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CANNES 2021 Awards

The winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation unveiled

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- CANNES 2021: The jury has singled out four movies made at film schools, handing First Prize to Belgium’s Théo Degen

The winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation unveiled
(l-r) Directors Théo Degen, Yoon Daewoen, Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu and Rodrigo Ribeyro, who all won awards in the Cinéfondation (© Mathilde Gardel/FDC)

The Cinéfondation and short-film jury, comprising Sameh Alaa, Kaouther Ben Hania, Carlos Muguiro, Tuva Novotny, Nicolas Pariser and Alice Winocour, has handed out the awards in the Cinéfondation at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.

Here is the full list of winners:

First Prize
The Salamander Child – Théo Degen (INSAS, Belgium)

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Second Prize
Cicada – Yoon Daewoen (Korea National University of Arts, South Korea)

Third Prize (ex-aequo)
Love Stories on the Move – Carina Gabrila-Dasoveanu (UNATC "I. L. CARAGIALE", Romania)
Cantareira – Rodrigo Ribeyro – Academia Internacional de Cinema (Brazil)

(Translated from French)

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