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The Palmarès of the Short Films at the 78th Festival de Cannes At the Awards Ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes, the Short Films and La Cinef Jury, presided over by Maren Ade and joined by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Camélia Jordana,...
Hasan Hadi, winner of the Camera d’Or & Akinola Davis Jr © Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
The Caméra d’or of the 78th Festival de Cannes At the Awards Ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes Film, the Caméra d’Or Jury, presided over by Alice Rohrwacher alongside Frédéric Mercier, Tommaso Vergallo, Géraldine Nakache, Rachid Hami, and...
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The Jury has announced the winners of the 28th La Cinef Selection The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado Garcia, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La...
Focus SCRIPT 2025: three projects selected by MIDPOINT Institute, ShorTO Film Market et Festival Music & Cinema Marseille! The Focus SCRIPT creates bonds between Visual Arts & Film Schools, Producers and various Industry decision-makers during the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry. The initiative seeks innovative young talents and supports...
Focus COPRO’ 2025: three projects selected by Pop Up Film Residency, ECAM Industria & HFF München The Focus COPRO’ supports talented filmmakers in the presentation of their debut feature film project, and connect them to key industry professionals as part of the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry. ...
Focus WIP 2025: the audience has voted! The Focus WiP highlights short film projects in production or post-production and showcases works-in-progress to arouse the interest of key ndustry decision-makers, such as distributors, programmers, institutions, producers and buyers. 
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The 2025 Caméra d’or: who are the contenders? With just a few days to go before the opening of the 77th Festival de Cannes, let’s take a look at the films in the running for the 2024 Caméra...
Industry Program 2025 Short Film Corner | Rendez-Vous Industry The full program is now available!
CREATIVE PROGRAMS 2025: CONSULTANTS, MENTORS & EXPERTS The SFC | Rendez-vous Industry would like to extend its warmest thanks to the professionals who support our Creative Programs project–holders.  
Focus COPRO’ 2025 The Focus COPRO’ gathers first feature projects at early stage of work from filmmakers selected in the Festival de Cannes’ short film sections – in Competition & Directors’ Fortnight –...
DIRECTORS’ TALKS, INDUSTRY PANELS & KEYNOTES 2025 Find more about the not-to-be-missed events on free access at the Short Film Corner | Rendez-vous Industry 2025! 
BREAKFASTS 2025 The Breakfasts are an unmissable event to develop your network!  An opportunity for directors and producers to meet with key industry decision-makers. Festival programmers, distributors, industry platforms and buyers from...
WORSHOPS & MEET THE EXPERTS Pitch Training and Feedback Sessions on Shorts Films are back in the Workshops schedule!  It’s also the comeback of the Meet The Experts, individual sessions held around various key thematics...
Video contest #CannesDiaries After last year’s success, the Festival is launching the video contest again, dedicated to young cinephiles of 3 Days at Cannes! And with a new edition comes a new theme....
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...
Focus WiP 2025 Every year, the Focus WiP (Work-in-Progress) presents short films in production or post-production to the key players of the short film industry – distributors, programmers, producers, institution & fund representatives,...
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Alice Rohrwacher, President of the Caméra d’or Jury After last year’s duo with Emmanuelle Béart and Baloji, this year Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher has been chosen to chair the Jury of the Caméra d’or. This award...
New Producers Room 2025 Training workshop for promising producers, the New Producers Room aims to build strong & enriching bonds, and allow the learning of many useful skills, from co-production opportunities for short films...
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Interview of Nebojša Slijepčević, 2024 Short Film Palme d’or Last year, Croatian director Nebojša Slijepčević won the Palme d’Or for his short film The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, which immerses us in a passenger train stopped by...
Focus SCRIPT 2025 The Focus SCRIPT highlights promising filmmakers and supports them in the development of their first professional short film. Find below the six chosen projects for the 2025 Short Film Corner...
The 49th session of La Résidence of the Festival La Résidence welcomes its 49th session! Take a world tour with 6 Residents: Flóra Anna Buda from Hungarye, Andrea Gatopoulos from Italy, Xiwen Cong from China, Simon Maria Kubiena from...