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The Revelations of 2026, La Cinef Winners and the Short Film Palme d'Or

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The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Carla Simón and comprised of Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-Min Park and Magnus von Horn has awarded the 2026 Short Film Palme d'Or during the Closing Ceremony and 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. Whereas the Short Film Selection consisted of 10 short films from productions and coproductions from some fifteen countries.



Short Film Palme d'Or


Federico Luis © Valéry Hache / AFP
Federico Luis © Valéry Hache / AFP

directed by Federico LUIS

(Chile, Mexico, France / 14′)



La Cinef Winners


La Cinef 2026 Winners © Jean-Louis Hupe / Festival de Cannes
La Cinef 2026 Winners © Jean-Louis Hupe / Festival de Cannes


First Prize

directed by Lucas Acher

NYU, USA


Second Prize

directed by Nadine Misong Jin

Columbia University, USA


Joint Third Prize

directed by Julius Lagoutte Larsen

La Fémis, France

 

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.







 
 
 

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