Short Film News (SFN)- The Short Films Official Selection and Cinéfondation for the 66th Festival de Cannes is unveiled with Iranian Shorts.

The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Jane Campion, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.

This year, the Selection Committee received 3,500 short films, representing productions from no fewer than 132 countries.

Nine films will compete in 2013 for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Jane Campion, President of the Jury, at the Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes on 26th May.

For the first time, a Palestinian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.
 

 
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

 
Ali  ASGARI BISHTAR AZ DO SAAT
(More than two Hours) 15’       Iran
      
Mohammed  ABOU NASSER,
Ahmad ABOU NASSER CONDOM LEAD 14’ Palestine
      
Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON  HVALFJORDUR
(Whale Valley) 15’ Iceland, Denmark
      
SASAKI Omoi  INSEKI TO IMPOTENCE
(The Meteorite and Impotence) 10’ Japan
      
Gilles COULIER MONT BLANC 14' Belgium
      
Elzbieta BENKOWSKA OLENA 14’ Poland
      
Annarita ZAMBRANO OPHELIA 15’ France
      
MOON Byoung-gon
SAFE
13’ South  Korea
      
Adriano VALERIO 37°4 S 11’ France
      

Also the Cinéfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world

By focusing on the quality of work submitted by lesser-known institutions, the Selection is a true reflection of the diversity of film schools. This year sees a particularly significant broadening of scope, with a third of the schools being selected for the first time and one country – Chile – which has never previously been selected.

The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Friday 24th May in the Buñuel Theatre.

 
THE CINEFONDATION SELECTION

 
Evgeny BYALO THE NORM OF LIFE 23’   High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Russia
      
Ana CARO THE MAGNIFICENT LION BOY 10’ NFTS
United Kingdom
      
Eliška CHYTKOVÁ 
O ŠUNCE
(Ham Story)
6’ Tomas Bata University in Zlίn
Czech Republic
      
Navid DANESH DUET 24’ Karnameh Film School
Iran
      
Gan DE LANGE BABAGA 26’ The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School
Israel
      
Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH NEEDLE 21’ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
USA
      
Sarah HIRTT 
EN ATTENDANT LE DÉGEL
(Waiting for the Thaw)
20’ INSAS
Belgium
      
Alejandro IGLESIAS
MENDIZÁBAL
CONTRAFÁBULA DE UNA NIÑA DISECADA
(Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl)
25’ CCC
Mexico
      
Joey IZZO STEPSISTER 18’ San Francisco State University
USA
      
JOW Zhi Wei 
AU-DELÀ DE L’HIVER
(After the Winter)
19' Le Fresnoy
France
      
Tudor Cristian JURGIU 
ÎN ACVARIU
(In the Fishbowl)
20' UNATC
Romania
      
KIM Soo-Jin 
SEON
(The Line)
27' Chung-Ang University
South Korea
      
Camila LUNA TOLEDO ASUNCIÓN 21' Pontificia Universidad Católica
Chile
      
Jefferson MONEO GOING SOUTH 15' Columbia University
USA
      
Małgorzata RŻANEK DANSE MACABRE 5' Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Poland
      
Sebastián SCHJAER 
MAÑANA TODAS LAS COSAS
(Tomorrow All the Things)
17' UCINE
Argentina
      
Vladilen VIERNY 
EXIL
(Exile)
16' La fémis
France
      
Matúš VIZÁR 
PANDY
(Pandas)
12' FAMU
Czech Republic