Winners
Young Director Award 2025
Special Jury Award
New Cavaliers - Reebok LTD
Otman Qrita
Producer: Horace de Gunzbourg
Production: Aswan
France
Special Mention
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut
Producer: Emily Harris
Production: OPC
Canada
Gold Screen
What was I made for
Anja Giele
Producer: Lea Staron, Soraya Szendi
Production: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Gold Screen
En anden udgang (Another way out)
Joachim Morre
Producer: Christian Lønhart & Christina Wolstrup
Production: isaac production
Denmark
Gold Screen
New Cavaliers - Reebok LTD
Otman Qrita
Producer: Horace de Gunzbourg
Production: Aswan
France
Gold Screen
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut
Producer: Emily Harris
Production: OPC
Canada
Gold Screen
If I could fly
Alexander Kühn
Producer: Marco Henn
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Gold Screen
Through My Eyes
Leve Kühl
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt, Julian Sünram, Niklas Straub
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Gold Screen
If I could fly
Alexander Kühn
Producer: Marco Henn
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Gold Screen
Ocado, Life Delivered
Louis McCourt
Producer: Lee Groombridge
Production: Love Song
United Kingdom
Gold Screen
Paralympic Team Belgium 'The Empty Seat'
Milo Blake
Producer: Sarah Rastelli
Production: Spindle / Being
United Kingdom
Gold Screen
Through My Eyes
Leve Kühl
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt, Julian Sünram, Niklas Straub
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Gold Screen
New Cavaliers - Reebok LTD
Otman Qrita
Producer: Horace de Gunzbourg
Production: Aswan
France
Gold Screen
If I could fly
Alexander Kühn
Producer: Marco Henn
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Gold Screen
Through My Eyes
Leve Kühl
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt, Julian Sünram, Niklas Straub
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Gold Screen
Dandelion
Fiona Obertinca
Producer: Tori Ichikowitz
Production: American Film Institute Conservatory
United States
Gold Screen
Driving Round Looking For Unknown
Folkert Verdoorn & Simon Becks
Producer: Luc Hueber
Production: magna studios & Le Berg & Luc Krystof Hueber & 100%
United Kingdom
Gold Screen
shiversucker
Tanner K Williams
Producer: Magen Ashley Young
Production: Magna Studios
United Kingdom
Gold Screen
Turkish Oil Wrestling
Jan Hellwich & Samet Yalcin
Producer: Massuda Kassem & Frank Hoffmann
Production: Mutter & Vater Productions GmbH
Germany
Gold Screen
En anden udgang (Another way out)
Joachim Morre
Producer: Christian Lønhart & Christina Wolstrup
Production: isaac production
Denmark
Gold Screen
I Hate Helen
Katie Lambert
Producer: Martha McGuirk
Production: Stink & MrMr Films
United Kingdom
Gold Screen
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut
Producer: Emily Harris
Production: OPC
Canada
Gold Screen
MY KIND OF PEOPLE
Joe Picozzi
Producer: Lauren Germani, Alex Berard, Joe Picozzi
Production: Daughouse Creative
United States
Silver Screen
Burn
Ataka51
Producer: Hugo Diaz, Emmanuelle Atlan
Production: Henry / Farago Projects
France
Silver Screen
Les Lettres de Krakovie
Antoine Dahan, Clément Delaby, Rayan Takhedmit
Production: Les Monstres
France
Silver Screen
Sense of Place
Mija Kembre
Producer: Mija Kembre
Production: Some Films
Lithuania
Silver Screen
Through My Eyes
Leve Kühl
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt, Julian Sünram, Niklas Straub
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Silver Screen
Willy Chavarria - Tarantula
