Abbas Kiarostami and The Jury Announced The Winner of The 17th Cinefondation Selection
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- Published on Friday, 23 May 2014 05:42
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abbas Kiarostami and including Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Noémie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas and Joachim Trier, has awarded the 2014 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 1 631 entries coming from 457 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
SKUNK directed by Annie Silverstein
the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Second Prize:
OH LUCY! directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore
Joint Third Prize:
LIEVITO MADRE directed by Fulvio Risuleo
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy
Joint Third Prize:
THE BIGGER PICTURE directed by Daisy Jacobs
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that his first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
