The Cinéfondation Selection showcases short films produced by film students from around the world, and has been nurturing new generations of filmmakers since 1998, including Emmanuelle Bercot, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Léa Mysius, Kornél Mundruczó, Claire Burger, Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Jessica Hausner, Corneliu Porumboiu, Annie Silverstein, Asif Kapadia, Pippa Bianco, Dani Rosenberg, Alice Furtado, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Etienne Kallos and Nadav Lapid.
Now in its 23rd edition, this year’s selection comitee lead by Dimitra Karya features 17 films (13 narrative films and 4 animated films) by eleven men and eight women, selected from among the 1,952 works that were submitted by participating film schools. Israel, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Hungary, Romania, India, Switzerland, the United States, South Korea, France, Poland, Portugal, Germany and Slovenia are all represented this year, with the latter having been included in the selection for the very first time.
The screening of the Cinéfondation Selection, which culminates in the Jury awarding Prizes, will take place next autumn at the Palais des festivals in Cannes. The exact date and the names of the jury members will be revealed very soon.
| Shaylee ATARY | NEURIM |
The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University Israel |
30′ |
| Toby AUBERG | PILE | Royal College of Art
United Kingdom |
4′ |
| Santiago BARZI | MURALLA CHINA
(Chinese Wall) |
Universidad del Cine
Argentina |
17′ |
| Márk BELEZNAI | AGAPÉ | Budapest Metropolitan University
Hungary |
16′ |
| Lucia CHICOS | CONTRAINDICATII
(Contraindications) |
UNATC “I. L. CARAGIALE”
Romania |
19′ |
| Tzor EDERY & Tom PREZMAN | TAMOU | Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Israel |
10′ |
| Ashmita GUHA NEOGI | CATDOG | Film and Television Institute of India
India |
21′ |
| Sarah IMSAND | LE CHANT DE L’OISEAU (Bird’s Song) | HEAD Genève
Switzerland |
19′ |
| Matjaž JAMNIK | NIHČE NI REKEL, DA TE MORAM IMETI RAD
(Nobody Said I Have to Love You) |
UL AGRFT
Slovenia |
18′ |
| KEFF | TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY | NYU Tisch School of the Arts
USA |
45′ |
| KIM Min-Ju | SEONGINSIK
(Twenty) |
Soongsil University
South Korea |
22′ |
| Timothée MAUBREY | CARCASSE
(Carcass) |
La Fémis
France |
33′ |
| Yelyzaveta PYSMAK | JA I MOJA GRUBA DUPA
(My Fat Arse and I) |
The Polish National Film School in Lodz
Poland |
10′ |
| Afonso & Bernardo RAPAZOTE | CORTE | Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
Portugal |
28′ |
| Elsa ROSENGREN | I WANT TO RETURN RETURN RETURN | DFFB
Germany |
32′ |
| Mitchelle TAMARIZ | EN AVANT
(When We Leave) |
La Poudrière
France |
4′ |
| ZHANG Linhan | DOU ZEOI GU SI
(The Last Ferry from Grass Island) |
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
USA |
14′ |
In 2019, the Jury chaired by Claire Denis and comprised of Eran Kolirin, Panos H. Koutras, Stacy Martin and Cătălin Mitulescu, awarded the Cinéfondation First Prize to a French school for the first time: the award went to Mano a Mano by Louise Courvoisier from Lyon’s CinéFabrique.
This edition is dedicated to the memory of David Kessler (1959-2020), who supported and cherished the Cinéfondation.
