NEWS

Meet The Winners: Rosie Westhoff & Fiona Hardingham

The inaugural Gold Screen winners of our Dreampitch category, Rosie Westhoff and Fiona Hardingham, are joining shots Features Editor Linda Codega to talk about their journeys as creatives and the pitch that earned them an award at this year’s YDA.

Linda will talking to Rosie and Fiona about how their collaborative partnership came about, the importance of committing to translating realistic lived experiences to the screen, and how our Dreampitch category is the perfect initiative for supporting independent producers.

Check out Charlotte Amelia Poe’s work, which inspired the series How To Be, here.

Other News

Main Deadline April 10th

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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…

Rosanna Peng Bowling Bao

Rosanna Peng bowls a perfect game against the competition

Canadian director Rosanna Peng picked up a Gold in the Dreampitch: Short Film category with  More…

Vincent Rene-Lortie Talk Away The Dark

Gold winner Vincent Rene-Lortie talks away the dark

Director Vincent Rene-Lortie picked up a Gold in the Charity Commercial category with Talk Away The Dark. Here,  More…