The Short Films and La Cinef Jury at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2026 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held at the Buñuel Theatre.
The jury was chaired by Carla Simón and included Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-Min Park and Magnus von Horn.
This year’s La Cinef selection featured 19 student films chosen from 2,747 submissions submitted by 662 film schools worldwide.
The First Prize was awarded to LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat), directed by Lucas Acher from New York University in the United States.
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The Second Prize went to SILENT VOICES by Nadine Misong Jin of Columbia University.
The Joint Third Prize was shared by ALDRIG NOK (Never Enough), directed by Julius Lagoutte Larsen from La Fémis, and GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS by Roozbeh Gezerseh and Soraya Shamsi from Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
The Festival de Cannes awarded grants of €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,000 for the Second Prize and €7,500 for the Third Prize winners.
The awarded films will also be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on Tuesday, June 2.
