COMPETITION AND TALENT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Between shorts and Insta stories - shoot a commercial! Workshop with Toby Dye

PAPAYA YOUNG DIRECTORS & LONDON FILM SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU  TO A SHOWCASE ON ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPETITION FOR YOUNG EUROPEAN FILMMAKERS. GET READY FOR AN HOUR OF INSPIRATION AND A GUIDE ON HOW
TO SIEZE OPPORTUNITY. 

Papaya Young Directors is a competition for young directors in Europe. It is organized by Papaya Films - a production company with offices in Warsaw, London and New York. It helps young aspiring filmmakers break through into the world of commercials. In previous editions the competition benefited from support from global brands such as Huawei, Volkswagen. McDonald's, Sprite and H&M. Young filmmakers created
81 films, and submitted over 4000 treatments. Recent winners got recognition from the most renowned Award shows, such as SHOTS Awards and Cannes Lions.

The show will be hosted by Kacper Sawicki with a guest appearance from Toby Dye.

KACPER SAWICKI

Executive Producer and founder of Papaya Films. Since 2006, the company has been delivering quality content and entertainment around the world for various media platforms. Kacper has collaborated with the best in the business, creating authentic and energetic stories that matter. Papaya Films has three offices (New York, London and Warsaw), has worked in 28 countries and has until now been distinguished with 63 industry awards, including Cannes Lions and SHOTS Awards. Fixie cyclist in his spare time.

TOBY DYE

Toby Dye began his career as a documentary director, but today works across multiple genres and formats. Notable work includes music video ‘Paradise Circus’ for Massive Attack, the Grierson Award winning documentary ‘Bodysnatchers of New York’, short film ‘Phobos’ conceived with Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, film installation ‘The Corridor’ for acclaimed art exhibition ‘Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick’ and the commercial ‘Worlds Apart’ for Heineken, which, with over 40 million views around the globe, recieved coverage everywhere from the Washington Post, to Time and The Guardian. Other commercial clients of Toby include Netflix, Ford, Lurpak, Sky and American Express.  

14th of November 2018
6:00-7:00 pm
LONDON FILM SCHOOL
CINEMA A
24 Shelton Street, London

Free admission

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