At last, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Head of the jury Spike Lee announced the winners of the first Babelgum Online Film Festival this evening at an awards ceremony in Cannes, where the 61st Cannes Film Festival is underway. And the winners are…

• The Babelgum Looking For Genius Award: SOTTO IL MIO GIARDINO (UNDER MY GARDEN) by Andrea Lodovichetti (Italy)
• The Babelgum Short Film Award: OFFICER DOWN by Richard Recco (USA)
• The Babelgum Social/Environment Award: WITHOUT WORDS by Brian Deane (Ireland)
• The Babelgum Animation Award: QUIDAM DĒGOMME (A SHEEP ON A ROOF) by Rémy Schaepman (France)
• The Babelgum Documentary Award: GREATER – DEFEATING AIDS by Emanuel Exitu (Italy)
• The Babelgum Music Video Award: MOUTHFACE by Antonin de Bemels (Belgium)
• The Babelgum Spot/Advertising Award: THE POCKET CROSSBORDER by Ambroise Becchio (France)

Aside from their Awards, the winning film-makers were each handed a cheque for €20,000 by Spike Lee.

Congratulations to all the winners! And thanks to everybody who’s taken part in this great adventure with us, helping to make it a success.

In the next few hours, you’ll get to know the winners a little bit more with special interviews and footage from the awards ceremony, so stay tuned!