27/05/2022 - CANNES 2022: The jury has singled out four movies made at film schools, handing First Prize to Italy’s Valerio Ferrara

The winners and the jury members of La Cinef (© Jean-Louis Hupé/FDC)

The La Cinef and short-film jury, chaired by Yousry Nasrallah and comprising Monia Chokri, Félix Moati, Jean-Claude Raspiengeas and Laura Wandel, has handed out the awards of the La Cinef selection at the 75^th Cannes Film Festival. The festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the first prize, €11,250 for the second and €7,500 for the third.

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Here is the full list of winners:

First Prize
A Conspiracy Man (Il barbiere complottista) – Valerio Ferrara (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy)

Second Prize
Somewhere (Di Er) – Li Jiahe (Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television, China)

Third Prize (ex-aequo)
Glorious Revolution - Masha Novikova (London Film School, UK)
Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together (Les humains sont cons quand ils s'empilent) - Laurène Fernandez (La CinéFabrique, France)

(Translated from French)