NEWS

2023 Winners Screening

Congratulations to all our 2023 Silver and Gold Screen winners.

If you were not able to make the ceremony we thought you might like a sneak peak of this evening’s introduction. Our thanks to all the teams involved in making these great contributions to the 2023 show.


YDA Montage

JD Smyth – Final Cut New York.
Music – Iceberg Music Group supervised by Jesper Gadeberg.


Born to Create Drama

Directed by Diogo Abrantes.
Produced by Push Films.



2023 Jury Film

Produced by Bacon.
Directed and edited by Jacky Su.
Music from Audiomachine supervised by Jesper Gadeberg.

VIEW ALL THE 2023 WINNERS HERE

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