- The Short Film Market4 days | 9,000 films | 3,700+ professionals
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- Raout PachaNational CANAL+ Award and "Fernand Raynaud" Award for Best Comedy 2020 / France
- DisciplinairesTélérama Press Prize 2020 / France
- Invisível herói (Invisible Hero)Award for Best European Film 2020 / Portugal, France
- QuebramarAward for Best Documentary 2020 / Brazil
- Miss ChazellesAdami Award for Best Actress 2020 / France
- The Loyal ManAdami Award for Best Actor 2020 / France
- Mémorable (Memorable)National Audience Prize and Special Effects Award by Adobe 2020 / France
- Clean with Me (After Dark)National Special Jury Prize 2020 / France
- OllaNational Grand Prix, Student prize and SACD Award for Best First Live Action Short 2020 / France
- California on FireLab Audience Prize 2020 / United States
- Freeze FrameLab Special Jury Prize 2020 / Belgium, Germany, Finland
- Günst ul Vándrafoo (Gusts of Wild Life)Lab Grand Prix 2020 / Spain
- City of ChildrenInternational Student Prize 2020 / United Kingdom
- The PresentInternational Audience Prize 2020 / Palestine, Qatar
- All the Fires the FireInternational Special Jury Prize 2020 / Greece
- Da Yie (Good night)International Grand Prix 2020 / Belgium, Ghana
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival42st edition from January 31st to 8th, 2020
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- Dekalb ElementaryUSA - 2016
Prizes 2021
43rd National Competition
Awards given by the official Jury
Grand Prix
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 5,000 € by the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
Qualification for the Oscar®
(subject to eligibility).
Special Jury Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 3,500 € by the Conseil départemental of Puy-de-Dôme.
ADAMI Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress
Edowment: 2,000 € (each) by an Adami jury to the best actor and the best actress.
Award for Best Original Score
Edowment: 1,500 € by the Sacem to the composer.
Equality and Diversity Award
Edowment: 3,500 € delivered in the name of the ANCT (Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires) by the DRDJSCS (Direction Régionale et Départementale de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Cohésion Sociale) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Award given by the audience
Audience Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 3,500 € by the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
Other juries
Student Prize
Edowment: 1,500 € by the Cnous and the Crous Clermont Auvergne.
Procirep's award for Best Producer
Edowment: 6,000 € by a jury composed of producer which received aid from Procirep, to a producer in the national competition.
SACD Award for Best First Live Action Short
Edowment: 2,000 € by the SACD.
Télérama Press Prize
Edowment: 1,000 € by Télérama.
33rd International Competition
Awards given by the official Jury
Grand Prix
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 5,000 € by the Conseil régional of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Qualification for the Oscar® and the BAFTA (subject to eligibility).
Prix Special Jury Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 4,000 € by the Conseil départemental of Puy-de-Dôme.
Award for Best Animation
Edowment: 1,500 € by Sauve qui peut le court métrage.
Award for Best European Film
Endowment: 1,500 € by the Centre d'Information Europe Direct.
Nomination "European Film Awards"
The international jury will selected the European film to be nominated in the short film category of the 34th European Film Awards.
Award given by the audience
Audience Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 4,000 € by the Conseil régional of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Other juries
Student Prize
Edowment: 1,500 € by the university Clermont Auvergne.
20th Lab Competition
Awards given by the official Jury
Grand Prix
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 5,000 € by Clermont Auvergne Métropole.
Special Jury Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Edowment: 3,500 € by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.
Award given by the audience
Audience Prize
Delivery of a Vercingetorix trophy.
Endowment: 1,500 € by the societies Vice Versa & Print Conseil.
Other Juries
Festivals Connexion Award
Endowment: 4,500 € for post-production, recording and mixing of a short film soundtrack by Lumières numériques and Studios Palace.
Purchase of the film rights by Mèche Courte to integrate its catalogue.
Student Prize
Endowment: 1,500 € by the Fondation de la Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes.
Transversal Prizes

CANAL+ Award
Pore-purchase of 25,000€ on a for the next short film by the director chosen amour the French short films in the national and lab competition.

CANAL+/CiNÉ+ Award
Acquisition of broadcasting rights for a film in the International and/or Lab Competition.

SACD Award for Best French-Speaking Animation
Endowment: 3,000 € by the SACD.
French-language animated films from the three competitions will compete.

Fernand Raynaud Award for Best Comedy
Delivery of a trophy.
Endowment: 1,500 € by the city of Clermont-Ferrand.

Special Effects Award by Adobe
Special effects prices by Adobe
Delivery of a trophy.
Endowment: 3,500 € by Adobe.

Award for Best Documentary
Endowment: 1,500 € by the association Documentaire sur grand écran and Tënk.
Acquisition of broadcasting rights in SVOD on Tënk for 2 months.
Autres Prix
Coup de Cœur CANAL+ Family
Purchase of broadcasting rights for a film for young audiences, chosen by the 5th grade students of the Gérard-Philipe secondary school (Cité de tous les talents).
Prix Orange Brèves Digitales
Endowment: 500 € by Orange.
Bourse des Festivals Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes
Endowment: 19,471 € by Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma and the CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée) to finance a short film project.
The La Poule qui pond Scholarship
La Poule qui pond, a children’s book publisher located in Clermont-Ferrand, is teaming up with the Festival to award a singular prize to a film in the Young Audience selection. The illustrator(s) of the winning film will be offered a publishing contract to produce a children’s book for La Poule qui pond.