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The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Carla Simón and comprised of Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-Min Park and Magnus von Horn has awarded the 2026 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held in Buñuel Theater, followed by the screening of the winning films.
La Cinef consisted of 19 student films, chosen out of 2 747 films submitted from 662 film schools around the world.
| First Prize |
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LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)
directed by Lucas Acher
NYU, USA |
| Second Prize |
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SILENT VOICES
directed by Nadine Misong Jin
Columbia University, USA |
| Joint Third Prize |
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ALDRIG NOK (Never Enough)
directed by Julius Lagoutte Larsen
La Fémis, France |
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS
directed by Roozbeh Gezerseh & Soraya Shamsi
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany |
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| The Festival de Cannes allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,000 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third. |
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| Rerun in Paris |
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The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on Tuesday June 2 at 6 p.m.
More information about the rerun of films on the website of the festival next week.
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