With the closing of Short.Web 7.0 and the award for the Best Online Short Film to Ciao, Lara by Ernesto Spinelli, officially announced last night at Digital Party, the Cinema. Rome Film Fest pavillion dedicated to new technologies, the list of winners of the 2007 edition of ARCIPELAGO is now complete.

After four months on Fastweb.it web portal, which hosted from June 15 to October 15 the competition of 29 international short films, Ciao, Lara came first with 1.507 votes out of a total 12,964, with a general score of exactly 5,000 points, obtaining the title of Best Online Short Film and the prize of Euro 1,500.00 offered by Fastweb.

Over 80,000 unique users visited the website of Short.Web 7.0 during the 123 days of online voting: the best result ever achieved by the Online Competition of ARCIPELAGO.

Here are all the awarded films of the 15th edition :

SHORT WAVES - International Short Film Competition

• Best Short Film
  Den sista hunden i Rwanda by Jens Assur - Sweden

• Special Prize of the Jury
  Treinta años by Nicolás Lasnibat - France/Chile

• Best European Short Film
  Blodsøstre by Louise Friedberg - Denmark

• Special Mentions of the Jury
  Phantom Canyon by Stacey E. Steers - Usa
  Lampa cu caciula by Radu Jude - Romania