Jury and Award Winners of the Cinéfondation 2019 © Deborah Neris / FDC
The Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury headed by Claire Denis and including Stacy Martin, Eran Kolirin, Panos H. Koutras and Cătălin Mitulescu, has awarded the 2019 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 17 student films, chosen out of 2 000 entries coming from 366 film schools around the world.
MANO A MANO
directed by Louise Courvoisier
CinéFabrique, France
HIẾU
directed by Richard Van
CalArts, USA
AMBIENCE
directed by Wisam Al Jafari
Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Palestine
DUSZYCZKA (The Little Soul)
directed by Barbara Rupik
PWSFTviT, Poland
The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.
The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on May 28th at 6:00 p.m.