Otman Qrita
Producer: Ousmane Ly
Production: Aswan
France
Silver Screen
YDA Jury Presentation 2024
Henrik Dyb Zwart
Producer: Axel Herrlin
Production: Bacon
Norway
Silver Screen
Ad Council "Listening Is A Form of Love"
Alex Fischman Cárdenas
Producer: Amalia Bradstreet
Production: Greenpoint Pictures
United States
Silver Screen
Name The Bias
Naghmeh Pour
Producer: Sofia Klitgaard
Production: new—land
Denmark
Silver Screen
Generation Gaza - The Lost Generation
Ferhat Gurini
Producer: Alicia Moon Winding
Production: Bacon
Denmark
Silver Screen
Name The Bias
Naghmeh Pour
Producer: Sofia Klitgaard
Production: new—land
Denmark
Silver Screen
Sea Eye - Like a Fish
Oliver Bernotat
Producer: Tobias Stiegler; EP: Simon Fessler
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
BGMI : Live the Battlegrounds
Vinod Ravi
Production: Brown Crew Productions
India
Silver Screen
PREMIER MATCH
Enya Baroux
Producer: India Demange
Production: OBVIOUS
France
Silver Screen
Projecting Life
Jackie Bao
Producer: Marija Djikic
Production: Biscuit Filmworks
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
Sea Eye - Like a Fish
Oliver Bernotat
Producer: Tobias Stiegler; EP: Simon Fessler
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
You Are What You Watch
Jan Sederlöf
Producer: Henkka Hämäläinen
Production: Breakfast Helsinki
Finland
Silver Screen
SOS...---... But Don't Worry If Not
Florence Poppy Deary
Producer: Daniel Linnik-Zhuravliov
Production: Biscuit Filmworks and Wieden+Kennedy London
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
YDA Jury Presentation 2024
Henrik Dyb Zwart
Producer: Axel Herrlin
Production: Bacon
Norway
Silver Screen
Pillow Fight
Elias Ben Dahhou
Producer: Niklas Straub, Simon Fessler, Tobias Paul
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
Mzia Leaves the Room
Madeline Leary
Producer: Giorgi Dalvadze
United States
Silver Screen
The Last Observers
Maja K Mikkelsen
Producer: Adam Mikkelsen
Production: Patagonia
United States
Silver Screen
BLOODY MARY
Katharina Schnekenbühl, Diego Oliva Tejeda, Sophie Lahusen, Luis Seemann
Producer: Cora Weiger, Katharina Schnekenbühl, Diego Oliva Tejeda
Production: University of Television and Film Munich
Germany
Silver Screen
MILK
Fariba Buchheim
Producer: Paul Jax
Production: We Make Them Wonder
Germany
Silver Screen
What was I made for
Anja Giele
Producer: Lea Staron, Soraya Szendi
Production: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
WIE WUNDERSCHÖN / HOW WONDERFUL
Lea Thurner
Producer: Priska Kraft, Sebastian Sicker
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Silver Screen
Backseat
Anne-Sofie Lindgaard
Producer: Claud Cunningham
Production: National Film & Television School
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
Cuerpos
Reiff Gaskell
Producer: Amanda Orzechowska
Production: National Film and Television School
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
The Bull
Victor Nauwynck
Producer: Patrick James Verlin
Production: PICLOC LTD
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
We Beg To Differ
Ruairí Bradley
Producer: Thomas Purdy and Ruairí Bradley
Production: 46APRODUCTIONS
Ireland
Silver Screen
Lady Gaga, Abracadabra
Bethany Vargas
Producer: Roisín Audrey Moloney
Production: Love Song
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
Plus rien n'est grave - Wallace Cleaver
Sang Froid
Producer: Germain Robin, Andréa Thirion
Production: Ocurens Content
France
Silver Screen
Thrown Around
The Reids
Producer: Will Preston-George, Rory Mills
Production: The Rascal Film Company
United Kingdom
Silver Screen
