How Losing Voices broadcasts the silenced
With press freedoms under threat, Elias Ben Dahhou, whose work for the Committee to Protect Journalists won YDA Gold in Film School, Passion Projects and Changing the World Frame by Frame, explains his mission to raise up the voices of those who’ve suffered from speaking out.
Tom Oliver sounds it out for Ella Douglas
Director Tom Oliver won Gold Screen for Creative Use Of Sound at this years YDA. Here he shares how he fell into directing, used the power of post, and taking things one project at a time.
Olivia de Camps' bold and beautiful YDA win
Picking up a Gold Screen in the Commercial category at the YDA, as well as a Cannes Lions Grand Prix, SMUGGLER director Olivia de Camps' spot for The Ordinary defies usual beauty commercial conventions. Here, she talks about bucking trends, taking chances and winning big.
Sophia Smith is in bloom
Director Sophia Smith won Gold in the Short Film - Up to 10 mins category at this year's YDA. Here she talks about instagrammable phenomena, her journey into filmmaking and her potential future in the industry.
Lucy Knox's hidden gem
Director Lucy Knox's YDA Gold-winning documentary, Opal Fever, captures the experiences of women living in an isolated opal mining town. Here, she shares the joy of finding stories on the ground and going back to her video art roots.
Markus Tangre's pulling the strings of a YDA win
Bacon director Markus Tangre picked up a Gold Screen in the Short Film (Up to 10 mins) category at this year's YDA for his beautiful and thoughtful film Ivar. Here, he talks about puppetry, experimentation, and making films people can engage with.
How Kevin Koch scored with Naples
After winning YDA Gold for Sotto il Vesuvio, director Kevin Koch explains why limited film stock, unpredictable crowds and a little footballing fate helped shape his vivid portrait of the city.
YDA Winner Clément Lefer gets lost in the post
French director Clément Lefer won Gold in the Documentary - Up to 10 mins category at this YDA. Here he talks shooting his beautiful film The Missing Post Office, working with Katsuhisa Nakata, the 91-year-old former postmaster, and his future filmmaking plans.
How Kitalé Wilson found the light
Wilson, who won YDA Gold in the Documentary category for his profound portrait of street photographer Richard Sandler, tells shots about the life flowing through his subject's work and how an analogue artist deals with 'digital dust'.
Whetstone & Gendron's passion to succeed
Picking up a well-deserved gold in the Passion Project category at this year's Young Director Award for their U-Haul film, The Way to What's Ahead, directors Devin Whetstone and Micah Gendron discuss casting, craft and collaboration.
Gustav Bondeson's curveballs and beautiful chaos
Director Gustav Bondeson's ad for RF-SISU, Where Do We Play, won a YDA Gold Screen in the Charity Commercial category. Here, he chats about embracing the mayhem of directing 50 kids on ice skates.
Sai Karan Talwar's multidimensional villain
YDA Gold Screen-winning director Sai Karan Talwar discusses how his short film, I AM THE PRIZE, uses performance and character to explore shame, contradiction and the cost of living by an ideology.