Cannes Film Festival Announces Short Films in Competition

While the Official Selection of feature films for the 67th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday April 17th, the list of Short Films has been unveiled in advance. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abbas KIAROSTAMI, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.

This year, the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films, representing 128 production countries.

Ten films will compete in 2014 for the Short Film Palme d'or, to be awarded by Abbas Kiarostami, President of the Jury, at the Awards Ceremony of the 67th Festival de Cannes on Saturday, May 24th.

For the first time, an azeri and a georgian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:

Giovanni ALOI	A PASSO D'UOMO (Manhole)	14'	Italy
Ran HUANG	THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLORY	15'	China
Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI	UKHILAVI SIVRTSEEBI (Invisible Spaces)	10'	Georgia
Sato MASIKO, Ohara TAKAYOSHI, Seki YUTARO, Toyota MASAYUKI, Hirase KENTARO	HAPPO-EN	13'	Japan
Simón MESA SOTO	LEIDI	15'	Colombia United-Kingdom
Sergey PIKALOV	SONUNCU (The Last One)	15'	Azerbaijan
Petra SZ?CS	A KIVEGZES (The Execution)	14'	Hungary Romania
Clément TREHIN-LALANNE	AÏSSA	8'	France
Laura WANDEL	LES CORPS ÉTRANGERS	15'	Belgium
Hallvar WITZØ	JA VI ELSKER (Yes we Love)	15'	Norway

THE 2014 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

The Cinéfondation Selection selected 16 films (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) among the 1,631 submitted this year by cinema schools from all around the world.

This year sees a very significant broadening of scope of the Selection, with a 38% of the schools being selected for the first time and one country - Egypt - which has never previously been selected. Besides, more than half of the sixteen selected films (9) have been directed by women.

The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Thursday 22ndMay in the Buñuel Theatre.

THE CINEFONDATION SELECTION:

Max CHAN	OUR BLOOD	25'	Hampshire College USA
Pierre CLENET Alejandro DIAZ Romain MAZEVET Stéphane PACCOLAT	HOME SWEET HOME	10'	Supinfocom Arles France
Omar EL ZOHAIRY	THE AFTERMATH OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE PUBLIC TOILET AT KILOMETER 375	18'	High Cinema Institute, Academy of Arts Égypt
Reinaldo Marcus GREEN	STONE CARS	14'	NYU Tisch School of the Arts USA
HAN Fengyu	LAST TRIP HOME	25'	Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore
Meryll HARDT	UNE VIE RADIEUSE (A Radiant Life)	17'	Le Fresnoy France
Chie HAYAKAWA	NIAGARA	27'	ENBU Seminar Japan
Atsuko HIRAYANAGI	OH LUCY!	21'	NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia Singapore
Inbar HORESH	THE VISIT	27'	Minshar for Art, School and Center Israel
Stefan IVAN?I?	LETO BEZ MESECA (Moonless Summer)	31'	Faculty of Dramatic Arts Serbia
Daisy JACOBS	THE BIGGER PICTURE	7'	National Film and Television School United Kingdom
György Mór KÁRPÁTI	PROVINCIA	21'	University of Theatre and Film Arts Hungary
KWON Hyun-ju	SOOM (Breath)	33'	Chung-Ang University South Korea
Léa MYSIUS	LES OISEAUX-TONNERRE (Thunderbirds)	22'	La Fémis France
Fulvio RISULEO	LIEVITO MADRE (Sourdough)	17'	Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italy
Annie SILVERSTEIN	SKUNK	16'	The University of Texas at Austin USA

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