Winners
Young Director Award 2021
Special Jury Prize
A Dark Moment of Faith
Zornitsa Dimitrova
Producer: Stefanie Goedicke
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Made For Hoomans - Series
Marleen Valien
Producer: Daniel Kottirsch
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Two Nightmares in my Story
Vincent Gibaud
Producer: Sebastien Producer
Production: Jungler
Gold Screen
Taj Mahal presents… A Short Film
David Dearlove
Producer: Neil Linpow
Production: Big Trouble Films
Gold Screen
Unboxing
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Producer: Lisa Mehling, Pat McGoldrick
Production: Chelsea Pictures in association with Big Fun Films
Gold Screen
A Dark Moment of Faith
Zornitsa Dimitrova
Producer: Stefanie Goedicke
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Born Guilty
Sinan Sevinç
Producer: Felix Antretter, Michael Hessenbruch & Stefanie Gödicke
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Widen the Screen
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Producer: Lisa Mehling, Pat McGoldrick, Kenton Cummings
Production: Chelsea Pictures
Gold Screen
Born Guilty
Sinan Sevinç
Producer: Felix Antretter, Michael Hessenbruch, Stefanie Gödicke
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Cold Blow Lane
Luca Homolka
Producer: Marcus Merten
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Gold Screen
Made For Hoomans - Serie
Marleen Valien
Producer: Daniel Kottirsch
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Apart, Together
Olivia Hang Zhou
Producer: Blanca Balleste
Production: American Film Institute
Gold Screen
It's So Charming
Svend Colding
Producer: Miki Schack
Production: 18Frames
Gold Screen
REVIVED
Christian Schilling
Producer: Christian Arnold, Daniel Kottirsch
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Dirty Money
Sinan Sevinç & Dominik Ströhle
Producer: Yili Baumann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
A Dark Moment of Faith
Zornitsa Dimitrova
Producer: Stefanie Goedicke
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Gold Screen
Sit Still
Vincent René-Lortie
Producer: Élise Lardinois
Production: Telescope Films
Silver Screen
Meow or Never
Neeraja Raj
Producer: Diana Põdra @ National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Production: Nexus Studios
Silver Screen
Wooden Metropolis
Paul Carrera
Producer: Ilker Yilmazalp
Production: PXGroup
Silver Screen
YDA 2020 Jury Presentation
Holger Karberg
Producer: Nicholas Perry
Production: Bacon
Silver Screen
Balloon Boy
Alexander Gilbert
Producer: Alexander Gilbert
Silver Screen
PANJE
Steve Won
Producer: Kerstin Reulen, Ricardo Colacurcio
Production: Rocket Film GmbH
Silver Screen
There's Something Going Around.
Anthony Rubinstein
Producer: Anthony Rubinstein
Production: not signed
Silver Screen
Dantes Heartbeats
Marcus Ibanez
Producer: Ylva Axell
Production: New Land
Silver Screen
Unboxing
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Producer: Lisa Mehling, Pat McGoldrick
Production: Chelsea Pictures in association with Big Fun Films
Silver Screen
Google Woman
Vanessa Moriya
Producer: Prodigo Films
Production: Prodigo Films
Silver Screen
Dirty Money
Sinan Sevinç & Dominik Ströhle
Producer: Yili Baumann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Silver Screen
Never Again
Mario Dahl
Producer: Stefanie Gödicke
Production: Kojoten Filmproduktion & Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Silver Screen
REVIVED
Christian Schilling
Producer: Christian Arnold, Daniel Kottirsch
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Silver Screen
Changeling
Zinnini Elkington
Producer: Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard
Production: Nordisk Film / SAM Productions / Circus Alphaville
Silver Screen
MASS AVE
Omar S. Kamara
Producer: Guo Guo
Production: American Film Institute
Silver Screen
Seiva Bruta (Under the Heavens)
Gustavo Milan
Producer: Gustavo Morozini
Production: Nanucha Films
Silver Screen
Who Goes There?
