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One of the highlights of the Cannes calendar is the annual YDA (Young Director Award), and 2014's event was no disappointment. CFP-E President François Chilot welcomed over 1000 industry attendees, with the award show seeing 84 fresh-faced directors jet in to pick up the prestigious trophy.

Achieving both the Special Jury Award and Audience Award was Nexus' Kibwe Tavares, whose visually-stimulating film 'Jonah' elicited gasps from the audience. Other winners included a few faces formerly showcased at our 'Presents' screening nights: Park Village/Able&Baker's Remy Cayuela with 'Afterglow', PRETTYBIRD's Ian & Cooper with 'Back to Me' and 'Fortunes, an experimental comedy' from Greg Barth.

Speaking of the show, François was keen to stress, "The level of work in terms of craft as well as fresh ideas gets higher and higher and it's wonderful to see that the awards have become the leading international showcase for new directing talent. The winners are not only natural born storytellers with fresh original visual voices but so many are also experts doing their own editing, special effects and post. This genre is the future of film making."

Check out the list of winners here:



SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Director: Kibwe Tavares
Production Company: Nexus
Productions Country: UK
 
AUDIENCE AWARD
 
Director: Kibwe Tavares
Production Company: Nexus Productions
Country: UK

YDA 2014 WINNERS ANIMATION EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Directors: Vincent Pianina and Lorenzo Papace
Production Company: La Suite Numerique
Country: France
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Elliot Dear Production
Company: Blinkink
Country: UK
 
ANIMATION NORTHERN AMERICA
 
2nd Prize Award
Fade
Director: Josh Lopata
Production Company: Rabbit Troupe Films
Country: USA

ANIMATION ASIA PACIFIC
 
1st Prize Award
Phantom Limb
Director: Alex Grigg
Production Company: N/A
Country: Australia
 
MUSIC VIDEO EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Jim Demuth
Production Company: Park Village/Able&Baker
Country: UK
 
1st Prize Award
Afterglow
Director: Remy Cayuela
Production Company: Park Village/Able&Baker
Country: UK


 
MUSIC VIDEO NORTHERN AMERICA
 
1st Prize Award
Back to Me
Director: Ian & Cooper
Production Company: PRETTYBIRD
Country: USA
 
MUSIC VIDEO ASIA PACIFIC
NO PRIZE
 
MUSIC VIDEO AFRICA 

2nd Prize Award 
Haezer -­‐ Minted
Director: Wim Steytler
Production Company: Picturetree
Country: South Africa
 
TEST COMMERCIAL EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Alex Eslam
Production Company: Who's mcqueen picture GmbH
Country: Germany
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Ciaran Foy
Production Company: Assembly Studios Ltd
Country: Ireland
 
TEST COMMERCIAL NORTHERN AMERICA
NO PRIZE


 
SHORT FILM EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Sea Chair
Director: Juriaan Booij
Production Company: RSA Films
Ltd Country: UK
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Will Robson-­‐Scott
Production Company: N/A
Country: UK
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Kibwe Tavares
Production Company: Nexus Productions
Country: UK
 
SHORT FILM NORTHERN AMERICA
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Hughes William Thompson
Production Company: Generator
Country: USA
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Conor Byrne
ProductionCompany: Hungry Man / Brudder Films
Country: USA
 
SHORT FILM ASIA PACIFIC
 
2nd Prize Award 
Oba-­‐Chan
Director: Mackenzie Sheppard
Production company: Ima-­‐gen
Country: Japan
 
1st Prize Award
A Man
Director: Tomoichiro Setsuda
Production Company: N/A
Country: Japan


 
SHORT FILM LATIN AMERICA
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Ian Ruschel
Production Company: Stink Sao Paulo
Country: Brazil
 
FILMSCHOOL EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Theo von Asmuth
Production Company: Hochschule Darmstadt
Country: Germany
 
2nd Prize Award
The Storyteller
Director: Milan Ruben Kappen
Production Company: Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Country: Germany
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Andreas Bruns
Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-­‐Württemberg
Country: Germany
 
FILM SCHOOL NORTHERN AMERICA
 
NO PRIZE
 
FILM SCHOOL ASIA PACIFIC
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Matthew Thorne
Production Company: N/A
Country: Australia
 
VIDEO ART EUROPE
 
Director: Greg Barth
Production Company: Greg Barth
Country: UK
 
VIDEO ART ASIA PACIFIC
NO PRIZE


 
CHARITY EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Josh Dawson
Production Company: Radical Media
Country: Germany
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Mary Nighy
Production Company:
White Lodge
Country: UK

1st Prize Award
Director: Ed Morris
Production Company: Rattling Stick
Country: UK
 
CHARITY NORTHERN AMERICA
 
NO PRIZE
 
CHARITY ASIA PACIFIC
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Craig Rasmus
Production Company: The Feds
Country: Australia
 
WEB FILM EUROPE
 
2nd Prize Award
Impress Mum
Director: The Turner Brothers
Production Company: Offkey Creatives
Country: UK
 
1st Prize Award
LG MINI BEAMER
Director: Jonathan Elbers
Production Company: Comrad
Country: The Netherlands
 
WEB FILM NORTHERN AMERICA
 
2nd Prize Award
Director: Henry Chen & Ssong Yang
Production Company: Storybox Films
Country: USA
 
1st Prize Award
Director: Alberto Belli
Production Company: Accomplice Media
Country: USA
 
WEB FILM ASIA PACIFIC
 
NO PRIZE

BROADCAST EUROPE
 
1st Prize Award
Icons
Director: Us
Production Company: Academy Films
Country: UK
 
BROADCAST NORTHERN AMERICA
 
1st Prize Award
What's There
Director: David Quinn
Production Company: Sons and Daughters
Productions Country: Canada
 
YDA PRODUCER AWARD 2014
 
Iconoclast
France
 

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