ILLIT's brand films win Gold and Bronze at the 2025 ACC Tokyo Creativity Awards, showcasing their unique artistic vision.
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ILLIT's brand films won two awards at Japan's largest creative awards ceremony, the '2025 ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS.' On October 20, according to their label BELIFT LAB, the brand films for ILLIT's 2nd mini-album 'I'LL LIKE YOU' and 3rd mini-album 'bomb' won Gold and Bronze respectively in the film craft category of this awards ceremony. The 'ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS,' now in its 65th year, is known as 'Japan's Cannes Lions' and boasts high authority and a long history in Japan's advertising and creative industry. It evaluates and selects award-winning works from various fields such as advertising, media, design, and PR. ILLIT's brand films incorporate the messages they want to convey with each album, showcasing the team's identity as core content. The brand film for the 2nd mini-album 'I'LL LIKE YOU,' which won Gold, features innovative visual beauty that traverses reality and fantasy, candidly depicting the members' positive will to 'forge our own path,' garnering a strong response from global fans upon release. The brand film for the 3rd mini-album 'bomb,' which won Bronze, expresses ILLIT's story reinterpreting magical girls through sensory direction and was also released as the music video for the song 'little monster.' The unique and creative direction utilizing detailed art props and miniature sets delivers a warm message to viewers, encouraging them to 'awaken the magic of potential sleeping within and move forward.' This film was previously recognized at Germany's '2025 CICLOPE Awards' for its visual completeness and artistry, winning Silver in the PRODUCTION DESIGN category for music videos. Thus, ILLIT's works are gaining attention not only at music award ceremonies but also at global film festivals and creative awards. ILLIT is set to make a comeback with new work in November. Additionally, on November 8-9, they will hold a fan concert '2025 ILLIT GLITTER DAY ENCORE' at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Songpa District, Seoul, to meet with their fans, GLLIT. Following the 'GLITTER DAY' events held in Korea and Japan, they have sold out tickets for the encore performance, proving their strong ticket power.
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