The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abbas KIAROSTAMI, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
THE 2014 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
This year, the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films, representing 128 production countries.
Nine 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:
| Ran HUANG | THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLORY | 15’ | China |
| Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI | UKHILAVI SIVRTSEEBI (Invisible Spaces) | 10’ | Georgia |
| Sato MASAHIKO, 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 SZŐCS | 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 22nd May 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 IVANČIĆ | 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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