Two days ahead of the announcement of their feature film lineup, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the official selection of short films headed to this year’s festival.
Ten films have been selected (from 4,500 submissions) to compete for the Short Film Palme D’or. For the first time, films from Puerto Rico and Syria are competing.
In addition, fifteen films have been selected for the Cinéfondation Selection out of more than 1,700 submissions from 320 film schools across the globe.
A jury presided over by Jean-Pierre Dardenne will decide the winners of both selections.
The official selection:
Alvaro APONTE-CENTENO
MI SANTA MIRADA
Puerto Rico
Eicke BETTINGA
GASP
(SOUFFLE)
Germany
Mohamed BOUROKBA
CE CHEMIN DEVANT MOI
France
Bassam CHEKHES
FALASTEIN, SANDOUK AL INTEZAR
LIL BURTUQAL
(WAITING FOR P.O BOX)
Syria
Grainger DAVID
THE CHAIR
United States
Zia MANDIVWALLA
NIGHT SHIFT
New-Zealand
Chloé ROBICHAUD
CHEF DE MEUTE
Canada
Michael SPICCIA
YARDBIRD
Australia
Emilie VERHAMME
COCKAIGNE
Belgium
L.Rezan YESILBAS
SESSIZ-BE DENG
(SILENT)
Turkey
The Cinéfondation Selection:
Pascale ABOU JAMRA
DERRIÈRE MOI LES OLIVIERS
(Behind Me Olive Trees)
ALBA
Liban / Lebanon
Shoichi AKINO
RIYOUSHI
(The Barber)
Tokyo University of the Arts
Japon / Japan
Arthur CAHN
LES RAVISSEMENTS
(The Raptures)
La fémis
France
Morten HELGELAND
SLUG INVASION
The Animation Workshop
Danemark / Denmark
Michal HOGENAUER
TAMBYLLES
FAMU
République Tchèque / Czech Republic
Leni HUYGHE
MATTEUS
Sint-Lukas Brussels
Belgique / Belgium
Cristi IFTIME
TABĂRA DIN RĂZOARE
(The Camp in Razoare)
UNATC
Roumanie / Romania
Taisia IGUMENTSEVA
DOROGA NA
(The Road to)
VGIK
Russie / Russia
Piero MESSINA
TERRA
(Land)
CSC
Italie / Italy
Miguel Angel MOULET
LOS ANFITRIONES
(The Hosts)
EICTV
Cuba
Meryl O’CONNOR
THE BALLAD OF FINN + YETI
UCLA
États-Unis / USA
Timothy RECKART
HEAD OVER HEELS
NFTS
Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom
Matthew James REILLY
ABIGAIL
NYU
États-Unis / USA
Eti TSICKO
RESEN
(Dog Leash)
TAU
Israël / Israel
Eduardo WILLIAMS
PUDE VER UN PUMA
(Could See a Puma)
UCINE
Argentine / Argentina
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