Media Requirements

This category is to find the best up-and-coming directorial talent from APAC. The individual should be based in APAC and cannot have been working professionally as a DIRECTOR within the industry (i.e. creating branded work or music videos through a production company) before April 2023.

Entries can include up to three pieces of relevant work and can include aired commercials, test spots, music videos and short films of no more than 10 minutes. For aired work, all entries must be the final, aired version of the spots; director cut versions are not permitted.

When submitting your entries, please specify in the title if the ad is a spec.

Work for this category includes anything created between 6 July 2024 to 4 July 2025.

Non-English language entries must include English subtitles for judging purposes.