The program of short films in Competition

The Short Film Palme d’or will be handed by the Jury chaired by Maren Ade, on Saturday, May 24, during the closing ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes.

PROGRAMME
Friday May, 23 – 11am – Debussy theatre
Friday May, 23 – 2:30pm – Buñuel theatre

DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
15′

Two young women are enjoying the wild surroundings of an isolated lake. It’s a sunny day.

FILLE DE L’EAU
Sandra Desmazières
15′

Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.

ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
15′

In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing. A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.

THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyeres
15′

A young Roma boy is lifted into the light, only to find it fades in an unexpected way.

I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
13′
Two brothers return to the island of their childhood, where buried secrets and heavy tensions force them to confront a dark past that connects them.

NVHAI (LILI)
Zhaoguang Luo & Shuhan Liao
14′

In rural Yunnan, a nine-year-old girl’s ordinary life with her grandparents is shattered by an unspeakable incident.

AASVOËLS (VULTURES)
Dian Weys
15′

In the volatile moments after a car crash, before the authorities arrive, a hot-headed yet desperate tow truck driver fiercely protects his tow. But the situation quickly spirals out of his control.

A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS)
Inês Nunes
15′

In a spa surrounded by mountains of salt, guests relax while workers collect the glowing crystals in the sun. Children slip away, a woman drifts through. As night falls, the space transforms, shaped by the desires of its visitors.

AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino & Kyla Danelle Romero
15′

It is the last day of the month in a bygone duckpin alley. Behind its walls is a group of pin setters. They practice a song-and-dance piece as they await the arrival of a special visitor.

HYPERSENSITIVE 
Martine Frossard
9′

Hypersensitive recounts the turbulent, surrealistic journey of a young woman struggling to rebuild her self, in defiance of social norms that tell us to repress our emotions.

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE 
Gabriel Abrantes
9′

Set in a flooded and burning digital wasteland, ghosts argue about genetic testing, grief, and love.