The selection of short films and La Cinef of the 79th Festival de Cannes unveiled |
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THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION |
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Selected from 3,184 films, 10 short films will be presented this year in Competition, coming from productions and co-productions across 136 countries. The Short Film Palme d’or will be awarded on Saturday, May 23rd, during the closing awards ceremony of the 79th Festival de Cannes. |
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PARA LOS CONTRINCANTES (For the Opponents) |
PELOTON TRUENO (Thunder Platoon) |
GIẤC MƠ LÀ ỐC SÊN (The Dream is a Snail) |
ALGUMAS COISAS QUE ACONTECEM AO LADO DE UM RIO(A Few Things Happening by a River) |
NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO (Nobody Said Anything) |
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For its 29th edition, La Cinef has selected 14 live-action and 5 animated shorts from among the 2,750 sent by film schools all over the world.
Directed by 12 women and 9 men, they represent fifteen countries and four continents. Two of the schools are invited for the first time: Hongik University (South Korea) and ISAMM (Tunisia). On Thursday May 21st La Cinef Prizes will be given by the jury at a ceremony in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the awarded films. |
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PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INSANE WOMAN TO SHOW THE CONDITION OF HER HAIR |
LUCA School of Arts Brussels - Belgium- 6' |
TÚ, YO Y LA VACA (Me, You and the Cow) |
NFTS - United Kingdom - 9' |
Hongik University - South Korea - 6' |
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE GOD, NEVER WANTED TO BE GOOD |
Noa EPARS & Marvin MERKEL |
PREKO PRAGA (Over the Threshold) |
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS |
Roozbeh GEZERSEH & Soraya SHAMSI |
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf - Germany - 12' |
Columbia University - USA - 17' |
The Polish National Film School in Łódź - Poland - 7' |
ALDRIG NOK (Never Enough) |
TIAN TIAN DE MI MI (Our Secrets) |
USC Cinematic Arts - USA - 15' |
SHADOWS OF THE MOONLESS NIGHTS |
Aalto University - Finland - 24' |
LEFT BEHIND, STILL STANDING |
NFTS - United Kingdom - 22' |
ONDE NASCEM OS PIRILAMPOS (Where Fireflies Sparkle) |
Nihon University College of Art - Japan - 16' |
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79th Festival de Cannes From May 12 to May 23, 2026 |
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