22/06/2023
I can't believe it! We just won 4 Awards at YDA in Cannes this evening! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
1x Gold for 'Changing the World Frame by Frame' 3x Silver for 'Best Documentary,' 'Best Short Film,' 'Best Use of Music'
One more time, a big thank you to the whole team behind the project who made this dream come true! Especially for trusting me to tell his private family story. To ( & ) for continuously trusting me, even during times when everything went wrong!
This project didn't have an easy start. We faced many breakdowns during production due to the pandemic, with core scenes being canceled. Our team got stuck in South Africa during a new variant virus crisis, and Red Bull did everything to bring us out there at the last minute. Majid had a streak of bad luck at a few events when we attended with him.
There was a point where I genuinely thought this film would never happen, as so many things went wrong. Even in post-production, two editors gave up on the edit because the material was extremely challenging to edit. Thanks to for encouraging me during the worst time of this project to sit down and edit it myself. It took me almost a week to accept that I couldn't outsource the editing, as this film was a deeply personal story that only I could truly feel and understand.
I remember calling Red Bull while being in Bali and telling them on the day of the deadline that I didn't have anything I could show them yet. I pleaded to trust me even when everything seemed to be falling apart with this project. That's why I'm incredibly proud of this film. It never had an easy start, and we faced countless setbacks.
And it proves once again, sometimes you just have to keep on walking. Never give up.
