The 65th Festival de Cannes announced ten short films that will compete for the 2012 Palme d’Or. These ten films, which include a Syrian and a Puerto Rican film for the first time, have been selected from among 4,500 films submitted for the festival.
The festival also announced the fifteen films that have been selected from films schools for The Cinéfondation.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will be presided over by Belgian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
Short film competition:
Mi Santa Mirada – Alvaro Aponte-Centeno (PR)
Gasp – Eicke Bettinga (De)
Ce chemin devant moi – Mohamed Bouroikba (Fr)
Falastein, Sandouk Al Intezar Lil Burtuqal – Bassam Chekhes (Sy)
The Chair – David Grainger (Us)
Night Shift – Zia Mandivwalla (Nz)
Chef de meute – Chloé Robichaud (CA)
Yardbird – Michael Spiccia (Au)
Cockaigne – Emilie Verhamme (Be)
Sessiz-Be Deng – L.Rezan Yesilbas (Tr)
Cinéfondation selection:
Derrière moi les oliviers – Pascale Abou Jamra (Alba – Lb)
Riyoushi – Shoichi Akino (Tokyo...
The festival also announced the fifteen films that have been selected from films schools for The Cinéfondation.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will be presided over by Belgian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
Short film competition:
Mi Santa Mirada – Alvaro Aponte-Centeno (PR)
Gasp – Eicke Bettinga (De)
Ce chemin devant moi – Mohamed Bouroikba (Fr)
Falastein, Sandouk Al Intezar Lil Burtuqal – Bassam Chekhes (Sy)
The Chair – David Grainger (Us)
Night Shift – Zia Mandivwalla (Nz)
Chef de meute – Chloé Robichaud (CA)
Yardbird – Michael Spiccia (Au)
Cockaigne – Emilie Verhamme (Be)
Sessiz-Be Deng – L.Rezan Yesilbas (Tr)
Cinéfondation selection:
Derrière moi les oliviers – Pascale Abou Jamra (Alba – Lb)
Riyoushi – Shoichi Akino (Tokyo...
- 4/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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