Following yesterday’s announcement of the Official Selection, today the 72nd Cannes Film Festival revealed the Short Films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2019.
The 2019 Short Films Competition comprises 11 films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden and USA including Chloë Sevigny’s White Echo.
For its 22nd edition, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 17 films (14 live-action and 3 animated films), from among the 2,000 submitted by schools all over the world. The important presence of Central and Eastern Europe highlights the vitality of filmmaking education in these countries. Six of the selected shorts come from schools taking part for the first time.
Presided by Claire Denis, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will award the 3 Prizes of the Cinéfondation on Thursday May 23rd. The Short Film Palme d’or will be awarded during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 25th May.
2019 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
Erenik Beqiri
THE VAN
Albania, France
Dekel Berenson
ANNA
Ukraine, Israel, United Kingdom
Vanessa Dumont and Nicolas Davenel
THE JUMP
Documentary
France
Vasilis Kekatos
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY
Greece / France
Teemu Nikki
ALL INCLUSIVE
Finland
Elin Övergaard
INGEN LYSSNAR (WHO TALKS)
Sweden
Agnès Patron
AND THEN THE BEAR
Animation Movie
France
Yona ROZENKIER
PARPARIM (BUTTERFLIES)
Israel
Agustina San Martin
MONSTRUO DIOS (MONSTER GOD)
Argentina
Chloë Sevigny
WHITE ECHO
USA
Federico Luis Tachella
LA SIESTA (THE NAP)
Argentina
2019 SELECTION CINEFONDATION
Wisam Al Jafari
AMBIENCE
Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture
Palestine
Louise Courvoisier
MANO A MANO
CinéFabrique
France
Ondřej ERBAN
STO DVACET OSM TISÍC (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND)
FAMU
Czech Republic
Kenya Gillespie
JEREMIAH
The University of Texas at Austin
USA
Martin Gonda
PURA VIDA
FTF VŠMU – Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts
Slovakia
Shoki Lin
ADAM
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
Yarden Lipshitz Louz
NETEK (RIFT)
Sapir College
Israel
David McShane
SOLAR PLEXUSNFTS
United Kingdom
Antonio Messana
ROSSO: LA VERA STORIA FALSA DEL PESCATORE CLEMENTE (ROSSO: A TRUE LIE ABOUT A FISHERMAN)
La Fémis
France
Katalin Moldovai
AHOGY EDDIG (AS UP TO NOW)
Budapest Metropolitan University (METU)
Hungary
Martin Monk
FAVORITEN (FAVOURITES)
Filmakademie Wien
Austria
Leszek Mozga
ROADKILL
University of the Arts London (UAL)
United Kingdom
Barbara Rupik
DUSZYCZKA (THE LITTLE SOUL)
PWSFTviT
Poland
Richard Van
HIẾU
CalArts
USA
Flo Van Deuren
BAMBOE
RITCS
Belgium
Olesya Yakovleva
SLOZHNOPODCHINENNOE (COMPLEX SUBJECT)
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
Russia
Yeon Jegwang
REONGHEE (ALIEN)
Korea National University of Arts
South Korea
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