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.
