Cinéfondation, Cannes 2005
April 28–30, 2006
Seven years ago the Cannes International Film Festival established Cinéfondation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the work of student filmmakers in postgraduate programs. In 2005, an international jury handed out five awards to filmmakers from schools in New York (Columbia University and New York University), France (La fémis and Le Fresnoy), and Israel (Tel Aviv University). The jurists included Edward Yang (President, Taiwan), Chantal Akerman (Belgium), Colin MacCabe (Great Britain and Ireland), Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt) and Sylvie Testud (France). Program: 128 min.
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film and Media. Thanks to Laurent Jacob, coordinator of the Cinéfondation competition for Cannes.

Cinéfondation, Cannes 2005: The Five Award-Winning Films
Buy It Now. 2004. USA. Written, directed and edited by Antonio Campos. Cinematography by T. Sean Durkin. With Chelsea Logan, Rosemarie Dewitt, Chris McCann, Tiffany Yaragi. School: Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. 31 min.
Be Quiet. 2004. France. Written and directed by Sameh Zoabi.
Cinematography by Pierre Befve. Edited by Gladys Joujou. With Alaa Aghbariya, Mahmud Abu-Jazi. School: Columbia University School of Arts. In Arabic and Hebrew, English subtitles. 20 min.
La Plaine. 2004. France.
Written and directed by Roland Edzard. Cinematography by Laurent
Desmet. Edited by Anne-Catherine Mailles. With Benjamin Wangermee,
Sylvan Wangermee, Barnard Cartier. School: Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing,
France. No dialogue. 13 min.
Bikur Holim (Visiting Hours). 2004. Israel. Written and directed by Maya Driefuss. Cinematography by Shai Peleg. Edited by Ronit Porat. With Tali Sharon, Fira kanter, Hana River. School: Tel Aviv University, Israel. In Hebrew, English subtitles. 34 min.
Vdvoyom (A Deux/The Two of Us). 2005. Russia. Written and directed by Nikolay Khomeriki. Cinematography by Samuel Collardey. Edited by Sonia Bogdanovsky. With Natalia Kolyaanova, Artom Smola. School: La fémis, Paris, France. In Russian, sparse dialogue no translation. 30 min.
Friday, April 28, 8:30; Saturday, April 29, 6:00; Sunday, April 30, 2:00. T2
Cinéfondation prizes: Buy It Now (First); Vdvoyom and Bikur Holim (Shared Second); Be Quiet and
La Plaine (Shared Third).
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