A number of awards are being announced out of Cannes. “Salvo,” a Mafia romance co-directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, has nabbed the Critics Week Grand Prize, while Ritesh Batra’s “The Lunch Box” has nabbed the Viewers Choice award, the Rail d’Or (acquisition news here); UK director Clio Barnard’s “The Selfish Giant,” an update of the Oscar Wilde short story focusing on the friendship between two boys, has taken the Europa Cinemas Label prize as Best European Film in the Directors Fortnight section; and the Cinefondation and Short Films Jury, headed by Jane Campion, has awarded the 2013 Cinefondation prizes. Full list below.
The Cinefondation Selection consisted of 18 student films,
chosen out of nearly 1 550 entries coming from 277 film schools around the
world. 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 her first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
First Prize:
NEEDLE
directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Second Prize:
EN ATTENDANT LE DÉGEL
directed by Sarah Hirtt
INSAS, Belgium
Joint Third Prize:
ÎN ACVARIU
(In the Fishbowl)directed by Tudor Cristian JURGIU
UNATC, Romania
Joint Third Prize:
PANDY
(Pandas)directed by Matúš VIZÁR
FAMU, Czech Republic
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