If I could fly
Alexander Kühn
Producer: Marco Henn
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
Sea Eye - Like a Fish
Oliver Bernotat
Producer: Tobias Stiegler; EP: Simon Fessler
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Silver Screen
The 'Conversation'
Archie Hancock, Jack Zimmerman
Production: TALLY
Australia
Silver Screen
Shush
Jane Moriarty
Producer: Jo Halpin
Production: Charmer Pictures Limited
Ireland
Silver Screen
Fire at Will
Morgan Gruer
Producer: Sandra Tan
Production: Prom Creative
United States
Silver Screen
The Hairline
Ludvig Frøkjær Thomsen
Producer: William Steen
Production: new—land
Denmark
Silver Screen
Merci - Wallace Cleaver
Sang Froid
Producer: Germain Robin, Andréa Thirion
Production: Ocurens Content
France
Silver Screen
Olive
Tom Koch
Producer: Astrid Lark and Anthony James Faure
Production: Mes Films en Couleur
United States
Silver Screen
One Day This Kid
Alexander Farah
Producer: Joaquin Cardoner
Production: Wallop Film & Boldly
Canada
Silver Screen
Reckless
Gustav Werner
Producer: Gustav Rørne & Morris Allerup
Production: Bacon Production
Denmark
Silver Screen
WE BEG TO DIFFER
Ruairi Bradley
Producer: Thomas Purdy / Ruairi Bradley
Production: 46a Productions
Ireland
Silver Screen
Shazam: Unleash The Beat
Regina Gutierrez Wilson
Producer: Aryan Gupta
Production: Twisted Hammocks
United States
Silver Screen
HELL
Tom Brett
Producer: Maddie Woods
Production: Blink Productions
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Heetch - Les Pigeons pas Pigeons
Mehdi Alavi
Producer: Pierre Cazenave-Kaufman & Cédric Barus
Production: SOLDATS
France
Shortlist
So Close
Juan Pablo Machado
Producer: Julien de Lestrange
Production: Passion Pictures Paris
France
Shortlist
Football à la Francaise
Adrien Lagier & Roman Bellity
Producer: Kasia Staniaszek
Production: Big productions
France
Shortlist
Nike x Spotify "The Alchemist"
MONDE
Producer: Nomtha Dano, Bunmi Oyateru.
Production: SHIBOBO PTY LTD // OCURENS (PARIS/LDN)
South Africa
Shortlist
S E K I R O
Zen Pace
Producer: Henry Wolf
Production: Black Screen Productions | No Face Studio
United States
Shortlist
Welcome to the Factory
Gibson Hazard
Producer: Liam Akiva
Production: ProdCo
United States
Shortlist
World of Numbers - Meridian
Dan French
Producer: Marco D'Angelo (EP), Kate Galytska (EP), Yumi Suyama (EP), Adrian Cheung, Tadas Vaitmonas, Airees Angellakis, Phoebe Baltazar
Production: Impossible Studios
Canada
Shortlist
La Duarte con Paris
Reina
Producer: Adonis Macias
Production: Azulroto
Spain
Shortlist
Pillow Fight
Elias Ben Dahhou
Producer: Niklas Straub, Simon Fessler, Tobias Paul
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Shortlist
PROJECT YELLOW LIGHT - LOVE/STORY
QUENTIN DERONZIER
Producer: ANNA ROUDAUT
Production: LE PAC (LA\PAC US structure)
France
Shortlist
Sandy Hook Promise 'Back-2-School'
Luke Jaden
Producer: Diane Michelle
Production: Octagon Haus
United States
Shortlist
Songbirds
Lauren Maya Davis
Producer: Kevin Ivey
UK / USA
Shortlist
PROJECT YELLOW LIGHT - LOVE/STORY
QUENTIN DERONZIER
Producer: ANNA ROUDAUT
Production: LE PAC (LA\PAC US structure)
France
Shortlist
ROM "Become A Witness"
Jeremi Durand
Producer: Liane Thomas & Joan Bell
Production: Skin & Bones Film
Canada
Shortlist
Sandy Hook Promise 'Back-2-School'
Luke Jaden
Producer: Diane Michelle
Production: ArtClass Content
United States
Shortlist
The Swedish Cancer Society - It gets better
Louise Wachtmeister
Producer: Ida Larsson
Production: Camp David Film
Sweden
Shortlist
Through My Eyes
Leve Kühl
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt, Julian Sünram, Niklas Straub
