The Unifrance Short Film Award will be presented Friday, May 23, at 6 p.m. at Club Unifrance, in the International Village-Pantiero at Cannes.
The Grand Prize, to be awarded to Raphaël Chevènement for his film Une leçon particulière, comes with a contract for three broadcasts on foreign television channels which are partners of the event: SBS Television (Australia), RTI (Italy), and RTP2 "Onda Curta" (Portugal).
The Special Prize will be presented to Lola Frederich for her short film Taxi Wala. The film will be broadcast by SBS Television and RTP2 "Onda Curta."
The Short Film Award jury gathered on May 7 in Paris to decide between the 14 films selected by members of the Unifrance Short Film Committee. The jury was composed of: Ludovica Fonda (RTI), Régine Hatchondo (Paris City Hall), Mireille Perrier (actress), Marie Stroud (SBS), Anne-Louise Trividic (screenwriter), Bernard Blancan (actor), Joao Garçao Borges (RTP2), Philippe Pollet-Villard (director), Alain Riou (journalist), and Hugo Rubini (Rubini & Asscoiés).