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’
19.04.2012 | Cannes's blog
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