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The Cannes 2021 Short Films Competition

This year, the selection committee has viewed 3739 short films.

The 2021 Short Films Competition comprises 10 films, from Brazil, Denmark, China, France, Hong Kong, Iran, Portugal and for the first time in Official Selection Kosovo and Macedonia.

Marija APCEVSKA	SEVEREN POL (North Pole)	Macedonia	15'
Samir KARAHODA	PA VEND (Displaced)	Kosovo	15’
Casper KJELDSEN	DET ER I JORDEN (In the Soil)	Denmark	14’
Mohammadreza MAYGHANI	ORTHODONTICS	Iran	14’
Adrian MOYSE DULLIN	THE RIGHT WORDS	France	15’
Diogo SALGADO	NOITE TURVA (Through the Haze)	Portugal	14’
Carlos SEGUNDO	SIDERAL	Brazil, France	15'
TANG Yi	ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD	Hong Kong	14'
Jasmin TENUCCI	CÉU DE AGOSTO (August Sky)	Brazil, Island	15'
LANG Wu	XUE YUN (Absence)	China	15'

These films presented on July 16th are all in the running for the 2021 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded at the Closing ceremony of the 74th Festival de Cannes on Saturday, July 17th.

The Cinéfondation Selection

For its 24th edition the Cinéfondation Selection of the Festival de Cannes has invited 17 directors: 8 women and 9 men. The 13 live-action and 4 animated shorts have been chosen from among the 1,835 submitted by film schools all over the world. Four schools make their first appearance at the Cinéfondation.

The diversity of the selection is also enriched by the cultural intermingling of filmmakers and schools: a Brazilian in Argentina, a Bulgarian in UK, a Chinese in Japan, an Islander in Denmark.

Sacha AMARAL	BILLY BOY	Universidad Nacional de las Artes Argentina	25’
Carina-Gabriela DAȘOVEANU	PRIN ORAS CIRCULA SCURTE POVESTI DE DRAGOSTE (Love Stories on the Move)	UNATC "I. L. CARAGIALE" Romania	21’
Théo DEGEN	L’ENFANT SALAMANDRE (The Salamander Child)	INSAS Belgium	26’
Natalia DURSZEWICZ	BESTIE WOKÓŁ NAS (Beasts among Us)	The Polish National Film School in Łódź Poland	6’
HUANG Menglu	OYOGERUNEKO (The Cat from the Deep Sea)	Musashino Art University Japan	50’
Lina KALCHEVA	OTHER HALF	NFTS United Kingdom	13’
Mya KAPLAN	HABIKUR (Night Visit)	The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University Israel	25’
Auden LINCOLN-VOGEL	BILL AND JOE GO DUCK HUNTING	University of Iowa USA	21’
Aleksandra ODIĆ	FRIDA	DFFB Germany	22’
Anna PODSKALSKÁ	RUDÉ BOTY (Red Shoes)	FAMU Czech Republic	14’
Gonzalo QUINCOCES	LA CAÍDA DEL VENCEJO (The Fall of the Swift)	ESCAC Spain	13’
Rodrigo RIBEYRO	CANTAREIRA	Academia Internacional de Cinema Brazil	24’
Olivér RUDOLF	FONICA M-120	SZFE Hungary	24’
Óskar Kristinn VIGNISSON	FRIE MÆND (Free Men)	Den Danske Filmskole Denmark	28’
Adèle VINCENTI-CRASSON	KING MAX	La Fémis France	21’
Lukas VON BERG	SAINT ANDROID	Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Germany	6’
YOON Daewoen	CICADA	Korea National University of Arts South Korea	17’

The jury will hand over the Cinéfondation prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday, July 15^th, in the Buñuel Theatre.

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16.06.2021 | Cannes's blog

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