Cinéfondation
April 15 & 23, 2005

In 2000, the Cannes International Film Festival established Cinéfondation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the work of student filmmakers in postgraduate programs. In 2004, an international jury handed out four awards to filmmakers from the United States (Frederikke Aspock, First Prize), Finland (Marja Mikkonen, Second Prize, shared), Romania (Corneliu Porumboiu, Second Prize, shared) and Poland (Jan Komasa, Third Prize).

Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film and Media.

Happy Now. 2004. USA. Directed by Frederikke Aspock (Denmark) for The Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 18 min.
Calatorie la oras (A Trip to the City). 2004. Romania. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu for the University of Drama and Cinematography, Romania. In Romanian, English subtitles. 19 min.
Fajine, ze jestes (Nice to See You). 2004. Poland. Directed by Jan Komasa for PWSFTviT, the Polish National Film School, in Lodz. In Polish, English subtitles. 16 min.
99 Vuotta Elamastani (99 Years of My Life). 2004. Finland. Directed by Marja Mikkonen for Turku Polytechnic Arts Academy. English narration. 33 min. Program 86 min. Friday, April 15, 8:30; Saturday, April 23, 5:30. T2

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