The Spanish filmmaker David Victori was the grand prize winner of the first Your Film Festival, an online competition sponsored by YouTube, Scott Free Productions and Emirates airlines, for his short film “The Guilt,†about a man out for revenge after his wife's murder. The announcement was made at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday after his film was selected from a pool of 10 finalists by a jury that included the director Ridley Scott and the actor Michael Fassbender.
According to a news release the global competition received 15,000 submissions, which were narrowed down to 50 semifinalists by Mr. Scott's production company. YouTube viewers then voted to select the final 10 films. Mr. Victori will receive $500,000 for his next project for YouTube, and Mr. Scott and Mr. Fassbender will act as executive producers.
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