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Shortlist
150 Years of Audemars Piguet
Camille Boumans
Producer: James Youngs
Production: Partizan
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Copin The Lipstick/ The Fall
Rayan Habhab
Producer: Germain Robin, Léa Letzelter
Production: Ocurens Content
France
Shortlist
EE, The Shirt
Saman Aminzadeh
Producer: John Bannister
Production: Love Song
United Kingdom
Shortlist
H024 Global
Pietro Biz Biasia
Producer: AP Studio
Production: London Alley
United States
Shortlist
Lacoste x MCR
Léa Ceheivi
Producer: Horace de Gunzbourg
Production: Aswan
France
Shortlist
Le Chameau
Maria Lax
Producer: Chesk Walker
Production: Art Practice
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Silent Night
Daniel&Szymon
Producer: Ewen Brown
Production: Arts & Sciences
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Take Flight Merch Campaign - ‘The Dragon’
Douglas Reddan & Leah Moore
Producer: Onai Tafuma
Production: Lost Boyz Studios
Ireland
Shortlist
The One Under The Sun
Erin Murray
Producer: Rocky Bice
Production: Florence
United States
Shortlist
WIE WUNDERSCHÖN / HOW WONDERFUL
Lea Thurner
Producer: Priska Kraft, Sebastian Sicker
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Shortlist
You've already won - Converse x Daily Paper
Otman Qrita
Producer: Horace de Gunzbourg
Production: Aswan
France
Shortlist
Behind the Passwords
Yanik Zollinger
Producer: Flo Brunner
Production: Farbfilm Studio GmbH
Switzerland
Shortlist
Football à la Francaise
Adrien Lagier & Roman Bellity
Producer: Kasia Staniaszek
Production: Big productions
France
Shortlist
EDGE OF SPACE
Jean de Meuron
Producer: Jean de Meuron, Nicolas Emiliani, Elena Bawiec
Production: JdM Entertainment
Switzerland
Shortlist
The Summoning
Vanessa Stachel
Producer: Viktor Presber, Gerd Scherrmann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Shortlist
My Name is Jack
Nolan Sarner
Producer: Liane Thomas
Production: Skin and Bones Film Company
Canada
Shortlist
Uhuru
Olz McCoy
Producer: Natasha Fothergill-Misbah
Production: Toy Soldier Films
United Kingdom
Shortlist
You can be my eyes, I can be your ears - Jodie's Story
Lorenzo Sorbini
Producer: Matt Diegan
Production: Earthling FIlms
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Come As You Are
Verena Zwaygardt
Producer: Luisa Kauer, Gerd Scherrmann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Shortlist
Coming Into Frame
Lea Jäger, Zhamilya Sakhari
Producer: Gordian Loomans
Production: University of Television and Film Munich
Germany
Shortlist
SOLO
Vincent Boehringer
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Shortlist
The Summoning
Vanessa Stachel
Producer: Viktor Presber, Gerd Scherrmann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Shortlist
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung
Producer: Charlie Chen, Jay Lee
Production: LUCKYSPARKS
Taiwan
Shortlist
Before Fireworks
Xueyang Niu
Producer: Xueyang Niu
Production: Film United LLC
United States
Shortlist
Farewell
Soham Kundu
Producer: Vishnu Krishnan, Soham Kundu, Aadi Chabukswar
Production: Half Half Films
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Hold... Please!
Asa Gartland
Producer: Luobing Ye
Production: London Film School
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Neither Donkey Nor Horse
Robin Wang
Producer: Ellen Eliasoph, Jesse Aultman, Aslan Dalgic, Lilith Mo, Chirsten Vanderbilt Ellis
Production: USC School of Cinematic Arts
United States
Shortlist
Prisoner
Rame Ibrahim
Producer: Rame Ibrahim, Maanvi Chowdhary
Production: Barbed Wire Prod.
