Adfest: 37 aspiring Directors in contention for 'Fabulous Four'

The scripts have been submitted from Mumbai, Brisbane, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo, up from 33 last year

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 14, 2016

Adfest has announced that 37 aspiring Directors from eight cities are in the running to become the Adfest 2016 'Fabulous Four'. Every year, ADFEST invites new Directors and Assistant Directors to submit a five-minute short film script inspired by the theme of the festival. This year's theme is 'Creative Intelligence'.

The thirty seven scripts have been submitted from Mumbai, Brisbane, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo, up from 33 last year.

All 37 scripts will be judged by the Film Craft and New Director jury, which is led by Sihabutr Xoomsai, Thailand's award-winning director at Triton Film in Bangkok.

The four Directors with the highest score will be named this year's 'Fabulous Four', and they will then have less than one month to direct their scripts in time to premiere at Adfest 2016, which will take place on March 16-19 at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand.

Last year, Tomoya Kuge at TYO Camp KAZ in Tokyo won the New Director's 'Fabulous Four Commendation' for his short film, 'Sweets Gang'.

Kuge said, “Compared with before winning this prize, I now have more chances as a candidate for directing TV commercials. Also, my clients are giving me more chances to shoot the way I want to, and I'm expecting to do even more works as a Director this year.”

Vinit Suraphongchai, Chairman of Adfest, said, “Adfest is immensely proud of its Fabulous Four program because it is one of our initiatives to help aspiring Directors achieve their goal of directing commercial work. Many previous Fabulous Four Directors are now enjoying successful careers in our industry.”

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