YDA Golden Glories

29th June 2023

YDA Golden Glories

Hot Hot Hot... the sunshine, the rosé (yes that was a bit warm too), the sea, but most of all the work shown at the Young Directors Award screening and party on the beach in Cannes. Total joy. Here are a few of our favourite YDA films but there are many more - do take a look at the full list of winners and shortlist on the YDA site https://www.youngdirectoraward.com/2023-winners/

Gold Online Branded Film

Iran-e Man (ایران من) directed by Naghmeh Pour, New-Land. Go get your scarf to support the Woman Life Freedom movement! pairidaezashop.com/woman-life-freedom/

Special Jury Prize

Split Second, commercial, directed by Sinan Sevinç, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Gold Passion Project

Edi, short film directed by Jan Vrhovnik, Bright

Gold Changing the World Frame by Frame

Roots of my Rhythm, The dance journey of Majid Kessab directed by Steve Won, Kaizen Studios

Gold Film School 10 mins and over

Bandits, directed by Nick Alexander, NFTS

Gold Creative Use of Sound

Malevolence, animated and directed by Eugenia Hamilton

Credits

Iran-e Man (ایران من)

Starring: Valentine @orientalismanbitch
Director: Naghmeh Pour @_npour
Producer: Sara Samsøe Moghaddas @lillesara
DOP: João de Botelho @joaodebotelho
1st AC: Bernardo Infante @baefante
Executive Producers: Joao de Botelho @joaodebotelho, Nathalie Cohen @ncohen82, Fabian Berglund @fab.berglund, Erik Torell, Trine Pillay @trinepillay, Thor Brammer Jacobsen @thorbrammer, Al Hopkins / Kinolibrary @kinolibrary, Yasaman Rezaee @yasamanrezaee, Nastaran Rezaee @nastaran_rezaeee.
A scarf collection idea by @pairidaeza
Editor: Adam Nielsen @adamklip
Colorist: Sofie Borup @sofie_borup
Composer & Writer: Lasse Martinussen & Sahar Pour @okayhealme @stikmig
Sound Designer: Kevin Koch @kevinkoch
VFX: T-VFX, Dmitry Venikov - CEO, Nazim Dzhalalov - Senior Producer, Vlad Vorobyev - Junior Producer @vladvorobyev, Max Alaev - CG Supervisor, Alikov Ksushka - Compositor, Koksharov Maksim - Compositor @nadia_voyakina @emma_mayer66 @yuriymamontov @Nazim_dzhalalon @falsedmitry @trehmerstrike @pashakalinin @xmax_cheguevara
Film Processing: Focus Film @focusfilmlab @ninaboriri @kodak_shootfilm
Producer Assistant: Rebecca Thorbøll @rebeccathorboll
Log & Load: Ludvig Frøkjær Thomsen @louiphoto
Online: Adam Benjamin Mikkelsen @_adambenjamin_
Post Producer: Sara Samsøe Moghaddas
Equipment: Storyline Studios

Split Second

Directed by Sinan Sevinç

Produced by Michael Hessenbruch, Marco Henn

Film School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Edi, short film

Directed by Jan Vrhovnik
Written by Jan Vrhovnik & Ana Kerin
Cinematography by Jan Vrhovnik
Starring - Edi Špiler, Erik Gabriel Novak, Erika Špiler
Executive Producers - Matej Marinko, Jan Vrhovnik
Production Company - Bright
Producer - Matej Marinko
Production Assistants - Vita Vlasic, Miha Skrt
Production Designer - Dan Pikalo
Stylist - Mia Ventin
Stylist Assistant - Barbara Režek
1st AC - Luc Vrhovnik
Editor - Bela Adami
Assistant Editor - Luc Vrhovnik
Colourist - Matic Prusnik
Graphic Designer - Sabina Špiler
Photographer - Urša Premik
Sound Design & Mix - Father Studio

Roots of my Rhythm, The dance journey of Majid Kessab

Director Steve Won
Production KAIZEN STUDIO
Client Red Bull
Executive Producer Andi Tillmann
Producer Timo Banemann
Dicrector of Photography Jonas Schneider
Editor Steve Won
Assistent Editor Georg Bungard
Colorist Julia Rosetti
Sound Simon Peter

Sound Design Marco Schnebel
Music Composer Insightful, Hawar Mikael
Featuring Majid Kessab, Mahir Kessab

Bandits, short film trailer

Director: Nick Alexander @nickalexanderfilm
Producer: Emma Grazette @emmagrazette
Screenwriter: Steve Lee @thestevenleeshow
Cinematographer: Toby Lloyd @tobyfilm
Production Designer: Nivitha Murilakrishna @nivitha.design
Production Manager: Jen Smith @jenifermadalyn1995
Assistant Directors: Matthew Hall @matthew.j.hall, Ben Plimley @b.plimley, Alex Christou @alexanderchristouu
Focus Puller: Etai Shomri
2nd AC: Alistair Searles
Production Sound Mixer: Roscoe Gibson-Denney @roscoegd
1st Assistant Sound: Will Rowe
2nd Assistant Sound: Jacopo Scutti @jacoposcutti
Editor: Billy Morley @billymorley
Sound Designer/Dubbing Mixer: Luke Barnfather @lukebarnfather
Composer: Max Uldahl Pedersen @maxuldahl
Motion Graphics & Titles Designer: Mikala Georgia Grante
Colourist/Online Editor: @maraciorba

Malevolence

Director / Producer / Animator: Eugenia Hamilton @24feugenia

Tags: Bright, Nick Alexander, Eugenia Hamilton, Kaizen Studios, Jan Vrhovnik, Naghmeh Pour, YDA 2023, Sinan Sevinc, Steve Won, New Land, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, YDA