Canada
Shortlist
Saving Art
Remi R.M. Moses
Producer: Victor Nauwynck, Jing Zhao, Dami Adeyeye
Production: The London Film School
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Tommy My Neighbour
Željka Županić
Production: The National Film School at IADT
Ireland
Shortlist
Event of a fire
Emile Moutaud
Producer: Lola Idounda
Production: LA\PAC
France
Shortlist
Fortuno, Wanna Believe U
Ja'Lisa Arnold
Producer: Donisha Wilburn
Production: Love Song
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Here's The Thing
Luna Carmoon
Producer: Chris Murdoch
Production: ProdCo
United States
Shortlist
Jovem MK - Meu Karma
Paladino
Producer: Rodrigo Castello, Konrad Dantas, Alana Leguth, Mariê Nunes e Eduardo Saraiva
Brazil
Shortlist
Kean Kavanagh 'A Cowboy Song'
Kojaque and Robert Bass
Producer: Aoife Leonard and Edelle Kenny
Ireland
Shortlist
OUR OWN WAY
Douglas Reddan & Rob De Boer
Production: Big Style Media House
Ireland
Shortlist
Prelude to Ecstasy
Harv Frost
Producer: Isabella Culver
Production: KODE
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Rema - Ozeba
Jackson Lee Forsythe
Producer: George Telfer
Production: Academy Films
United Kingdom
Shortlist
A little while longer
Emilie Fabricius Hacke
Producer: Fie Emilie Jørgensen & Christian Lønhart
Production: isaac production
Denmark
Shortlist
In The Instant
Filip Haglund
Producer: Justine Priestley and Jasmine Dhingra
Production: Really Bright Media
United Kingdom
Shortlist
MISSING
Ali Kneer
Producer: Joana Grabowsky
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH; Hamburg Media School
Germany
Shortlist
PEARL
Alexander Norek
Producer: Jack Gregory Donald, Sabrina Neuhaus, Sina Lübke
Production: peoplegrapher GmbH
Germany
Shortlist
The Wayfarer
Veronika Jelšíková
Producer: Kristina Přikrylová
Production: Stink
Czech Republic
Shortlist
We Were
Jonah Haber
Producer: Michael Ren
Production: Ibuki Studios
Canada
Shortlist
I'm Yours
Laura O' Shea
Producer: Paul Webster & Nathan Griffin
Production: Deadpan Pictures
Ireland
Shortlist
First Ramen
Henrik Hanson
Producer: John Lissert
Production: Henrik Hanson Film AB
Sweden
Shortlist
ICE
Haruna Takahara
Producer: Shota Yasuoka
Production: HAT
Japan
Shortlist
If I could fly
Alexander Kühn
Producer: Marco Henn
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Shortlist
IM PERFECTION
Mika Sasaki
Producer: Takehisa Asahina, Takuya Kondo
Production: TYO inc.
Japan
Shortlist
OBSTACLE
Mayuka Kawamura
Producer: Kazuki Utagawa, Kohei Kawaguchi
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Japan
Shortlist
Pop
S.K. Rapport
Producer: Torrin Blades, Jeff So
Production: SKR Films
Canada
Shortlist
The Last Dumpling
Jadey Duffield
Production: DreamMore Films
United Kingdom
Shortlist
Aftertime
Julius von Kauffmann
Producer: Sebastian Braae
Production: Circus Alphaville
Denmark
Shortlist
Concrete
Eli Vidis Newman
Producer: Annika Dawson
Production: LoveChild & Bricini
United States
Shortlist
EDGE OF SPACE
Jean de Meuron
Producer: Jean de Meuron, Nicolas Emiliani, Elena Bawiec
Production: JdM Entertainment
Switzerland
Shortlist
No Faces
Louis McCourt
Producer: Ray Okudzeto + Nadia Jaynes
Production: Love Song
United Kingdom
Shortlist
The Mourning Of
Merced Elizondo
Producer: Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto, Alan Hodge, Merced Elizondo
Production: Driven Equation
United States
Shortlist
The Wayfarer
Veronika Jelšíková
Producer: Kristina Přikrylová
Production: Stink
Czech Republic
Shortlist
Things We Don't See
Louise Hylland
Producer: Kiril Schjørring, Katrine Dolmer
Production: Creative KID
Denmark
Shortlist
Doritos Mortis
Reece Daniels
Producer: Jivensley Alexis, Reece Daniels, Jack Degnan, Nick Knezevich
Production: Kairon Pictures
United States
Shortlist
Fiat “Too Good To Be True”
Carlos Mario Rodriguez
Producer: Aryan Gupta
Production: Twisted Hammock
United States
Shortlist
Pillow Fight
Elias Ben Dahhou
Producer: Niklas Straub, Simon Fessler, Tobias Paul
Production: Simon & Paul GmbH
Germany
Shortlist
Team Tough
Paul Alexander Peschke
Producer: Jacob Burckhardt
Production: UPPERFAST
Germany
Shortlist
The Gray Menace
Florian Reittner
Producer: Clemens Finger
Production: Nautilus.film
Austria
