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Last week the Young Director Award, supported by shots, announced its 2018 winners at a ceremony held at the JW Marriott Theatre in Cannes.

The 2018 jury was presided over by PRETTYBIRD partner and EP, Ali Brown [below], and over the course of the ceremony some extraordinary work was celebrated and showcased to an enthralled audience.

In addition to a trophy and well-deserved recognition all of the winners receive, the triumphant work in the Changing the World Frame by Frame category also receives access to a mentorship programme, provided by the category's sponsor, The Sweetshop

Above: YDA 2018 jury president, PRETTYBIRD's Ali Brown.


Below is the full list of gold and silver Screen-winners. shots will be talking in more detail to some of the YDA winners over the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that.

The accompanying videos for all of the below winners can be found at the YDA website.


Animation

Gold [Europe]

Title: The Burden 

Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Production: MaladeKalle Wettre Sweden


Silver [Europe]

Title: The Bird & The Whale

Director: Carol Freeman

Production: Paper Panther Productions Ireland

Producer: Jonathan Clarke 

Changing the World Frame by Frame

Gold [Europe]

Title: Mashrou’ Leila – Roman [below]

Director: Jessy Moussallem

Production: Caviar and Clandestino Films United Kingdom

Producers: Farah Assaf, Antoine Taymour Sfeir

 

Gold [Northern America]

Title: The Unbelievers: Burnell Cotlon [below]

Director: Henry Busby

Production: Voyager Creative United States

Producer: Amalia Bradstreet

 

Silver [Asia Pacific]

Title: Sleep Well My Baby

Director: TwinTaoers (Aaron & Winston Tao)

Production: TwinTaoers United States 

Producer: Seon Kwon Hwang

 

Silver [Europe]

Title: For When I Die

Director: Paul Power

Production: Power Productions Ireland

Producer: Paul Power

Above, l-r: YDA president Francois Chilot with the Sweetshop's Laura Thoel and Wilf Sweetland.

Charity

Gold [Europe]

Title: Jagrlama

Director: Marek Partys [below]

Production: Bistro Films Czech Republic

Producers: Marek Partys, Jiri Sazel

 

Silver [Northern America]

Title: I Got This

Director: Jared Knecht

Production: m ss ng p eces United States

Producers: Ari Kuschnir, Kate Oppenheim, Brian Latt, Edward Grann 

Commercial   

Gold [Northern America]

Title: The Talk [below]

Director: Malik Vitthal

Production The Corner Shop United States

Producers: Stephen Love, Blake Pickens

Experiential/VR/AR

Gold [Northern America]

Title: Spheres: Songs of Spacetime [below]

Director: Eliza McNitt

Production: Protozoa United States

Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Dylan Golden, Jess Engel, Arnaud Colinart

 

Silver [Northern America]

Title: The Angry River

Director: Armen Perian

Production: Pomegranate Films United States

Producers: Carmen Perian, Aly Parker, Rainy Kumar, Niree Perian

Film School

Gold [Europe]

Title: Tears in Heaven

Director: Bernd Faass

Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Germany

Producers: Finn Neubert, Alexander Pietzsch

 

Gold [Northern America]

Title: Unnatural

Director: Amy Wang

Production: Unnatural Productions United States

Producer: Autumn Watlington

 

Silver [Europe]

Title: Where Things, Where People Disappear

Director: Jore Janaviciute

Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Lithuania

Producer: Jore Janaviciute 

Music Video

Silver [Latin America]

Title: Ateph – Burn October

Director: Wacho

Production: Pantera & Co. Argentina

Producer: Manu Aguer, Morgan Prêleur, Brian Kazez


Silver [Middle East]

Title: Oren Lavie – Second Hand Lovers

Director: Oren Lavie

Production: Self Produced Israel

Producers: Rachel Vaserman, Gal Nae


Silver [Northern America]

Title: Charlotte Cardin – The Kids

Director: Kristof Brandl

Production:  CAVIAR TV United States

Producer: Alexandre Auray

 

Online Branded Film 

Gold [Europe]

Title: A-Z of Music 

Director: Sam de Jong [below, on phone]

Production: Iconoclast United States

Passion Project

Gold [Europe]

Title: Period. [below]

Director: Emilie Thalund

Production: BACON Denmark

Producer: Birgitte Rask

 

Silver [Europe] 

Title: Raised by Krump

Director: Maceo Frost

Production: BWGTBLD Germany

Producers: Philipp Ramhofer, Jesper Pålsson

 

Silver [Northern America]

Title: Perfectly Normal

Director: Joris Debeij

Production: Mphasis Productions United States

Producer: Marieke Oudejans 

Short Film (6 - 30 minutes)

Gold [Europe]

Title: Brian & Charles [below]

Director: Jim Archer

Production: Mr Box/MindsEye United Kingdom

Producers: Rupert Majendie

 

Silver [Northern America]

Title: Forget Me Not

Director: Florine & Kim Nüesch

Production: Nüesch Sisters Productions United States

Producer: Malcolm Duncan

 

Short Film (up to 6 minutes)

Gold [Europe]

Title: Bad News

Director: Alicia MacDonald

Production: Missing Link Films United Kingdom

Producers: Alex Cooper, Tom Blackwood

 

Silver [Europe]

Title: Standby

Director: Charlotte Regan

Production: n/a United Kingdom

Producer: Jack Hannon

 

Silver [Europe]

Title: Blessure

Director: Leo Bigiaoui

Production: Frenzy Paris

 

Silver [Europe]

Title: The Mess

Director: Dorothy Allen-Pickard

Production: Independent United Kingdom

Producer: Lauren Pringle


Silver [Northern America] 

Title: Sorry About Your Wife

Director: Luke Davies

Production: Virgin Soil Pictures United States

Producers: Malcolm Duncan, Fabien Colas

 

Video Art

Gold [Europe] 

Title: Laws of Motion [below]

Director: Jeppe Lange

Production: Bacon A/S Denmark

Producers: Laura Valentiner-Bohse

Producers Award

Gold [Europe]

Production: Pulse Films United Kingdom

 

Gold [Latin America]

Production: Pantera & Co Argentina

Producers: Manu Aguer & Brian Kazez

Special Jury Award

Mid Length Film (30 to 60 mins)

Title: Detainment

Director: Vincent Lambe [below]

Production: Twelve Media Ireland

Producer: Darren Mahon

The accompanying videos for all of the below winners can be found at the YDA website.

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