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Entries open for the YDA 2021
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This year's Young Director Award has opened its doors for the next wave of advertising's directorial talent.
The Young Director Award 2021, organised in association with shots, is now open for entries.
The YDA jury will be chaired this year by Gijs Determeijer, Executive Producer and Partner at Amsterdam and Berlin-based production company and photography agency, HALAL.
The YDA is recognised as one of the most prestigious awards shows for - and accurate indicators of - aspiring directing talent in the advertising industry, and you can find out more about the categories, criteria and details for entering by clicking here.
There is also a new category introduced for 2021, the Super Short category, which will look for films that push the boundaries of creative storytelling and show what can be achieved in just 60 seconds.
The deadline for entry is May 14th, and for a full list of prices, including Early Bird and Multiple Entry discounts, please click here.
The YDA attracts over 500 global entrants each year and celebrates and rewards new directors from across the globe. Previous YDA winners include such talented and successful directors as Ringan Ledwidge, Hanna Maria Heidrich, Andreas Roth, We Are From LA and many more.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, details of the YDA ceremony will be announced in the near future, but there will, as there was last year, be an accompanying series of presentations, interviews and panel discussions during YDA Week which, this year, will broach the topic of freedom.
Also, alongside the main YDA competition, the YDA is running a pre-event contest to further highlight new directing talent in which entrants need to create a short film, the brief for which is simply, 'Born to Create Drama'.
It can be anything up to three minutes long and can be funny, scary, odd, exciting, unsettling… as long as it makes us sit up and take note. The competition is free-to-enter, and open to everyone, whether you’re filming alone with your smartphone, or go traditional and get a film crew involved – what’s important is the end, not the means. For more information, click here.
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