Laser-Cat wins the La Cinef competition at Cannes

22/05/2026 – CANNES 2026: Brazilian director Lucas Acher’s short film has clinched First Prize; South Korea, France and Iran round off the podium

Presided over by Carla Simón (who was joined by Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-Min Park and Magnus von Horn), the Short Film and La Cinef jury of the 79th Cannes Film Festival has handed out the awards in the La Cinef competition. The selection comprised 19 works by film students chosen from among 2,747 applicants from 662 film schools worldwide.

Here is the full list of winners:

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First Prize
Laser-Cat – Lucas Acher (NYU – USA)

Second Prize
Silent Voices – Nadine Misong Jin (Columbia University – USA)

Third Prize (ex aequo)
Never Enough (Aldrig nok) – Julius Lagoutte Larsen (La Fémis – France)
Growing Stones, Flying Papers – Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya Shamsi (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany)

(Translated from French)