Ten years ago the Cannes International Film Festival established Cinéfondation, a nonprofit organization that promotes the work of student filmmakers. In 2008, an international jury headed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan) and including Olivier Assayas (France), Susanne Bier (Denmark), Marina Hands (France), and MoMA Senior Curator Laurence Kardish handed out the Cinéfondation competition awards to filmmakers from schools in Finland, France, Israel, and Korea.
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.