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BANGKOK: ADFEST is excited to announce this year’s Fabulous Four directors, whose short films will premiere during ADFEST 2010.
The 2010 Fabulous Four are:
• Ant McPhail, Director, Luscious International, Sydney
• Pipat Siriruangsakul, Assistant Director at The Bandits, Bangkok
• Rahul Md. Alindib Akbar, www.alindib.com, Director, Dhaka
• Yas Shimizu, Production Manager/Assistant Director, Camp KAZ Productions, Tokyo
Every year, ADFEST invites young directors, who have not directed more than 6 films in their film careers, from around the region to create a short film script based on a specific theme. This year’s theme is ‘REFRESH’, which is also the theme of ADFEST 2010, which takes places in Thailand on 18-20 March.
In total, 32 directors from around the Asia Pacific submitted scripts to this year’s Fabulous Four, but only four directors made the final cut after being judged by the region’s most influential and respected producers and creative directors. The identities of the new directors were kept anonymous from the jury members in the judging process.
ABOUT 2010’S FABULOUS FOUR:
Sydney director Ant McPhail initially studied Photography and Design before majoring in Digital Production & Post Production. His video art has been displayed at the Art Gallery of NSW.
In Bangkok, Pipat Siriruangsakul has a tremendous love for Asian culture, literature, photography, film, and music. He is an Assistant Director at The Bandits production house in Bangkok.
Rahul Alindib Akbar is from Bangladesh. He began his career as an advertising creative, and was a participant in Young Lotus 2007 and 2008 at ADFEST, where he discovered his passion for film direction.
In Tokyo, Yas Shimizu is an aspiring director who works for for Camp KAZ Productions, led by Kazuyoshi Hayakawa, one of the most respected commercial directors in Japan.
This year’s Fabulous Four Short Film premiere takes place on Saturday 20 March 2010 at 10am. Delegate passes to ADFEST are on sale at: www.adfest.com |
