Cannes reruns La Cinef winners in Paris

Festival de Cannes said on June 1 that it would bring its 2026 short-film Competition and La Cinef prizewinners back to audiences in Paris, extending the public run of titles from the festival’s 79th edition. The notice said the rerun would include the short films in Competition and the award-winning student films from La Cinef. The festival posted the program on its official website after this year’s Cannes event concluded. The La Cinef segment is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. and is listed at 1 hour 16 minutes. ### Which Cannes program is being rerun in Paris? The June 1 festival notice said the Paris screenings cover two strands: the 2026 short films in Competition and the La Cinef winners. Festival de Cannes described the event as a continuation of the Official Selection’s trip to meet audiences after the festival ended. (festival-cannes.com) The Cinéma de Demain section of the festival site carried the same announcement in French, saying the 2026 Competition shorts and the prizewinning school films from La Cinef would be shown again in Paris. The festival did not present the rerun as a new competition result, but as a reprise of films already screened and awarded in Cannes. (festival-cannes.com) ### What exactly is La Cinef in the Cannes lineup? La Cinef is Cannes’ selection for student films from film schools around the world. The festival said the 2026 La Cinef selection consisted of 19 student films chosen from 2,747 submissions sent by 662 film schools. (cinemadedemain.festival-cannes.com) The May 21 prize announcement said the Short Films and La Cinef Jury was chaired by Carla Simón and included Ali Asgari, Salim Kechiouche, Ji-Min Park and Magnus von Horn. The prizes were awarded during a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, followed by a screening of the winning films. (festival-cannes.com) ### Which film won first prize, and who made it? “LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)” won first prize in La Cinef, according to the festival’s winners announcement and the later Paris rerun notice. The film was directed by Lucas Acher and is listed under New York University, United States. (festival-cannes.com) The festival’s film page says “LASER-GATO” is a 22-minute production from 2026 involving the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom. The synopsis describes a socially anxious teenager in São Paulo whose laser-pointer prank injures a girl’s cat and sends him into a chaotic overnight attempt to save it. (festival-cannes.com) ### Who else placed in the 2026 La Cinef awards? Festival de Cannes said second prize went to “SILENT VOICES,” directed by Nadine Misong Jin of Columbia University, United States. Joint third prize went to “ALDRIG NOK (Never Enough),” directed by Julius Lagoutte Larsen of La Fémis, France, and “GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS,” directed by Roozbeh Gezerseh and Soraya Shamsi of Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany. (festival-cannes.com) The festival said the first prize carried 15,000 euros, the second 11,000 euros and the third 7,500 euros. Those amounts were published with the La Cinef winners list. ### What should readers watch for next? The official Cannes rerun page says the Paris program includes the La Cinef winners screening at 6:00 p.m., with a listed running time of 1 hour 16 minutes. (cinemadedemain.festival-cannes.com) Readers looking for the lineup and any venue details can find the schedule on the Festival de Cannes and Cinéma de Demain pages for the June 1 rerun notice. (festival-cannes.com)