CANNES FESTIVAL – Short films slate announced
Presided over by filmmaker Claire Denis the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will be awarding three prizes in ceremony on the 23rd of May. The Short Film Palme d’or will be awarded during the closing ceremony, to be held on May 25th.
The 2019 Short Films Competition includes eleven films (nine fiction-based shorts, one documentary and one animated film) from countries as diverse as Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden and the U.S. The selection committee watched 4240 short films before paring it down to the eleven finalists.
| Erenik BEQIRI | “The Van” | Albania, France | 15’ |
| Dekel BERENSON | “Anna” | U.K., Israel | 15’ |
| Vanessa DUMONT Nicolas DAVENEL |
“The Jump” (documentary) | France | 12’ |
| Vasilis KEKATOS | “The Distance between us and the sky” | Greece, France | 9’ |
| Teemu NIKKI | “All inclusive” | Finland | 15’ |
| Elin ÖVERGAARD | “Who Talks” | Sweden | 14’ |
| Agnès PATRON | “And then the bear” (Animation) | France | 14’ |
| Yona ROZENKIER | “Butterflies” | Israel | 7’ |
| Agustina SAN MARTÍN | “Monster God” | Argentina | 10’ |
| Chloë SEVIGNY | “White Echo” | U.S. | 15’ |
| Federico Luis TACHELLA | “The Nap” | Argentina | 14’ |
For its 22nd edition, the Cinéfondation Selection chose seventeen films (fourteen live-action and three animated films), from among the 2,000 entries submitted by film schools all over the world. Europe figures prominently in this year’s slate, which signals a robust film school culture throughout the continent. Six of the selected shorts come from schools taking part for the first time.
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| Wisam AL JAFARI | “Ambience” | Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture
Palestine |
15’ |
| Louise COURVOISIER | “Mano a Mano” | CinéFabrique
France |
23’ |
| Ondřej ERBAN | “One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand” | FAMU
Czech Republic |
16’ |
| Kenya GILLESPIE | “Jeremiah” | The University of Texas at Austin
U.S. |
10’ |
| Martin GONDA | “Pura Vida” | FTF VŠMU – Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts
Slovakia |
30’ |
| Shoki LIN | “Adam” | Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
19’ |
| Yarden LIPSHITZ LOUZ | “Rift” | Sapir College
Israel |
21’ |
| David MCSHANE | “Solar Plexus” | NFTS
U.K. |
9’ |
| Antonio MESSANA | “Rosso: A True Lie About a Fisherman” | La Fémis
France |
28’ |
| Katalin MOLDOVAI | “As Up to Now” | Budapest Metropolitan University (METU)
Hungary |
24’ |
| Martin MONK | “Favourites” | Filmakademie Wien
Austria |
18’ |
| Leszek MOZGA | “Roadkill” | University of the Arts London (UAL)
U.K. |
8’ |
| Barbara RUPIK | “The Little Soul” | PWSFTviT
Poland |
9’ |
| Richard VAN | HIẾU | CalArts
U.S. |
24’ |
| Flo VAN DEUREN | “Bamboe” | RITCS
Belgium |
19’ |
| Olesya YAKOVLEVA | “Complex Subject” | St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
Russia |
26’ |
| YEON Jegwang | “Alien” | Korea National University of Arts
South Korea |
15′ |
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