The only Romanian movie that was in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival 2013, “In acvariu” (In the fishbowl), directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu won the third prize at the Cinefondation section. The 20-minutes short film tells the story of a couple who is trying to break up but they just don’t seem to succeed.

In 1998, the Festival de Cannes created the Cinéfondation to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers. For this year, in the competition were selected 18 short films of 1550 projects submitted by 277 schools worldwide cinema. Tudor Cristian Jurgiu is currently a student of UNATC Bucharest.

Blue is the Warmest Colour wins Palme d’Or 2013

This year’s Palme d’or has gone to La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre (Blue is the Warmest Colour) 1 & 2 by Abdellatif Kechiche.

The President of the Jury, Steven Spielberg, explained that “The Jury took note of the excellence of three artists: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux et Abdellatif Kechiche.”

After receiving his award from American actress Uma Thurman, the winner, accompanied by his two actresses, declared: “I want to remind everyone of a man who helped me find my way, who I love and who I miss: Claude Berri. I want to dedicate this prize and this film to the wonderful young people of France who I met while making this film and who taught me so much about the hope for freedom and of living in harmony together. And to the young people who, not so long ago, lived through the Tunisian revolution, so as to inspire them to live in freedom, express themselves in freedom and love in freedom.”