The In Competition and the Cinefondation selection was announced today on the official website of the festival. This year, the selection committee received 4,550 short films – 1,000 more than in 2014 – from over 100 countries.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION: 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 Cinefondation.
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.
WAVES ’98 – Ely DAGHER – 14’ / Lebanon, Qatar
THE GUESTS – Shane DANIELSEN – 10′ / Australia
SALI (Tuesday) – Ziya DEMIREL – 12′ / Turkey, France
LE REPAS DOMINICAL (Sunday Lunch) – Céline DEVAUX – 13′ / France
LOVE IS BLIND – Dan HODGSON – 6′ / United Kingdom
AVE MARIA – Basil KHALIL – 14′ / Palestine, France, Germany
COPAIN (Buddy) – Jan ROOSENS, Raf ROOSENS – 14′ / Belgium
PATRIOT – Eva RILEY – 14′ / United Kingdom
PRESENTE IMPERFECTO (Present Imperfect) – Iair SAID – 15′ / Argentina
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. Three Cinéfondation prizes will be awarded.
KOSHTARGAH (Slaughterhouse) – Behzad AZADI – 24′ / Art University of Tehran, Iran
EL SER MAGNÉTICO (The Magnetic Nature) – Mateo BENDESKY – 17′ / Universidad del Cine (FUC), Argentina
SHARE – Pippa BIANCO – 11’ / AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, USA
MANOMAN – Simon CARTWRIGHT – 11’ / National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
VICTOR XX – Ian GARRIDO LÓPEZ – 20’ / ESCAC, Spain
VOZVRASHENIE ERKINA (The Return of Erkin) – Maria GUSKOVA – 28’ / High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
LEONARDO – Félix HAZEAUX, Thomas NITSCHE, Edward NOONAN, Franck PINA, Raphaëlle PLANTIER – 6’ / MOPA (ex Supinfocom Arles), France
LOCAS PERDIDAS (Lost Queens) – Ignacio JURICIC MERILLÁN – 28’ / Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
TSUNAMI – Sofie KAMPMARK – 7’ / The Animation Workshop, Denmark
RETRIEVER – Tomáš KLEIN, Tomáš MERTA – 23’ / FAMU Prague, Czech Republic
LES CHERCHEURS (The Wheel of Emotions) – Aurélien PEILLOUX – 32’ / La Fémis, France
ABWESEND (Absent) – Eliza PETKOVA – 13’ / Deutsche Film & Fernsehakademie (dffb), Germany
ASARA REHOVOT MEA ETSIM (Ten Buildings Away) – Miki POLONSKI – 25′ / Minshar for Art, Israel
14 STEPS – Maksim SHAVKIN – 37′ – Moscow School of New Cinema, Russia
ANFIBIO (Amphibian) – Héctor SILVA NÚÑEZ – 15’ / EICTV, Cuba
AINAHAN NE PALAA – (To Return Until) – Salla SORRI – 17’ / Aalto University, ELO Film School Helsinki, Finland
HET PARADIJS – (Paradise) – Laura VANDEWYNCKEL – 6’ / RITS School of Arts Brussels, Belgium
RI GUANG ZHI XIA (Under the Sun) – Qiu YANG – 19’ / The VCA, Film & TV School, Melbourne University, Australia
The article and the logo is from the official website of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.