Whereas the Official Selection for feature films will be presented on Thursday 19 April, the Official Selection for short films is being unveiled in an exclusive preview.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided over by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, will reward the best films from the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.

Short Films Competition
 
Competing for the 2012 Short Film Palme d'or, ten films have been selected from among the 4,500 films that were submitted to the selection committee. For the first time, both a Syrian and a Puerto Rican film-maker are participating in the competition, which also welcomes a French artist best known in the world of music: rapper Hamé from the group La Rumeur.

Alvaro APONTE-CENTENO
MI SANTA MIRADA
Puerto Rico  
15'

Eicke BETTINGA
GASP  
Germany
15'

Mohamed BOUROKBA 
(aka Hamé)     
CE CHEMIN DEVANT MOI  
France
15'

Bassam CHEKHES

FALASTEIN, SANDOUK  AL INTEZAR 
LIL BURTUQAL

(WAITING FOR P.O. BOX)                         

 Syria
15'

Grainger DAVID
THE CHAIR    
United States
12'

Zia MANDVIWALLA   
NIGHT SHIFT
New-Zealand
14'

Chloé ROBICHAUD     
CHEF DE MEUTE 
 Canada
13'

Michael SPICCIA
YARDBIRD
 Australia
13'

Emilie VERHAMME
COCKAIGNE 
 Belgium

13'

L.Rezan YESILBAS 
SESSIZ-BE DENG
(SILENT)  
 Turkey
14'

The Cinéfondation Selection
 
Fifteen films have been selected out of more than 1,700 submissions from 320 film schools across the globe. For the first time, a Lebanese school features in the selection, which covers fiction and animation and highlights films sharing the same film-making ambition and the expression of a very personal vision.
 

Pascale ABOU JAMRA

ALBA, Lebanon

DERRIÈRE MOI LES OLIVIERS

(Behind Me Olive Trees)

20’

Shoichi AKINO

Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

RIYOUSHI

(The Barber)

39’

Arthur CAHN
La Fémis, France

LES RAVISSEMENTS

(The Raptures)

50’

Morten HELGELAND
The Animation Workshop, Denmark
SLUG INVASION
 
6’

Michal HOGENAUER
FAMU, Czech Republic
 TAMBYLLES
58’

Leni HUYGHE
Sint-Lukas Brussels, Belgium
MATTEUS
18’

Cristi IFTIME
UNATC, Romania

TABĂRA DIN RĂZOARE

(The Camp in Razoare)

 22’

Taisia IGUMENTSEVA
VGIK, Russia

 DOROGA NA

(The Road to)

 32’

Piero MESSINA

CSC, Italy

 TERRA 
  (Land)
 23’

Miguel Angel MOULET
EICTV, Cuba

 LOS ANFITRIONES

(The Hosts)

 16’

Meryl O'CONNOR

UCLA, USA

 THE BALLAD OF FINN + YETI
 18’

Timothy RECKART

NFTS, United-Kingdom

 HEAD OVER HEELS
 10’

Matthew James REILLY
NYU, USA
 ABIGAIL
 17’

Eti TSICKO

TAU, Israël

 RESEN

(Dog Leash)

 26’

Eduardo WILLIAMS
UCINE, Argentina

 PUDE VER UN PUMA

(Could See a Puma)

 17’