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YOUNG DIRECTORS FORUM

YOUNG DIRECTORS, THE ADVERTISING WORLD WANTS YOU IN CRANS-MONTANA!

THE YOUNG DIRECTORS FORUM IN A FEW WORDS...

You are a director and you want to do commercials?
Participate in the Young Directors Forum and grab the exceptionnal opportunity of integrating the advertising world!

CONCEPT

The Young Directors Forum is a short-films competition

10 winners selected by a jury made of professionals will be invited to the Cristal Festival for the screenings of their films

During the Festival, a jury of advertising producers (members of the Cristal Academy) will attend the screening of the 10 winning films and will elect the best short film. The winning director will be given the Short Film Cristal during the closing awards ceremony of the event and an extract of the film will be broadcasted to the professionals attending the ceremony.

REWARDS

The 10 winners will be invited in Crans Montana (Switzerland) to present their films to advertising producers and agencies participating in the Cristal Festival.

THE PATRON

Every year, a director (Laurent Tirard in 2009, Gerard Pirès in 2008) is the patron of the contest.

SUBSCRIPTION

Download the 2010 entry form

PARTNERS

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THE 2009 WINNING SHORT-FILMS

Café Allongé Maxime Paccalet Yannick's waiting in a cafe. His date never came. When he gets up to leave, he sees a beautiful young woman who enters and settles in the next table. Felt in love, he imagines then a thousand ways to approach her and puts them into practice.	Karma Battle Olivier Chapelle & Eric Capitaine Tonight is the WKBC grand final the sign language bettleship. Title holder: its holiness the Dalai Lama Vs the young French prodigy, Marcel Chombier. Will the mind master win over the average French man?
La Sombra Del Tiempo Teddy Barouh Cuba, Havana. Pictures stolen as the childhood of Nina, aged 10, met on the beach. 15 years later, haunted by the memories of rape, Nina refuses to hide the secret to the man who gives her the taste of life. She decides to tell him, despite pain, doubts and fear. Healing from secret for happiness.	The Murderers Song Marine Van Den Broek A murder has just been committed in a church... Four balls in the heart, is this the price to pay for an adultery ? Near there, in an old 19th century manor, are living four sisters. Dramatically set, they are nevertheless connected by there common values... Betwenn seduction, lie, mockery and fantasy, may the truth be discovered? Maybe singing ?
The Driving Licence Day Ambroise Carminati Jim has just had his driving licence, we wanted to celebrate this success together. We were five in the car, going so fast! But I was the only one who had fasten his seatbelt...	Pablo Corentine Delannoy During the shooting of an erotic film, the whole team is waiting for the new star to come: Pablo…
Park Thierry Espasa A park in a big city. In a whole day, four persons are about to meet a first time, and a second, but this time, circumstances may be special...	Wild Side Noah Nuer & Guillaume Moreels A desperate young woman walking along the abandoned road to California desert. Fortunately, a charming young man passes by driving his Cadillac...

THE 2009 SHORTLISTED SHORT-FILMS

Entre Deux Béatrice & Hugues Espinasse	Fin Bren-Ya Ba
Je suis Femmesexuel... Et toi ? Olivier Casas	Jingle Bells Fever Bartosz Kowalski
Le Mime et le Chef d'Orchestre Nadja Anane & Stéphanie Simon	Nike Nabil & Alex
Spin of the Senses Sébastien Assouline & David A. Waltz	The Quester - Il Cercatore Giacomo Arrigoni
Ultime Atome Nicolas Elie	Zoa Mehdi Mostefaï & Sébastien Chaplais