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Get ready for YDA 2015

Remember how wonderful that hot summer’s evening was at our beach party in Cannes after the glory of the awards show? Well guess what? It’s only four months of shorter days and nippier weather before our call for entries opens for next year’s Young Director’s Award and our 2015 show is going to be bigger, better with even more bells on.

Check out YDA 2014 winners, ceremony photos and if you still wonder how our film “Birth” was made watch the making of

 

 

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