MJZ, Dan Streit and Coinbase among CICLOPE 2026 winners
The Berlin ceremony closed the festival’s first edition at HKW, with six Grand Prix awarded across craft categories.
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This year’s CICLOPE Awards winners were announced in Berlin on Thursday night, closing out three days of CICLOPE Festival at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
The 2026 edition saw record participation, with entries spanning commercials, music videos, brand experiences, digital production and short films from around the world. CICLOPE also reported a broader range of entrants this year, including more production companies, agencies, brands and freelancers.
Juan Maria Fernandez, CICLOPE Partner and Director of Awards, says: “This year’s CICLOPE Awards celebrated outstanding work, and the incredible community behind it. They also celebrated the Awards’ growth, with the 2026 categories having evolved to reflect where our industry is today, and this year’s Shortlist containing entries from the most diverse range of countries to date.
Despite industry and wider global challenges being faced, the quality of the work this year truly raised the bar for craft. Thank you to everyone on the Jury, and especially to our very committed Jury Presidents. Congratulations to all of our Finalists, because making the Shortlist is an incredible achievement, and of course, many congratulations to this year’s Winners.”
Above: The CICLOPE 2026 Grand Prix-winning films: Your Way Out, Trails Will Blaze, Rip The Script, Beat Cancer Off, Shape of Dreams and HELICOPTER.
The Special Award-winners for 2026 included MJZ, named Production Company of the Year, Dan Streit as Director of the Year, Coinbase as Brand of the Year and Wieden+Kennedy as Agency of the Year.
Selected Works was named VFX Company of the Year, Untold Studios took Animation Company of the Year, Trim Editing was named Editing Company of the Year, Squeak E. Clean Studios took Music Company of the Year, and 750mph was named Sound Company of the Year.
Six Grand Prix were also awarded. In Direction, the Grand Prix went to Your Way Out for Coinbase, entered by Isle of Any, produced by MJZ and directed by Oscar Hudson.
The Production Grand Prix was awarded to Trails Will Blaze for the BBC, entered and produced by NOMINT, directed by Yannis Konstantinidis, with BBC Creative as advertising agency.
In Post Production, Rip The Script for Nike took the Grand Prix. The work was entered by Trim Editing and Selected Works, produced by Somesuch, directed by Dan Streit and created with Wieden+Kennedy Portland.
The Animation Grand Prix went to Beat Cancer Off for Fuck Cancer, entered and produced by Dirty Work, directed by Faga Melo and Gustavo Leal, with VML as advertising agency.
In Sound & Music, the Grand Prix was awarded to Shape of Dreams for On, entered and produced by MJZ, directed by Spike Jonze, with music by Squeak E. Clean Studios Music.
The Music Videos Grand Prix went to A$AP Rocky’s HELICOPTER, entered and produced by Somesuch, directed by Dan Streit for AWGE.
You can see the full list of winners on the CICLOPE site.
