The Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury composed of Damien Bonnard, Rachid Bouchareb, Claire Burger, Charles Gillibert, Dea Kulumbegashvili and Céline Sallette, has awarded the 2020 Prizes of the Cinéfondation film school competition tonight on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière as part of “Cannes 2020 Special”.

The Cinéfondation 2020 Jury and awards winners © Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 17 student films, chosen out of 1952 entries coming from 444 film schools around the world.

First Prize

CATDOG directed by Ashmita GUHA NEOGI

Film and Television Institute of India, India

Second Prize

JA I MOJA GRUBA DUPA (MY FAT ARSE AND I) directed by Yelyzaveta PYSMAK

The Polish National Film School In Lodz, Poland

Joint Third Prize

CONTRAINDICATII (CONTRAINDICATIONS) directed by Lucia CHICOS

UNATC "I. L. CARAGIALE", Romania

I WANT TO RETURN RETURN RETURN directed by Elsa ROSENGREN

Deutsche Film Und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), Germany

Awards

The winners will receive a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.

Rerun in Paris

The Cinéfondation First Prize and the short films in Competition will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on October 31st at 10:00 a.m.