JURY MEMBERS OF THE SHORT FILM 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 Garcia
Producer, photographer and former Director of Filmoteca Española
Spain
Nebojša Slijepčević
Director & screenwriter
Croatia
THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
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.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE (DISPUTES EN FAVEUR DE L’AMOUR)
Gabriel Abrantes
9′
ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
15′
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
13′
AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero
15′
FILLE DE L’EAU
Sandra Desmazières
15′
HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE)
Martine Froissard
9′
DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
15′
THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyères
15′
NVHAI (LILI)
Zhaoguang Luo and Shuhan Liao
14′
A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS)
Inês Nunes
15′
AASVOËLS (VULTURES)
Dian Weys
15′
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′