Short Film News (SFN) - 9 short films will compete in the short film competition section of 61st Cannes International Film Festival.

In a press conference today, the festival organizers announced that 17 films, also, have been selected to be screened in Cinefondation section (Student film competition).

Hou Hsiao Hsien, the famous Taiwanese filmmaker, will be the jury president of these two sections.

Suzanne Bier (Danish director), Marina Hands (French actress), Olivier Assayas (French director), and Larry Kardsh (MoMA Curator for Film and Cinema, from US) are the other jury members of short film and Cinefondation sections.

The 61st Cannes International Film Festival will take place from 14 till 25 May.

The name list of the selected short films of the festival is as follows:

Jerrycan by Julius Avery
El Deseo (The Desire) by Marie Benito
Megatron by Marian Crisan
411-Z by Daniel Erdelyi
De Moins en Moins by Melanie Laurent
My Rabit Hoppy by Anthony Lucas
Buen Viaje (Good Trip) by Javier Palleiro and Guillermo Rocamora
Smafuglar (Two Birds) by Runar Runarsson
Love You More by Sam Taylor-Wood

More information about programs is available at festival website: www.festival-cannes.fr.