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UNic Student Wins First Prize at the Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2015

We are very pleased to announce that Rebecca Stylianou, who just graduated from the program of Applied Multimedia, Department of Design and Multimedia, has won the first prize of the Cypriot competition of the 14th international animation festival: Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Views of the World. Rebecca's accepted entry in the competition was her final project/dissertation.

Published 20 July 2015. Figures and rankings are as they stood then.

UNic Student Wins First Prize at the Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2015

This year more than 40 distinguished independent filmmakers from all over the world, including Cyprus, armed with their dreams and their craft, expressed a strong social commentary through their films. The struggle of humans to create beauty in this world against all odds is at the heart of their work.

Unique artists, stunning imagery, humour, experimentation and lots of great animation filmmaking, enchanted the audience of the festival which took place at one of the island’s most magical locations: the Palaepaphos archaeological site, a world heritage monument."

This is a very important award for Rebecca, the Department and the University. It is worth mentioning that the specific meticulous animation technique that Rebecca used for her animation was taught at the Department of Design and Multimedia for the first time this past year.

We would like to congratulate Rebecca and wish her all the best for her future career!