Young Director Award
Young Director Award

The Only Award Dedicated to Rising Young Directors

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YDALYNDY STOUT REVIEW

​Florian Reittner​​’s helping hand

Aziz Zoromba’s instinctual storytelling

Victoria Singh-Thompson on her Lolita inspired winning short

Tara O’Callaghan talks Call Me Mommy

Steve Won on being a director who can change direction

How the wild west and a wunderkind boy actor helped Nick Alexander win a YDA

Mia Mullarky talks human nature and neurodiverse casting

Jackie Lee raises a glass to British pub culture

Eugenia Hamilton’s YDA mouthpiece

Emma Branderhorst on a second year of YDA wins

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