Astrid Thorvaldsen
Producer: Leah Bethany Jones
Production: National Film and Television School
Silver Screen
13 block feat. Niska - Tieks
Roman Lagier & Ilya Chemetoff
Producer: Adeus
Production: Adeus
Silver Screen
Parachute
Taisia Deeva
Producer: Karina Tateosyan
Production: Martini Shots
Silver Screen
SKY BREAKING CLOUDS FALLING
MATVEY FIKS
Producer: FRANCESCO RIZZO
Production: BIRTH / Stereotactic
Silver Screen
Bubba Wallace - Progress Owes No Apology
Wesley Walker
Producer: Dustin Callif, Nancy Hacohen, Rob Sexton
Production: Tool of NA
Silver Screen
Dantes Heartbeats
Marcus Ibanez
Producer: Ylva Axell
Production: New Land
Silver Screen
Found Me
David Findlay
Producer: Joaquin Cardoner & Livia Pizzamiglio Dion
Production: Les Enfants
Silver Screen
Pokerface
Alexander Kühn
Producer: GEORGE TELFER
Production: Radial Media
Silver Screen
Union Jake
Luuk Walschot
Producer: Hannah Padding
Production: Bandit Amsterdam
Silver Screen
Stare
Devon Ferguson
Producer: Devon Ferguson
Production: dsffilms
Silver Screen
My Time
Giulia Gandini
Producer: Abby Mizon
Production: Snapper Films
Silver Screen
Taj Mahal presents… A Short Film
David Dearlove
Producer: Neil Linpow
Production: Big Trouble Films
Silver Screen
viewers: 1
Yosuke Kobayashi / Daigo Hariya
Producer: Yosuke Kobayashi / Daigo Hariya
Silver Screen
ANT
Mischa Meyer
Producer: Sascha Peuckert
Production: Mischa Meyer, Inc.
Silver Screen
Summer Animals
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Producer: Adrien Cothier, Lauren Owen, Artemis Shaw, Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Production: Pulse Films
Silver Screen
Ekstasis
Emilie Badenhorst
Producer: Salim El Arja
Production: Couscous
Silver Screen
The Dream That Refused Me
Jabu Nadia Newman
Producer: Rozanne Rocha-Gray, Didi Exelby
Production: Romance
Shortlist
It's A Messy Business
Laurie Rowan
Producer: Rebecca Archer
Production: Nexus Studios
Shortlist
Snakehips & Jess Glynne "Lie For You" ft. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie & Davido
Nicholas Lam
Producer: Isaac Rice
Production: Hound Content
Shortlist
Billie - Founder Video
Bine Bach Damsgård
Producer: Disco Meisch
Production: Bacon
Shortlist
Dirty Money
Sinan Sevinç & Dominik Ströhle
Producer: Yili Baumann
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Shortlist
Is it Over?
Drew Pollins
Producer: Mike Goldstein, Stefan Feldman
Production: The Heist
Shortlist
LOLA
Sophia Smith
Producer: Rebecca Bidner-Goldstone
Production: OPC Films
Shortlist
No Choice
Oliver Bernotat
Producer: Carlos Jorczik
Production: AL DENTE ENTERTAINMENT GmbH
Shortlist
The Taster
Daniel Kontur
Producer: Szabolcs Moradi
Production: Kontur Pictures Ltd.
