The various competitions of the 76th Cannes Film Festival continue to be revealed. The last one: the selection of short films. Of the approximately 4,288 films viewed, only eleven were selected in the official competition, the organization revealed on Tuesday, April 25. Films from 12 different countries: Argentina, Colombia, Spain, USA, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Iceland, Norway, Poland, UK and Ukraine.
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Of these eleven films, five were directed or co-directed by women. And it is no coincidence that the jury, presided over by the Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi it is also very feminine. She is surrounded by the Iranian screenwriter Ana Lily Amirpouractress and director Charlotte LeBonthe actress Karidja Toure and the director Schlomi Elkabetz.
For its part, for the 26th year, La Cinef, a competition that rewards films by students from film or animation schools, has also unveiled its selection. Among approximately 2,000 short films from all over the world, the jury selected fourteen fiction and two animations, produced by ten female and six female directors, from thirteen different countries.
Short films in the official selection
La Perraby Carla Melo Gampert
How it wasby Anastasia Solonevych and Damian Kocur
Boobsby Eivind Landsvik
27by Flora Anna Buda
My mother’s genderby Francesco Canitrot
Still it’s at night, by Guillermo García López
Basri & Salma in an endless comedyby Khozy Rizal
Poofby Margaret Miller
Nada De Todo Estoby Patricio Martínez and Francisco Canton
wild summoningby Karni Arieli and Saul Freed
Distantby Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
Film selection
Darone Poustby Shafagh Abosaba and Maryam Mahdiye
Killing Boris Johnsonby Musa Alderson-Clarke
Nehemichby Yudhajit Basu
Imogeneby Katie Blair
To the Torahby Jad Chahine
A bright sunny day, by Yupeng He
holeby Hwang Hyein
The voice of others, by Fatima Kaci
Electraby Daria Kashcheeva
Trenc d’Albaby Anna Llargues
Norwegian offspringby Marlene Emilie Lyngstad
Osmy Denby Petr Pylypchuk
The Lee families, by Seo Jeong-mi
Solosby Pedro Vargas
Ayurby Zineb Wakrim
Uhrmenschenby Yu Hao
Source: Madmoizelle
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