Abbas Kiarostami
The Official Selection of films in the Short Films in Competition and in the Cinéfondation Selection competition sections of the 67th Cannes Film Festival was unveiled earlier today. 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. In a last minute minor controversy, the Italian film A PASSO D’UOMO by Giovanni ALOI was removed from the Short Films Competition because he was proven to break the rules and regulation of this Selection. The Cinéfondation Selection selected 16 films (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) among the 1,631 submitted this year by film schools from all around the world. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, will be presided over by Abbas Kiarostami, who will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
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 Execution),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 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