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The winners of the 27th La Cinef Selection

The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Lubna Azabal and comprised of Marie-Castille Mention-SchaarPaolo MorettiClaudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić has awarded the 2024 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. La Cinef consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 2 263 entries coming from 555 film schools around the world.

 

First Prize

SUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW…
Chidananda S Naik
FTII, Pune, India

 

Joint Second Prize

OUT THE WINDOW THROUGH THE WALL
Asya Segalovich
Columbia University, United States

THE CHAOS SHE LEFT BEHIND
Nikos Kolioukos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

 

Third Prize 

BUNNYHOOD 
Mansi Maheshwari
NFTS, United Kingdom

 

Awards 

The Festival de Cannes allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.

 

Rerun in Paris

The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on June 3 and at the MK2 Quai de Seine on June 4.

More information about the rerun of films on the website of the Festival de Cannes next week. 

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