MUMBAI: Thirty seven aspiring directors from eight cities are in the running to become Adfest 2016’s ‘Fabulous Four.’

‘Fabulous Four’ is a visionary mentoring program run annually by Adfest, which is designed to nurture up-and-coming directors.

Every year, Adfest invites new directors and assistant directors to submit a five-minute short film script inspired by the theme of the festival, which is slated as ‘Creative Intelligence’ for this year.

A total of 37 scripts were submitted from Brisbane, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo this year, which is up from 33 last year.

All 37 scripts will be judged by the Film Craft and New Director jury, which is led by jury president Sihabutr Xoomsai, Thailand’s award-winning director at Triton Film in Bangkok.