The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Carla Simón and comprised of Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-MinPark and Magnus von Horn has awarded the 2026 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held in Buñuel Theatre, 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
 
LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)
directed by Lucas Acher
NYU, USA
Second Prize
SILENT VOICES
directed by Nadine Misong Jin
Columbia University, USA
Joint Third Prize
 
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
Awards
 The Festival de Cannes allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,000 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
Rerun In Paris
 
The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on Tuesday June 2 at 6 p.m.
For further information on the films, visit the Festival de Cannes official website.
