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Nominee & Winners for YDA Producer Award 2014 announced

One of life’s truths is that behind every great director is a producer and we at the CFP-E Young Director Award would like to honor the role of producers in nurturing and developing the careers of young directors with a new award.

This year nominee are:

Carlo Walther TPF Germany
Matthieu Poirier Quad France
Steve Whiteley Offkey Creatives United Kingdom
Nik Beachman Thick as Thieves New Zealand / Australia
Rebecca Bourke Assembly Ireland
Dominko Gudelj Leithaus Filmproduktion Germany
Jorge Larrain Ringo Buenos Aires Argentina
Mourad Belkeddar & Nicolas Lhermitte Iconoclast France
Tyler Byrne Hungryman USA

The winner for the Award will be announced during the YDA ceremony on thursday 19th. So be there to celebrate with us the producer who has been outstanding in promoting new talents over the last two years.

2014 YDA Producer Award winners are:  Mourad Belkeddar & Nicolas Lhermitte – Iconoclast Paris

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