The Young Director Award has selected its 2019 finalists. Five come from Australia and New Zealand.
Australia’s and New Zealand’s finalists are:
Paul Nevison for Volta:
Michelle Savill, at Goodoil, for Lean on Me:
Marco Prestini, at In the Thicket for Asahi’s Enter Asahi:
Patrick Fileti, at //Thirteen & Co for Inferno:
Dani Pearce, at Finch for Backpedal:
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Japan has six finalists:
Kento Yamada, at Taiyo Kikaku for Survive Tokyo
Jo Motoyo, at Taiyo Kikaku for Midnight
Mai Murata, at Dentsu Creative X, for My Jellyfish
Naoto Mitake, at AOI Pro. / Directors Think Tank, for Pray
Rin Soejima, at AOI Pro. Inc. for Riverside Heights
Tomu Yamaguchi, at AOI Pro. Inc. for Return
Myanmar has one finalist:
Josh Hayward, at Moonji Production for Still/Life
View all finalists here. Winners will be announced at Cannes Lions on Thursday June 20.
