‘The world’s full of people who care about the world. Through the YDA you can use your creative skills to reach out to people to let them know they’re not alone’.
Sir John Hegarty / Founder BBH London and The Garage, Soho
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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
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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…