YDA Week 2021: Martin de Thurah [removed at request of director]

Our final interview of YDA Week 2021, ahead of this year's YDA awards ceremony, is with Danish directing supremo Martin de Thurah. He discusses his move from the art world to the filmmaking sphere, the evolution of his film language and his creative processes.

by Danny Edwards on 8^th July 2021

Responsible for amazing work across the commercials and music video industries, as well as beautiful and affecting short films and, soon, a Danish TV series, Martin de Thurah is a highly sought after and respected director.

In an interview with the YDA, he talks about his start as an artist and his move into filmmaking. He also discusses about his approach to film, his film language - including his use of magic realism - and how he uses automatic writing to find his way into all the projects he takes on.

The culmination of YDA Week comes later today with the 2021 awards ceremony. Kicking us of at 3.30pm BST [4.30pm CEST/10.30am EST] is the awards pre-show where the winners of this year's Born to Create Drama competition will be announced. That's followed by the main show at 4.45pm BST, when the Gold Screen, Silver Screen and Special Jury Prize winners will be revealed from the host of amazing work received this year.

You can follow all the action of this year's Young Director Award Ceremony, in partnership with shots, via the Young Director Award site.

You can view the previous YDA Week interviews and panel discussions on the links below. Also below are links to more of de Thurah's work, some of which are featured as clips within the above interview.

YDA Week 2021: Interview with Ninian Doff

YDA Week 2021: Is Deepfake Deepfake Deep Trouble? panel

YDA Week 2021: The F-Word panel