Short Films Selection 2013

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.

THE SHORT FILMS 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.

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

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

SASAKI Omoi	INSEKI TO IMPOTENCE (Meteorite + Impotence)	10’	Japan

Gilles COULIER	MONT BLANC	14′	Belgium

Elzbieta BENKOWSKA	OLENA	15’	Poland

Annarita ZAMBRANO	OPHELIA	15’	France

MOON Byoung-gon	SAFE	13’	South Korea

Adriano VALERIO	37°4 S	12’	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 Zlίn 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

Małgorzata RŻANEK	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