Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Short Films Selection at the 68th Festival de Cannes


The announcement of the 2015 Official Selection will begin with the short films In Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection, in the run-up to the press conference for the 68th Festival de Cannes, to be held on Thursday 16th April.

Following their deliberations, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abderrahmane Sissako, will decide on the best films both from the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation.

THE 2015 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

This year, the selection committee received 4,550 short films – 1,000 more than in 2014 – from over 100 countries.

The 2015 Short Films Competition comprises nine films (seven works of fiction and two animations), mostly from Asia and Europe, with one representative of Latin America and one from Oceania.
These films are all in the running for the 2015 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Abderrahmane Sissako, President of the Jury, at the official prize-giving ceremony of the 68th Festival de Cannes on 24th May.

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:

 Ely DAGHER
WAVES ’98
 14’
 Lebanon, Qatar




 Shane DANIELSEN
THE GUESTS

 10’
 Australia




 Ziya DEMIREL
SALI
(Tuesday)
 12’
 Turkey, France   




 Céline DEVAUX
LE REPAS DOMINICAL
(Sunday Lunch)
 13’
 France




 Dan HODGSON
LOVE IS BLIND
 6’
 United Kingdom




 Basil KHALIL
AVE MARIA
 14’
 Palestine, France, Germany




 Jan ROOSENS, Raf ROOSENS
COPAIN
(Buddy)
 14’
Belgium




 Eva RILEY
PATRIOT
 14’
 United Kingdom




 Iair SAID
PRESENTE IMPERFECTO
(Present Imperfect)
 15’
 Argentina


THE 2015 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

To mark its 18th year, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 18 films (14 works of fiction and four animations), from among the 1,600 works submitted this year by film schools from all four corners of the globe. 16 countries from four continents are represented.

Over a third of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time, and it is also the first time that a Spanish film school has seen one of its films reach the selection stage. There is a strong showing from Europe once again, with 11 out of the 18 films selected.

The three Cinéfondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony preceding the screening of the prize-winning films on Friday 22nd May in the salle Buñuel.


THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION:

Behzad AZADI
KOSHTARGAH
(Slaughterhouse)
24’    
 Art University of Tehran
Iran




Mateo BENDESKY
EL SER MAGNÉTICO
(The Magnetic Nature)
 17’
Universidad del Cine (FUC)
Argentina




Pippa BIANCO
 SHARE
11’
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women
USA




Simon CARTWRIGHT
MANOMAN
11’
National Film and Television School
United Kingdom




Ian GARRIDO LÓPEZ
VICTOR XX
20’
ESCAC
Spain




 Maria GUSKOVA
VOZVRASHENIE ERKINA
(The Return of Erkin)
 28’
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Russia




Félix HAZEAUX
Thomas NITSCHE
Edward NOONAN
Franck PINA
Raphaëlle PLANTIER
LEONARDO
 6’
MOPA (ex Supinfocom Arles)
France




Ignacio JURICIC MERILLÁN
LOCAS PERDIDAS
(Lost Queens)
 28’
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile
Chile




Sofie KAMPMARK
TSUNAMI
 7’
The Animation Workshop
Denmark




Tomáš KLEIN
Tomáš MERTA
RETRIEVER
 23’
FAMU Prague
Czech Republic




Aurélien PEILLOUX
LES CHERCHEURS
(The Wheel of Emotions)
 32’
La Fémis
France




Eliza PETKOVA
ABWESEND
(Absent)
 13’
Deutsche Film & Fernsehakademie (dffb)
Germany




Miki POLONSKI
ASARA REHOVOT MEA ETSIM
(Ten Buildings Away)
 25’
Minshar for Art
Israel




Maksim SHAVKIN
14 STEPS
 37’
Moscow School of New Cinema
Russia




Héctor SILVA NÚÑEZ
ANFIBIO
(Amphibian)
 15’
EICTV
Cuba




Salla SORRI
AINAHAN NE PALAA
(To Return Until)
 17’
Aalto University, ELO Film School Helsinki
Finland




Laura VANDEWYNCKEL
HET PARADIJS
(Paradise)
 6’
RITS School of Arts Brussels
Belgium




Qiu YANG
RI GUANG ZHI XIA
(Under the Sun)
 19’
The VCA, Film & TV School, Melbourne University
Australia



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