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Short Films 2020 © FDC
Introducing, as every year, the Official Selection of short films in Competition at the Festival de Cannes in 2020.
73rd Festival de Cannes © Loic Venance / AFP
Following the French President’s statement, on Monday, April 13rd, we acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the...
Agustina San Martin
Agustina San Martín, Short Film Special Distinction laureate in 2019, discusses her festival, her film and her vision…
L'Atelier 2020 © RR
The Cinefondation’s Atelier hosts its sixteenth edition this year and will invite to the Festival de Cannes 16 directors whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers,...
Monos, directed by Alejandro Landes and Alexis dos Santos.
Alejandro Landes and Alexis dos Santos (La Résidence 2006 and 2008) release their film “Monos”, best film and director prizes at the 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival. Belonging to a...
Guillermo Garcia Lopez, Samuel Ishimwe, Hana Jusic, Rodrigo Barriuso, Bernhard Wenger, Miki Polonski © RR
For its 40th session the Residence welcome directors Rodrigo Barriuso, Guillermo García López, Samuel Ishimwe, Hana Jusic, Miki Polonski and Bernhard Wenger. Samuel Ishimwe and Bernhard Wenger will be the...
Lucièrnagas, directed by Bani Khoshnoudi
Bani Khoshnoudi (La Résidence 2009) releases her new film “Lucièrnagas”, presented in Official Selection at the last International Film Festival Rotterdam and in Competition at the Cabourg Film Festival 2019....
Bergmál, directed by  Rúnar Rúnarsson
Rúnar Rúnarsson presents his film “Bergmál”, developed during #LAtelier2018 and Youth Jury Prize at the last Locarno Festival. Iceland, Christmas time. As everyone prepares for the holidays, a peculiar atmosphere...
La vie invisible d'Euridice Gusmao, réalisé par Karim Ainouz.
Karim Aïnouz (LaRésidence 2003) presents his new film “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” in Competition at the last Cannes Film Festival winner of Un Certain Regard Prize. Rio de...
The Cinéfondation du Festival de Cannes and the INA team up.
The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), which has been an audio-visual producer and educational center of excellence in image and sound for nearly 45 years, joins the Cinéfondation du Festival...
Submissions for the Cinéfondation Selection 2020.
Submissions of films from film schools students for the Cinéfondation Selection 2020 are now open ! The deadline is February 15th. The 73rd Festival de Cannes will take place from...
PROXIMA directed by Alice Winocour.
Alice Winocour (#LAtelier 2011) presents her new film “Proxima”, which won the Jury Prize at the last San Sebastian Film Festival and a Special Mention at the TIFF 2019. Sarah...
THE ORPHANAGE (PARWARESHGAH), directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahrbanoo Sadat (#LaRésidence 2010) presents her new film “The Orphanage (Parwareshgah)” in Competition at the last Directors’ Fortnight. In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul...
Little Joe, directed by Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner (La Sélection 1999) presents her new film “Little Joe” in Competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a...
Raven Johnson, Urška Djukic, Zi Gao, Payal Kapadia, Rhys Jones, Chiang Wei Liang
Since October 1st, 2019, the Residence welcome the 6 directors selected for session 39: Payal Kapadia (India), Rhys Jones (Great Britain), Wei Liang Chiang (Singapore), Zi Gao (China), Raven Johnson...
Waiting for the Barbarians, Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra (L’Atelier 2007) presents his new film « Waiting for the Barbarians” in Competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival and in preview at the 45th Deauville American Film...
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Asif Kapakia (La Sélection 1998) presents his new film “Diego Maradona”. Diego Maradona is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive with the full support...
City of last things - Win Ding Ho
Wi Ding Ho (L’Atelier 2009) presents his new film “City of last things”. The story follows Lao Zhang, a depressed, ex-police officer pining for a lost love and fighting with...
ROJO - Benjamin Naishtat
Benjamin Naishtat (La Sélection 2010) presents his new film “Rojo”. In Argentina during the mid-1970s, Claudio is a middle-aged, happily married lawyer with a comfortable life in a deceptively placid...
Ciné Open Bar with Formatova
Ciné Open Bar with Formatova dedicates a special screening to Cinéfondation short films. 9 of the films presented in Cannes in 2018 and 2019 will be screened on Saturday June 29th at 5:00 p.m....
The Dive
Yona Rozenkier (L’Atelier 2017) presents his first feature film “The Dive (Hatzlila). It is Thursday and another war is hitting the northern part of Israel hard. Three brothers reunite in...