Fresh from checking out a host of exciting directing talent at the Young Director Award on Wednesday evening, filmmakers and industry peeps gathered on the beach outside the Palais Stephanie in Cannes for a bit of a party. The YDA Blog was on hand to document the ensuing ruckus.
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Beach Boys (and Girls) of the YDA


Folkert Verdoorn & Simon Becks: Directors with drive
shots speaks to the Gold Music Video winners on Driving Round Looking for Unknown’s tragic More…

Joachim Morre’s corrective vision: Pushing back against prison clichés
The Danish director reflects on the human-centred series that earned two Golds, and why storytelling More…

How Fiona Obertinca brought lost queer history to the screen
Director Fiona Obertinca, who won a Gold in the Film School category for her short Dandelion, talks about More…

Seeing through Leve Kühl’s eyes
UPPERFAST director Leve Kühl’s UNHCR film, Through My Eyes, picked up Gold in three categories; Changing More…

Oliver Pilemand’s lessons in love
True love never did run smooth, and the recognisable scenario in Oliver Pilemand’s YDA-winning comedy short More…

Anja Giele’s Peas of Mind
The Filmakademie Baden‑Württemberg director discusses how she sprouted the YDA‑winning stop‑motion short What was I made More…