Shortlist
Never Again
Mario Dahl
Producer: Stefanie Gödicke
Production: Kojoten Filmproduktion
Shortlist
Skaters Vote
Colin Read
Producer: Johnny Hernandez, Joseph Barbalaco
Production: Sea Cow & Pulse Films
Shortlist
The Boys Have Spoken
Java Jacobs
Producer: Mary O'Connell & Java Jacobs
Production: 1/33 Productions
Shortlist
Wè (Seen)
Rodney Passé
Producer: Annalise Yuri Murphy
Production: Greenpoint Pictures
Shortlist
Be Seen
Bianca Poletti
Producer: Francesca Lentini
Production: Mrs. Wright
Shortlist
Color of Change - Love Says
Mischa Meyer
Producer: Rocco Kopecny
Production: Optimist Studios
Shortlist
Football Beyond Borders "Abi: Being Black & 6Teen"
Lainey Richardson
Producer: Natasha Bloom
Production: Caviar
Shortlist
Hennessy 'Unfinished Business'
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Producer: Chelsea Greenwood
Production: Second Child
Shortlist
Les ados
Julie Navarro
Producer: Pierre Rambaldi
Production: Big Productions
Shortlist
Locked Down And Out
Lucrecia Taormina
Producer: Joseph J. Goldman
Production: FRIEND
Shortlist
Parkinson
Bjarke Underbjerg
Producer: Sara Samsøe, Lasse Bugge Schmidt, Naghmeh Pour
Production: new—land
Shortlist
Pokerface
Alexander Kühn
Producer: GEORGE TELFER
Production: Radial Media
Shortlist
Pride In London - Hesitation
Chris Fowles
Producer: Alex White
Production: Hoi Polloi
Shortlist
Togetherness
Christina Amundsen
Producer: Mette Jermiin
Production: Bacon
Shortlist
When The World Stopped
Martin Furze
Producer: Nikolaj Burgaard
Production: Mayday Film / Bacon
Shortlist
When Will She Be Right
Madeline Kelly
Producer: Lucas Jenner and Alex Hay
Production: Rabbit
Shortlist
Appenzeller Cheese | Nightmare
Giger Brothers
Producer: Yves Bollag
Production: stories AG
Shortlist
La Chaussette
Frank Ychou
Producer: Cédric Barus, Elsa Rakotoson
Production: Frenzy Paris
Shortlist
Two Brothers
Géraldine Nakache
Producer: Sayde Barak & Romain Manson
Production: Quad Stories / QUAD GROUP
Shortlist
Under Armour - The Guilty Ones
Dawit N.M.
Producer: Salim El Arja
Production: Couscous
Shortlist
B-SIDE OF LIFE
Vincent Sylvain
Producer: Michael Hessenbruch, Lisa Purtscher
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Shortlist
Carhartt WIP - Working on society
Vincent Boehringer
Producer: Britt Abrecht & Bernhard Strobel
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Shortlist
Commuters
Pip White
Producer: Marc Tarczali
Production: American Film Institute
Shortlist
MEMORIES OF A SOUNDED PAST
Leon Guallart Díaz
Producer: Leon Guallart Díaz
Production: not signed
Shortlist
Silence Out Of Control
Helena Herb
Producer: Paul Scholten, Alexander Bergmann
Production: Munipal Film
Shortlist
90%
Jerry Hoffmann
Producer: Giacomo Vernetti
Production: Hamburg Media School
Shortlist
Ein kleiner Schnitt
Marleen Valien
Producer: Franziska Gärtner, Charlotte Vande Vyvre
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Shortlist
Haven in the Booth
Leo Pfeifer & Sophie DeGreen
Producer: Samantha Thomas
Shortlist
Mars
Hannah Beach
Producer: Phoebe Campbell-Harris and Valentine De Benedetti
Production: Double Bluff Productions
Shortlist
O Black Hole!
Renee Zhan
Producer: Jesse Romain
Production: National Film and Television School
Shortlist
Shoal
Tammes Bernstein
Producer: Jamie Macdonald
Production: National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Shortlist
Habibi
sevdaana (Anastasia Konovalova & Sevda)
Producer: Volker Steinmetz @Tony Petersen Film
Production: Tony Petersen Film gmbh
Shortlist
KAYTRANADA - Look Easy (The Short) ft. Lucky Daye
Xavier Tera
Producer: Janie Chartier
Production: Twin Brains Films
Shortlist
Lala - Dear Criminals
Fred Gervais
Producer: Nancy Grant - Nicolas Fontaine
Production: Scheme Engine
Shortlist
Simon Leoza - La Nuée
