NEWS

Meet The Winners: Jeremy Merrifield

In the first of our series of winners’ interviews for YDA 2020, join shots Co-Editor Danny Edwards as he talks to Jeremy Merrifield about his film BALLOON, one of the two winners of our Special Jury Prize in 2020.

Tune in to hear Jeremy chat to Danny about how acting birthed his passion for directing, his inspiration for a superhero film exploring masculinity and growing up, and the power of leaving things open to interpretation. Find out about the challenges of creating an award-winning film on a shoestring budget, the exciting future of the project, and what winning a YDA Special Jury Prize has meant.

View Jeremy’s winning film Balloon

Other News

Hot Spot: Presynkt

Presynkt is an acclaimed American cinematographer currently working between his home town of Los Angeles,  More…

Sign Me Up: Charlotte Rabate

Charlotte Rabate, fresh out of Tisch Film School, won at the Porsche Student Awards and  More…

Searchlight: Paul Gerwien

A real life marriage proposal becomes a music video – oh what a good idea. David,  More…

Get ready for YDA Call for entry

It’s with huge pleasure and excitement that we will be officially opening the YDA call  More…

Searchlight: Julien Carot

Effects and technical wizard Julien Carot has started making wonderful films of his own. We  More…

Sign Me Up: Nicolas Lefaucheux

Following on from our last post with his fellow Parachutes colleague Yann Pineill we catch  More…