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BEIRUT: A Lebanese production won the top award for short films at the 2015 festival in Cannes Sunday.
Waves ‘98, written, produced and directed by Lebanon’s Ely Dagher, 30, was awarded Cannes’ Short Film Palme d’Or, the highest prize in its category.
The film, about a high-school boy living near Beirut in the late 1990s, beat out seven others nominated for the prize.
More than 4,000 films were submitted to the short film category at the prestigious festival, held annually in southern France.
The Cannes festival lasted from May 13 to May 24 this year.
The trailer to Waves ‘98 can be viewed by following this link: https://vimeo.com/125144720
Source: www.dailystar.com.lb