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Short Films in Competition 2024

Selected from 4 420 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition, coming from 10 countries : Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Kosovo, Lithuania, Portugal and the United States. The Short Film Palme d’or will be handed by the Jury chaired by Lubna Azabal, Saturday, May 25, during the closing ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes.

 

The short films will be screened on Friday 24 May at 11am in the Salle Debussy and at 2pm in the Salle Buñuel.

 

VOLCELEST
Éric Briche
France – 15′

OOTIDĖ
Razumaitė Eglė 
Lithuania – 9′

SANKI YOXSAN 
Azer Guliev
Azerbaijan – 15′

LES BELLES CICATRICES
Raphaël Jouzeau
France – 15′

RRUGËS 
(En route)
Samir Karahoda
Kosovo – 15′

ACROSS THE WATERS
Viv Li
China – 15′

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
(Une parfaite étrangeté)
Alison McAlpine
Canada – 15′

TEA
(Thé)
Blake Rice
United States – 12′

AMARELA
(Jaune)
André Hayato Saito
Brazil – 15′

L’HOMME QUI NE SE TAISAIT PAS 
Nebojša Slijepčević
Croatia – 13′

BAD FOR A MOMENT
(Mau Por Um Momento)
Daniel Soares
Portugal – 15′

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