Winners of the 28th annual La Cinef Selection
announced
The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado Garcia, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held in Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2,679 films entries coming from 646 film schools around the world. The awarded films were as follows:
First Prize: FIRST SUMMER directed by Heo Gayoung, KAFA, South Korea Second Prize:
12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY directed by Qu Zhizheng, Beijing Film Academy, China
Troisième Prix ex aequo:
GINGER BOY directed by Miki Tanaka, ENBU Seminar, Japan
WINTER IN MARCH directed by Natalia Mirzoyan, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia
The Festival de Cannes allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,000 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third. The awarded films will also be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon in Paris on June 6th.
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