The Palme d'Or and other main competition prizes won't be announced until Sunday evening, but Cannes has begun to give out awards. In addition to "Take Shelter" winning the top prize in the Critics Week competition and "Atmen" ("Breathing") and "The Giants" winning awards in the independent Directors' Fortnight section, the Cinefondation section of student films has handed out its awards.
Doroteya Droumeva's German student film "The Letter" has been awarded First Prize in the section, which consisted of 16 films. Kamal Lazraq's "Drari" and Son Tae-gyum's "Fly By Night" were chosen as the second and third place winners, respectively, by a jury headed by writer-director Michel Gondry.