The works produced by AOI Pro. won 9 awards including 1 GOLD LOTUS and 10 works were finalists at the 2017 ADFEST. In addition, Sezan Iseda won SILVER award in NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS category and Haruna Kaizuka was one of the FABULOUS FOUR finalists.

Two works Directors Think Tank (AOI Pro. Group) produced were finalists, and the work directed by Rajay Singh (collaboration with Fingerprint Films) won SILVER award.

Founded in 1998, ADFEST is one of the biggest advertising festivals in Asia. This year it was held for 4 days from March 21st to 24th, and nearly 1,200 delegates from 61 cities attended the festival. With the theme “TRANSFORM,” the winners were selected from 2,823 entries for 18 categories.

<GOLD> FILM LOTUS - INTERNET FILM: FINANCE, COMMERCIAL PUBLIC SERVICES, BUSINESS PRODUCTS & SERVICES

<SILVER> FILM CRAFT LOTUS - SPECIAL EFFECTS: IN-CAMERA

<SILVER> INTERACTIVE LOTUS - VIRAL VDO

<FINALIST> BRANDED CONTENT LOTUS - BEST USE OF NON-FICTION FILM

<FINALIST> FILM CRAFT LOTUS - DIRECTING

DOUBLE A ”OBSESSION FOR SMOOTHNESS”

Client: Double A (1991) Public Co., Ltd.
Creative Agency: SIX INC.
Brand Agency: Spa-Hakuhodo Co.,Ltd.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
International Producer: Shoko Akutagawa
Producer: Keisuke Mizusako, Masahiro Kawaguchi

<BRANDED CONTENT> BRANDED CONTENT LOTUS - BEST USE OF FICTION FILM

<BRANDED CONTENT> BRANDED CONTENT LOTUS - BEST USE OF SPORTS

ACTIVE CARE “#TackleTheRisk”

Client: AIG Japan Holdings KK.
Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Producer: Shunsuke Nakamura, Daisuke Yoshizawa
Director: Hisashi Eto (CluB_A)

<SILVER> NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS - PORTFOLIO SPOT

Sezan Iseda

A Drop of Freshness “A Transfer Student”
Sponsor: YAMASA CORPORATION
Theme: Film to spread the message that ‘A Drop of Freshness’ is the best for freshness-keeping
Planning + Production: Dentsu Inc. / AOI Pro. Inc.
Planning + Direction + Editing: Sezan Iseda
Producer: Kohta Kanki, Koki Takahashi

<FABULOUS FOUR> NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS - SHORT FILMS FOR ADFEST 2018 BY THE FABULOUS FOUR

Haruna Kaizuka “Beautiful Face”

Theme: TRANSFORM

<SILVER> OUTDOOR LOTUS - GUERILLA MARKETING

<FINALIST> DESIGN LOTUS - SELF-PROMOTION

<FINALIST> PROMO LOTUS - AMBIENT PROMOTION: LARGE SCALE

Original Jeans "CRUISING JEANS"

Client: Kaihara Denim
Agency: Hakuhodo Inc. / Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. / ChugokuShikoku Hakuhodo Inc.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc. / HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC.
Producer: Itaru Shibamura

<BRONZE> FILM CRAFT LOTUS - COSTUME DESIGN

<FINALIST> FILM CRAFT LOTUS - CINEMATOGRAPHY

WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA Music Video "Melos"

Client: Japan Racing Association
Agency: TOKYU AGENCY INC.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Producer: Takuma Moriya

<BRONZE> DESIGN LOTUS - EXIBITIONS, EVENTS & PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT

<FINALIST> LOTUS ROOTS

YAHOO! JAPAN "IT WAS THIS HIGH"

Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation
Agency: HAKUHODO Kettle Inc. / Hakuhodo Inc.
Production: ADSALT / AOI Pro. Inc.
*AOI Pro. involvement: film production
Producer: Hisaya Katoh, Tomonori Nakamura

<BRONZE> INTERACTIVE LOTUS - BEST USE OF A PROTOTYPE TECHNOLOGY

<FINALIST> INNOVA LOTUS - INNOVATION IN PROTOTYPE TECHNOLOGY

ELI

Planning & Development: Hakuhodo Inc. / 1-10,Inc. / HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC.
Film Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Producer: Go Ito

<FINALIST> FILM LOTUS - RETAIL

Amazon Prime "Motorbike"

Client: Amazon Japan G.K.
Agency: Hakuhodo Inc.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Producer: Shota Kawaguchi
Director: Hiroki Ono(CluB_A)

<FINALIST> FILM CRAFT LOTUS - DIRECTING

AMINO VITAL PRO "REVOLVING LANTERN"

Client: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Agency: DENTSU INC.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Producer: Junichi Murata, Taisuke Shirasawa

<FINALIST> DESIGN LOTUS - TYPOGRAPHY

PANASONIC HEARING AID "MISHEARD FONT"

Client: Panasonic Corp.
Agency: Hakuhodo Inc.
Production: AOI Pro. Inc. / Creators Group MAC / AID-DCC Inc. / Material Inc.
*AOI Pro. involvement: film production
Producer: Mana Hisamatsu
Director: Katsuki Kuroyanagi

Directors Think Tank (AOI Pro. Group)

<FINALIST> NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS - INTERNET FILM

SONY RX "SONY RX | ALL IN ONE SHOT WITH NICK NG"

<FINALIST> FILM CRAFT - PRODUCTION DESIGN

MCDONALDS "TERGILA-GILA ITALIA?"

<SILVER> FILM CRAFT - ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE

VIVEL "VIVEL LOTUS OIL SOAP"

*collaboration with Fingerprint Films, directed by Rajay Singh (DTT)

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