NEWS

Meet The Winners: Jackson Tisi

Continuing in our series of winners’ interviews, Jackson Tisi is talking to shots News Editor Daniel about his filmmaking journey and his powerful film LEON, which won Gold at YDA 2020, in the Passion Project category.

Tune it to learn about Jackson’s path from making skiing videos in his home state of Wyoming, to his current projects blending real stories with narrative filmmaking. We’ll be hearing about the inspiring process of making LEON, the hand-off approach needed to be an authentic window onto someone’s life, and how when it comes to documentary filmmaking, plans are made to be disrupted.

Check out Jackson’s film, LEON

Other News

From Cannes to Tokyo: Young Director Award brings its favorite films to Japan.

YDA will hold its first film screening in Tokyo on May 1st, 2024. Some of  More…

YDA 2024 Jury

With the YDA 2024 deadline fast approaching on April 10th, we have been busy assembling  More…

Main Deadline April 10th

Attention all aspiring young directors! The Main Deadline for the prestigious Young Director Award 2024  More…

2024 Chair Medb Riordan talks ability, opportunity and maverick attitudes

Medb Riordan, AcademyFilms’ Joint MD and Partner, is the jury chairperson for this year’s Young Director  More…

Announcing YDA 2024’s Call for Entries!

The Young Director Award, organised in association with shots, is pleased to announce our Call for  More…

YDA announces 2024 Jury Chair

Young Director Award organised in association with shots, has announced that Academy Films‘ Co-Managing Director and Owner,  More…