8’s Eddy Bell wins Cannes Young Director Award (Asia Pacific) in Best Short Film category
8’s Eddy Bell has won a Cannes Young Director Award in the Asia Pacific Best Short Film Category for his multi award winning film, “Grey Bull”. The award was presented last night at the YDA cocktail party in Cannes.
Luke Bouchier from Finch won second prize in the Web Film category for Jack Daniel’s Holiday Hologram.
“Grey Bull” has also won an Australian Director’s Guild Award, the Panavision and Orloff Trust Award for Best Screenplay, the Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director (Short Film) at the Sydney Film Festival, Best Australian Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Best Australian Short film at Flickerfest and most recently the Craft Award at St Kilda Film Festival.
Bell’s commercial career has been on a steep upward trajectory since joining 8 twelve months ago and has been busy on both sides of the Tasman. In the last two months he’s shot campaigns for Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, Banjo Melbourne and Special Group, Auckland.
Says Bell: “I was stoked because the Young Director Award comes with a show bag. It had a whoopy cushion and everything.”
Bell was in Cannes last night to accept the award.
6 Comments
Congrats mate! You’re a great talent.
Well done Eddy!
Eddyyyy. The pants, the pants Eddy. Well done mate, excellent work.
Eddy this is the greatest photo of Cannes. Work it.
Bravo Eddie!
Congratulations from the guys on the beach in Cannes. Maybe we will see you and your producers at the Red Lanttren someday. By the way great look