Jury and selection of short films announced for the Cinéfondation 2021

The Jury for Short Films and the Cinéfondation film school competition will be awarding the Short Film Palme d’or to one of the 10 films in Competition, and the three Cinéfondation prizes to the best of the 17 selected films by film school students.

Just like in october 2020, the Jury demonstrates complete gender parity, three women and three men, and will occur without presidency:

• Kaouther Ben Hania
  Director, screenwriter (Tunisia)
• Tuva Novotny
  Director, screenwriter, actress (Sweden)
• Alice Winocour
  Director, screenwriter (France)
• Sameh Alaa
  Director, producer, screenwriter (Egypt)
• Carlos Muguiro
  Filmmaker, teacher (Spain)
• Nicolas Pariser
  Director, screenwriter (France)

The short films Competition

The 2021 Short Films Competition comprises 10 films, from Brazil, Denmark, China, France, Hong Kong, Iran, Portugal and for the first time in Official Selection Kosovo and Macedonia:

• Marija APCEVSKA – SEVEREN POL (NORTH POLE)
  15’ – Macedonia
• Samir KARAHODA – PA VEND (DISPLACED)
  15’ – Kosovo
• Casper KJELDSEN – DET ER I JORDEN (IN THE SOIL)
  14’ – Denmark
• Mohammadreza MAYGHANI – ORTHODONTICS
  14’ – Iran
• Adrian MOYSE DULLIN – THE RIGHT WORDS
  15’ – France
• Diogo SALGADO – NOITE TURVA (THROUGH THE HAZE)
  14’ – Portugal
• Carlos SEGUNDO – SIDERAL
  15’ – Brazil, France
• TANG Yi – ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD
  14’ – Hong Kong
• Jasmin TENUCCI – CÉU DE AGOSTO (AUGUST SKY)
  15’ – Brazil, USA
• WANG Lu – XUE YUN (ABSENCE)
  15’ – China

These films presented on July 16th are all in the running for the 2021 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded at the Closing ceremony of the 74th Festival de Cannes on Saturday, July 17th.

The Cinéfondation Selection

For its 24th edition the Cinéfondation Selection of the Festival de Cannes has invited 17 directors: 8 women and 9 men. The 13 live-action and 4 animated shorts have been chosen from among the 1,835 submitted by film schools all over the world. Four schools make their first appearance at the Cinéfondation. The diversity of the selection is also enriched by the cultural intermingling of filmmakers and schools: a Brazilian in Argentina, a Bulgarian in UK, a Chinese in Japan, an Islander in Denmark.

• Sacha AMARAL – BILLY BOY
  Universidad Nacional de las Artes – Argentina – 25’
• Carina-Gabriela DAȘOVEANU – PRIN ORAS CIRCULA SCURTE POVESTI DE DRAGOSTE (LOVE STORIES ON THE MOVE)
  UNATC “I. L. CARAGIALE” – Romania – 21’
• Théo DEGEN – L’ENFANT SALAMANDRE (THE SALAMANDER CHILD)
  INSAS – Belgium – 26’
• Natalia DURSZEWICZ – BESTIE WOKÓŁ NAS (BEASTS AMONG US)
  The Polish National Film School in Łódź – Poland – 6’
• HUANG Menglu – OYOGERUNEKO (THE CAT FROM THE DEEP SEA)
  Musashino Art University – Japan – 50’
• Lina KALCHEVA – OTHER HALF
  NFTS – United Kingdom – 13’
• Mya KAPLAN – HABIKUR (NIGHT VISIT)
  The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University – Israel – 25’
• Auden LINCOLN-VOGEL – BILL AND JOE GO DUCK HUNTING
  University of Iowa – USA – 21’
• Aleksandra ODIĆ – FRIDA 
  DFFB – Germany – 22’
• Anna PODSKALSKÁ – RUDÉ BOTY (RED SHOES)
  FAMU – Czech Republic – 14’
• Gonzalo QUINCOCES – LA CAÍDA DEL VENCEJO (THE FALL OF THE SWIFT)
  ESCAC – Spain – 13’
• Rodrigo RIBEYRO – CANTAREIRA
  Academia Internacional de Cinema – Brazil – 24’
• Olivér RUDOLF – FONICA M-120
  SZFE – Hungary – 24’
• Óskar Kristinn VIGNISSON – FRIE MÆND (FREE MEN)
  Den Danske Filmskole – Denmark – 28’
• Adèle VINCENTI-CRASSON – KING MAX
  La Fémis – France – 21’
• Lukas VON BERG – SAINT ANDROID
  Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg – Germany – 6’
• YOON Daewoen – CICADA
  Korea National University of Arts – South Korea – 17’

The jury will hand over the Cinéfondation prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday, July 15th, in the Buñuel Theatre.