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Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 78th Festival de Cannes

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.

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′

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