Short Films Selection at 68th Cannes

THE SHORT FILMS SELECTION AT THE 68TH FESTIVAL DE CANNES

The announcement of the 2015 Official Selection will begin with the short films In Competition and the Cinéfondation selection, in the run-up to the press conference for the 68^th  Festival de Cannes, to be held on Thursday 16^th April.

Following their deliberations, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abderrahmane Sissako, will decide on the best films both from the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation.

THE 2015 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

This year, the selection committee received 4,550 short films – 1,000 more than in 2014 – from over 100 countries.

The 2015 Short films competition comprises nine films (eight works of fiction and one animation), mostly from Asia and Europe, with one representative of Latin America and one from Oceania.

These films are all in the running for the 2015 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Abderrahmane Sissako, President of the Jury, at the official prize-giving ceremony of the 68^th  Festival de Cannes on 24^th  May.

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

Ely DAGHER                                       WAVES ’98                                        Liban, Qatar                                     14’

Shane DANIELSEN                          THE GUESTS                                      Australie                                             10’

                                                               (Les invitées)

Ziya DEMIREL                                    SALI                                                      Turquie, France                               12’

                                                               (Mardi / Tuesday)

Céline DEVAUX                                LE REPAS DOMINICAL                   France                                                 13’

                                                               (Sunday Lunch)

Dan HODGSON                                LOVE IS BLIND                                  Royaume-Uni                                  6’

Basil KHALIL                                       AVE MARIA                                       Palestine, France, Allemagne    14’

Jan ROOSENS, Raf ROOSENS      COPAIN                                              Belgique                                             14’

                                                               (Buddy)

Eva RILEY                                            PATRIOT                                             Royaume-Uni                                  14’

Iair SAID                                              PRESENTE IMPERFECTO               Argentine                                           15’

                                                               (Présent Imparfait / Present Imperfect)

THE 2015 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

To mark its 18th year, the Cinéfondation selection has chosen 18 films (14 works of fiction and four animations), from among the 1,600 works submitted this year by film schools from all four corners of the globe. 16 countries from four continents are represented.

Over a third of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time, and it is also the first time that a Spanish film school has seen one of its films reach the selection stage. There is a strong showing from Europe once again, with 11 out of the 18 films selected.

The three Cinéfondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony preceding the screening of the prize-winning films on Friday 22nd May in the salle Buñuel.

THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

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