17/04/2014
2014 Short Films Selection
While the Official Selection of feature films for the 67th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday 17th April, the list of Short Films is unveiled in advance.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abbas KIAROSTAMI, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
THE 2014 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
This year, the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films, representing 128 production countries.
Nine films will compete in 2014 for the Short Film Palme d'or, to be awarded by Abbas Kiarostami, President of the Jury, at the Awards Ceremony of the 67th Festival de Cannes on Saturday, May 24th.
For the first time, an azeri and a georgian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
Ran HUANG THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLORY 15’ China
Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI UKHILAVI SIVRTSEEBI
(Invisible Spaces) 10’ Georgia
Sato MASAHIKO, Ohara TAKAYOSHI, Seki YUTARO, Toyota MASAYUKI, Hirase KENTARO HAPPO-EN 13’ Japan
Simón MESA SOTO LEIDI 15' Colombia United-Kingdom
Sergey PIKALOV SONUNCU
(The Last One) 15’ Azerbaijan
Petra SZŐCS A KIVEGZES
(The Ex*****on) 14’ Hungary
Romania
Clément TREHIN-LALANNE
AÏSSA
8’ France
Laura WANDEL LES CORPS ÉTRANGERS 15’ Belgium
Hallvar WITZØ
JA VI ELSKER
(Yes we Love)
15’ Norway
* The Italian film A PASSO D'UOMO by Giovanni ALOI was removed from the Short Films Competition because he has proved to break the regulation of this Selection.
THE 2014 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION
The Cinéfondation Selection selected 16 films (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) among the 1,631 submitted this year by cinema schools from all around the world.
This year sees a very significant broadening of scope of the Selection, with a 38% of the schools being selected for the first time and one country – Egypt – which has never previously been selected. Besides, more than half of the sixteen selected films (9) have been directed by women.
The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Thursday 22nd May in the Buñuel Theatre.
THE CINEFONDATION SELECTION:
Max CHAN OUR BLOOD 25’ Hampshire College
USA
Pierre CLENET
Alejandro DIAZ
Romain MAZEVET
Stéphane PACCOLAT HOME SWEET HOME 10’ Supinfocom Arles
France
Omar EL ZOHAIRY THE AFTERMATH OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE PUBLIC TOILET AT KILOMETER 375 18’ High Cinema Institute, Academy of Arts
Égypt
Reinaldo Marcus GREEN STONE CARS 14’ NYU Tisch School of the Arts
USA
HAN Fengyu LAST TRIP HOME 25’ Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Singapore
Meryll HARDT UNE VIE RADIEUSE
(A Radiant Life) 17’ Le Fresnoy
France
Chie HAYAKAWA NIAGARA 27’ ENBU Seminar
Japan
Atsuko HIRAYANAGI
OH LUCY!
21’ NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
Singapore
Inbar HORESH THE VISIT 27’ Minshar for Art, School and Center
Israel
Stefan IVANČIĆ LETO BEZ MESECA
(Moonless Summer) 31' Faculty of Dramatic Arts
Serbia
Daisy JACOBS THE BIGGER PICTURE 7' National Film and Television School
United Kingdom
György Mór KÁRPÁTI PROVINCIA 21' University of Theatre and Film Arts
Hungary
KWON Hyun-ju SOOM
(Breath) 33' Chung-Ang University
South Korea
Léa MYSIUS LES OISEAUX-TONNERRE
(Thunderbirds) 22' La Fémis
France
Fulvio RISULEO LIEVITO MADRE
(Sourdough) 17' Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Italy
Annie SILVERSTEIN SKUNK 16' The University of Texas at Austin
USA
Festival de Cannes 2014: While the Official Selection of feature films for the 67th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday 17th April, the list of Short Films is unveiled in advance. The Cinéfondation. . . . All the latest from the Festival de Cannes on the official website