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.

Premier Prix
MANO A MANO
directed by Louise Courvoisier
CinéFabrique, France

Deuxième Prix
HIẾU
directed by Richard Van
CalArts, USA

Troisième Prix ex aequo
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

Awards
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 her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.
Rerun in Paris
The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on May 28th at 6:00 p.m.

Website : http://www.festival-cannes.com