What an honor! I have been awarded with the most prestigious ‘What’s Next Award’ of @Webfestberlin as the Writer to Watch, as the creator expected to shape the near future of storytelling..! What!!
It was truly one of the most important and memorable nights in my life. Even now I am having real hard time expressing how I feel about that evening.
In my humble experience, every festival always has a perspective and a purpose that reflects on their selections. In Berlin, in the heart of Europe the focus of the festival is to find the next trends and the next big thing in storytelling!
Therefore every year they present their most important award as ‘What’s Next Award’ to one writer, one director and one producer. And this year I was fortunate enough to be named the ‘What’s Next Award: Writer to Watch’ to have that privilege.
This award was particularly important and extremely emotional for me because since I have decided to follow the career path to be a writer, I’ve been spending so much time trying to create stories that offer something entirely new to storytelling and the overall narrative in the industry, which has not been the easiest and the most rewarding task to take on…
But this special award not only rewarded my series The Elevator as ‘the next thing’ but also recognized my entire efforts to be original since the beginning of my career. It’s really hard to express how good it felt to hear my name in the ceremony and to know that all my efforts so far were paid off at some level!
It also didn’t hurt that this emotionally special award came with a €1500 cash prize which will definitely come handy considering the long journey ahead of us. So, grateful for this!
Finally, I want to promise to all the jury who found me worthy of such prestigious award that I will go further than any alumni of this award and I will make you proud of your decision every step of the way! Thank you so much for this honor! This night was for life!
You can also check out this article to find out more about for more about Webfest Berlin and the prestigious What’s Next Award.