The Jury for Short Films and the Cinéfondation film school competition will be awarding the Short Film Palme d’or to one of the 10 films in Competition, and the three Cinéfondation prizes to the best of the 17 selected films by film school students. Just like in october 2020, the Jury demonstrates complete gender parity, three women and three men, and will occur without presidency.
The Jury
Kaouther Ben Hania
Director, Writer
Tunisia
Tuva Novotny
Director, writer, actress
Sweden
Alice Winocour
Director, writer
France
Sameh Alaa
Director, producer, writer
Egypt
Carlos Muguiro
Filmmaker, teacher
Spain
Nicolas Pariser
Director, screenwriter
France
The 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, Serbia | 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′ |
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’ |
Sameh Alaa © Mattbed
Tuva Novotny © Henrik Adamsen
Nicolas Pariser © Victor Mirabel
Alice Winocour © Aurélie Lamachère
Carlos Muguiro © Iñigo Royo