29/07/2014 - A European triumph at the young peoples’ festival: among the award-winners were Spanish Oska Santos, British Nick Moore, Dutch Frans Weisz and Mischa Kamp, German Lisa Mulcahy and Caroline Link

The young jurors (between 3 and 18 years of age) of the Giffoni Experience awarded the prizes of the 44th edition of the festival dedicated to young people. In the Elements +6 category the winner was Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang [+see also:
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In the Elements +10 category the winner was Finn [+see also:
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In the Generators +13 category the winner was Behavior by Cuban Ernesto Daranas Serrano, while second place went to Dutch Boys [+see also:
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film profile]. Second place went to Han Gong-Ju by Sujin Lee (South Korea). 

South Korea also won first prize in the Generator +18 section with Hope, directed by Joon-ik Lee. In second place was Ian Gabriel (South Africa) with Four Corners.

Finally in the Gex Doc documentaries section, the prize was awarded to #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator by Joe Piscatella (USA/Syria) and The Brain That Sings by Amal Al-Agroobi (United Arab Emirates), which also received the Giffoni Valle Piana Municipality Award.  

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(Translated from Italian)