PRODUCTION JOURNAL: Winners of the Cannes 17th Cinéfondation Selection (with links)
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI AND THE JURY ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE 17 th CINÉFONDATION SELECTION 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 ( Facebook ) ( Kickstarter page ) the University of Texas at Austin, USA Second Prize: OH LUCY! directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi ( Facebook ) NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore Joint Third Prize: LIEVITO MADRE directed by Fulvio Risuleo ( trailer ) Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy Joint Third Prize: THE BIGGER PICTURE directed by Daisy Jacobs ( trailer ) National Film and Television School, Unite