D&AD. Be Next

“The Next Awards are all about the people behind the work. We are looking for the next big names in film and photography and aiming to make sure the industry knows who they are.” [Tim Lindsay, D&AD chief executive officer]

The D&AD Next Awards have opened for entries for the third year.

Entries are open until the February 22 2017 and entry prices start from just £25 (AU$41).

Submissions may be made directly on the D&AD website, there is no age limit for entrants and any genre of work can be submitted.

Find out more about what may be entered, here.

ABOUT THE NEXT AWARDS

The D&AD Next Awards aims to find the next big names in film and photography and promote them back to the industry, through mentoring introductions to established industry peoPle. This year again, Next Photographer be held in partnership with Getty Images and will offer the winner a $5000 prize grant amongst other opportunities.

Andy Saunders, senior vice president, creative content at Getty Images commented, “We’re delighted to be partnering with D&AD as the Next Photographer Award enters its third year. It is a unique award with a great breadth of entries, and we’ve unearthed some truly remarkable talent.

“We’re pleased to see how it continues to evolve, enabling us to support more emerging photographers from across the globe and celebrate the level of craft and originality that goes into creating their imagery.”

ABOUT THE WINNERS

Last year’s Next Director Award winner was BAFTA-winner, Daisy Jacobs, with her short animated film The Bigger Picture. The British animation director uses stop-motion and painted animation to create her life-size characters.

See all winning and shortlisted 2016 work

Next Photographer 2016 (in partnership with Getty Images) was won by Tam Hoi Ying, a Hong Kong-Chinese photographer. She uses photos to raise awareness of the human rights situation in China with her visual stories.