Cannes Film Festival Announces Short Films in Competition

This year, the Selection Committee received 3,500 short films, representing productions from no fewer than 132 countries. Nine films will compete in 2013 for the Short Film Palme d'or, to be awarded by Jane Campion, President of the Jury, at the Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes on 26th May.

For the first time, a Palestinian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.
While the Official Selection of feature films for the 66th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday 18th April, the list of Short Films is unveiled in advance.

The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Jane Campion, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:

Ali ASGARI BISHTAR AZ DO SAAT
(More than two Hours) 15' Iran

Mohammed ABOU NASSER,
Ahmad ABOU NASSER CONDOM LEAD 14' Palestine, Jordan

Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON HVALFJORDUR
(Whale Valley) 15' Iceland, Denmark

SASAKI Omoi INSEKI TO IMPOTENCE
(The Meteorite and Impotence) 10' Japan

Gilles COULIER MONT BLANC 14' Belgium

Elzbieta BENKOWSKA OLENA 14' Poland

Annarita ZAMBRANO OPHELIA 15' France

MOON Byounggon
SAFE
13' South Korea

Adriano VALERIO 37°4 S 11' France

THE 2013 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

The Cinéfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world

By focusing on the quality of work submitted by lesser-known institutions, the Selection is a true reflection of the diversity of film schools. This year sees a particularly significant broadening of scope, with a third of the schools being selected for The First Time and one country - Chile - which has never previously been selected.

The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Friday 24th May in the Buñuel Theatre.

THE CINEFONDATION SELECTION:

Evgeny BYALO THE NORM OF LIFE 23' High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Russia

Ana CARO THE MAGNIFICENT LION BOY 10' NFTS
United Kingdom

Eliška CHYTKOVÁ
O ŠUNCE
(Ham Story)
6' Tomas Bata University in Zl?n
Czech Republic

Navid DANESH DUET 24' Karnameh Film School
Iran

Gan DE LANGE BABAGA 26' The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School
Israel

Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH NEEDLE 21' The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
USA

Sarah HIRTT
EN ATTENDANT LE DÉGEL
(Waiting for the Thaw)
20' INSAS
Belgium

Alejandro IGLESIAS
MENDIZÁBAL
CONTRAFÁBULA DE UNA NIÑA DISECADA
(Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl)
25' CCC
Mexico

Joey IZZO STEPSISTER 18' San Francisco State University
USA

JOW Zhi Wei
AU-DELÀ DE L'HIVER
(After the Winter)
19' Le Fresnoy
France

Tudor Cristian JURGIU
ÎN ACVARIU
(In the Fishbowl)
20' UNATC
Romania

KIM Soo-Jin
SEON
(The Line)
27' Chung-Ang University
South Korea

Camila LUNA TOLEDO ASUNCIÓN 21' Pontificia Universidad Católica
Chile

Jefferson MONEO GOING SOUTH 15' Columbia University
USA

Ma?gorzata R?ANEK DANSE MACABRE 5' Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Poland

Sebastián SCHJAER
MAÑANA TODAS LAS COSAS
(Tomorrow All the Things)
17' UCINE
Argentina

Vladilen VIERNY
EXIL
(Exile)
16' La fémis
France

Matúš VIZÁR
PANDY
(Pandas)
12' FAMU
Czech Republic

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