Vincent René-Lortie
Producer: Élise Lardinois
Production: Telescope Films
Shortlist
A Conversation
Philip Hessler
Producer: Eric Seymour, Galen Knowles, Phil Hessler
Production: WZRD
Shortlist
Business As Usual
Joshua Kissi
Producer: Manny Caston
Production: division7
Shortlist
Halley's Comet
Henry DaCosta
Producer: Jeffery DelViscio
Production: TYPE FIVE
Shortlist
Monza
Simon Gustafsson
Producer: Rickard Edholm
Production: Camp David Film
Shortlist
Opera Omnia
OMOTESANDO
Producer: Nanouk Films
Production: Nanouk Films
Shortlist
Operation Chrono
Irmãos Meirelles
Producer: Maran Poian
Production: Agencia Inhaus
Shortlist
REVIVED
Christian Schilling
Producer: Christian Arnold, Daniel Kottirsch
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Shortlist
The Drama Of The Drama
Nikolaj Fremming
Producer: Niels Kau
Production: Thirsty
Shortlist
Incognito
Joey Moe
Producer: Gabriela Uweis
Production: El Cine Production
Shortlist
Leopard
James Arden
Producer: James Arden & Poppy Ashton
Production: The Trash Factory
Shortlist
Parkinson
Bjarke Underbjerg
Producer: Sara Samsøe, Lasse Bugge Schmidt, Naghmeh Pour
Production: new—land
Shortlist
RISING
Rua Meegan & Trev Whelan
Producer: Trev Whelan & Rua Meegan
Production: Tenth Man
Shortlist
Shrovetide
Louis Hollis
Producer: Louis Hollis
Production: Nice Shirt Films
Shortlist
Sju mil (fifty miles)
Eilif Bremer Landsend
Producer: Eilif Bremer Landsend
Production: Not signed/personal production
Shortlist
Speak Chinese We're in America
Mackie Mallison
Producer: Mackie Mallison
Production: Not signed
Shortlist
The Both of Me
Brandon Lavoie
Producer: Ivan Lafayette
Production: Not Signed
Shortlist
The Dream That Refused Me
Jabu Nadia Newman
Producer: Rozanne Rocha-Gray, Didi Exelby
Production: Romance
Shortlist
The Other Side
Ruda Santos
Producer: Tom Morgon
Production: Great Guns Social
Shortlist
Wastefellow - Post Credit Scene
Conor Donoghue
Producer: Dave Fox and Conor Donoghue
Production: Not signed
Shortlist
Audible - Getaway Driver
Carlo Oppermann
Producer: Jule-Kathrin Behrens
Production: Rabbicorn Films GmbH
Shortlist
The Taster
Daniel Kontur
Producer: Szabolcs Moradi
Production: Kontur Pictures Ltd.
Shortlist
Constant
Mashie Alam
Producer: Mashie Alam
Production: Soft Citizen
Shortlist
Hello Obakeng
Tsholofelo Tselaemang
Producer: Janette De Villiers
Production: Groundglass
Shortlist
How to be a Roll Model
Al Lewis
Producer: Robyn Ransmeier Mathilde Grenod
Shortlist
Malaria
Andzej Gavriss
Producer: Andrea Sastoque, Ariel Navarrete, Philip Töpfer, Nico Kreis
Production: Bonaparte Films & Paranoiia Productions
Shortlist
No Somos De Aquí, Ni Somos De Allá (We Are Not From Here, Nor There)
Leo Aguirre
Producer: Dan Leyendecker
Production: Stink Films
Shortlist
Simon Leoza - La Nuée
Vincent René-Lortie
Producer: Élise Lardinois
Production: Telescope Films
Shortlist
Voicenote
Talya Galasko
Producer: Chris Coetsee
Production: Sketchbook Studios
Shortlist
Lead Balloons
Lisette Donkersloot
Producer: Tim Koomen
Production: Hazazah
Shortlist
Marlon Brando
Vincent Tilanus
Producer: Room for Film
Production: Room for Film
Shortlist
Maximus
Richard Prendergast
Producer: Rachel Prendergast, Max Mason
Production: SubMotion Productions
Shortlist
Ndagukunda déjà
David Findlay & Sébastien Desrosiers
Producer: David Findlay & Sébastien Desrosiers
Shortlist
Santa Barbara
Diana Markosian
Producer: Sarah Miller
Production: The Corner Shop
Shortlist
The Invisible Boy
James Fitzgerald
Producer: Séamus Waters
Production: Whim Films / Séamus Waters
Shortlist
Manos De Oro (Hands of Gold)
Merced Elizondo
Producer: Merced Elizondo
Shortlist
Death
Nadia Hallgren
Producer: Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina
Production: SOUNDVIEW projects for LA Opera
