed ideas, laud talented innovators, and offer empowering insights from some of the top creatives working across production, post-production, editorial, VFX, music and beyond.

As a somewhat nomadic festival, Ciclope has its main event in Berlin in just a few days, with the festival traveling internationally throughout the rest of the year, in New York and Los Angeles.

Why do we care, you ask? Not only do we see craft as one of the most important elements of what we do, we are honored to be a sponsor of the event. We see Ciclope as the future of festivals, a gathering of like-minded individuals looking to get better at what they do and celebrate the incredible work that has been done.

Speaking of those talented folks who attend and are honored at Ciclope, the shortlist for the awards was announced last week, and special shout outs to our friends at Furlined, Blink, Smuggler, Rattling Stick, PRETTYBIRD and Tool of North America, among others for their inclusion in the celebrated lists!

We’ll have more on the festival over the course of the next week and you can read more up on the events here.