Director, screenwriter and producer Maren Ade will preside over the short films and La Cinef Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes.
She will be flanked by director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green, actress, singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana, producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española José María Prado and director and screenwriter Nebojša Slijepčević. Together, they will award the Short Film Palme d’or and the 3 La Cinef prizes, the Festival de Cannes’ selection dedicated to student films.
The Jury will discover the 11 films in the Short Film Competition and the 16 films in La Cinef Selection unveiled today.
Selected from 4 781 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition. The selection comprises 9 fiction short films and 2 animated short films. 5 of them are directed by women.
The Short Film Palme d’or will be handed by the Jury chaired by Maren Ade, on Saturday, May 24, during the closing ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes.
Short Film Selection
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF LOVE (DISPUTES EN FAVEUR DE L’AMOUR)
Gabriel Abrantes
ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero
FILLE DE L’EAU
Sandra Desmazières
HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE)
Martine Froissard
DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyères
NVHAI (LILI)
Zhaoguang Luo and Shuhan Liao
A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS)
Inês Nunes
AASVOËLS (VULTURES)
Dian WEYS
La Cinef Selection
La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated films from among the 2,700 submitted by film schools all over the world.
Three short films coming from schools invited for the first time: Escola das Artes – UCP (Portugal), Super16 (Denmark) and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonia is also taking part for the very first time.
The 28th edition awards will be handed over by the Jury on Thursday, May 22 during a ceremony in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
O PÁSSARO DE DENTRO (THE BIRD FROM WITHIN)
Laura Anahory
Escola das Artes – UCP – Portugal – 5′
PER BRUIXA I METZINERA (THE SORCERESS ECHO)
Marc Camardons
ESCAC – Spain – 24′
TRES (THREE)
Juan Ignacio Ceballos
UCINE – Argentina – 24′
MATALAPAINE (THE LIGHTNING ROD)
Helmi Donner
AALTO University – Finland – 21′
BIMO
Oumnia Hanader
CinéFabrique – France – 23′
TALK ME
Joecar Hanna
NYU – USA – 19′
FIRST SUMMER
Heo Gayoung
KAFA – South Korea – 30′
MÅSKE I MARTS (MAYBE IN MARCH)
Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert
Super16 – Denmark – 24′
WINTER IN MARCH
Natalia Mirzoyan
Estonian Academy of Arts – Estonia – 16′
MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER
Polina Piddubna
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany – 13′
12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY
Qu Zhizheng
Beijing Film Academy – China – 16′
ETHER
Vida Skerk
NFTS – UK – 15′
FURSECURI SI LAPTE (MILK AND COOKIES)
Andrei Tache-Codreanu
UNATC “I. L. Caragiale” – Romania – 21′
GINGER BOY (SEPARATED)
Miki Tanaka
ENBU Seminar – Japan – 48′
A DOLL MADE UP OF CLAY
Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay
Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute – India – 24′
LE CONTINENT SOMNAMBULE (THE LAND OF SLUMBER)
Jules Vésigot-Wahl
La Fémis – France – 26′
Jury members of the short film competition and La Cinef
Maren Ade – President
Director, screenwriter & producer
Germany
Reinaldo Marcus Green
Director, screenwriter & producer
USA
Camélia Jordana
Actress, singer & songwriter
France
José María Prado
Producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española
Spain
Nebojša Slijepčević
Director & screenwriter
Croatia
