The One Club for Creativity has unveiled the 83 global finalists hailing from 19 countries for the Young Guns 18 competition, celebrating international creative professionals age 30 or younger.
The complete list of Young Guns 18 finalists can be viewed here.
ADVERTISING
- Aimee Hoffman, United States
- Callum Spencer, Australia
- Edward Yeung, United States
- JeffxJose, United States
- Joshua Ogden, United Kingdom
- Saurabh Kakade, Germany
- Warner Shaw, United States
ANIMATION
- Aisha Madu, Netherlands
- Ana Perez Lopez, Spain
- Balazs Simon, Hungary
- Daniel Stankler, United Kingdom
- Felix Soletic, United States
- Handel Eugene, United States
- James Simpson, United States
- Rasmus Bak, United States
- Saad Moosajee, United States
- Somei Sun, China
- Tomoki Misato, Japan
- Yuval Haker, United States
DIGITAL
- Ani Acopian, United States
- Kachi Chan, United Kingdom
- Marvin Schwaibold, United States
- Maya Man, United States
- Twomuch Studio, United Kingdom
FILM
- Dane Del Deo, United States
- David Findlay, Canada
- Fenn O’Meally, United States
- Gaul Porat, United States
- Geoffrey Sean Levy, United States
- Jackson Tisi, United States
- Jane Qian, United States
- Janssen Powers, United States
- Jess Colquhoun, United States
- Leo Aguirre, United States
- Meshal Aljaser, Saudi Arabia
- Michael Parenteau, Canada
- Phillip Youmans, United States
- Pili Weeber, United States
- rubberband., United States
- Stephania Dulowski, United States
- Toby Wosskow, United States
GRAPHIC DESIGN
- Alice Mourou, Hong Kong
- Anjela Freyja, Canada
- Badal Patel, United States
- Chan Wai Hon, Hong Kong
- Felipe Rocha, United States
- Jonathan Key, United States
- June Park, United States
- Mak Kaihang, Hong Kong
- Marte, Argentina
- Max Friedman, United States
- Melissa Deckert, United States
- Michael Mason, United Kingdom
- Natsuki Isa, Japan
- Olivia de Salve Villedieu, United States
- Robyn Makinson, United States
- Ryan Haskins, United States
- Tala Safié, United States
- Tina Smith, United States
- Xiaomei Liu, China
- Zuzanna Rogatty, United States
ILLUSTRATION
- Daukante Subaciute, Lithuania
- Debora Cheyenne Cruchon, United States
- Enzo Pérès-Labourdette, Netherlands
- Feifei Ruan, United States
- Franco E., Canada
- Ieong Kun Lam, Macau
- Jaedoo Lee, United States
- Katie Menzies, Spain
- Leonardo Santamaria, United States
- Mihailo Kalabic, Serbia
- Raxenne Maniquiz, Philippines
- Wing Shan Wong, Hong Kong
OTHER
- Eylul Duranagac, Turkey
- Mike Carson, United States
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Grace Rivera, United States
- Justin J Wee, United States
- Michelle Watt, United States
SOUND DESIGN
- Denis Kilty, Ireland
TYPOGRAPHY & LETTERING
- Leandro Assis, Brazil
- Alec Tear, Netherlands
- Jennet Liaw, United States
Young Guns is the industry’s only international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies today’s vanguard of young creatives. Submissions were received from more than 40 countries and judged by the diverse jury of 82 top creatives–about half of whom are past YG winners–from 32 countries.
This year’s winners will be announced at a special online event on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, details to be announced shortly.
All Young Guns winners will receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website. Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.
Young Guns 18 branding and design of the Cube award itself is recreated each year by a past Young Gun winner. This year’s YG18 branding and award are designed by CONTINO, New York, founded by creative director and YG9 winner Jon Contino.
Artist In Residence Award
For the seventh consecutive year, international artists management agency and Young Guns sponsor Levine/Leavitt will bestow one talented winner with the Artist In Residence Award.
The honor is presented annually to a newly crowned Young Gun whose body of work truly stands out, as judged by an advisory board of industry professionals across a range of disciplines. The winner receives a full year of professional development, guidance and mentorship from Levine/Leavitt to help advance their career.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More