66th Cannes Shorts and Cinéfondation Selections Revealed

Jane Campion

The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, lead by Jane Campion, have selected nine short films out of 3,500 submissions, and 18 Cinéfondation projects out of 1,550 submissions. One of the nine shorts will be awarded the Short Film Palme d’Or on May 26. The nine shorts are:

Bishtar Az Do Saat/More Than Two Hours | Ali Asgari | Iran | 15m
Condom Lead | Mohammed Abou Nasser | Ahmad Abou Nasser | Palestine/Jordan | 14m
Hvalfjordur/Whale Valley | Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson | Iceland/Denmark | 15m
Inseki To Impotence/The Meteorite and Impotence | Sasaki Omoi | Japan | 10m
Mont Blanc | Gilles Coulier | Belgium | 14m
Olena | Elizbieta Benkowska | Poland | 14m
Ophelia | Annarita Zambrano | France | 15m
Safe | Moon Byounggon | South Korea | 13m
37°4 S | Adriano Valerio | France | 11m

Jefferson Moneo's Going South

The Cinéfondation jury focused on lesser-known institutions to reflect the diversity of film schools around the world (227 schools represented the 1,550 submissions). The jury was excited to announce that Chile will be represented at Cinéfondation for the first time. Going South, a film by Columbia University’s Jefferson Moneo, was also selected and will be screening at the Film Society as part of the Columbia University Film Festival, which runs May 3-5. Three Cinéfondation prizes will be distributed among these projects on May 24:

Stay tuned to FilmLinc Daily for news on the 66th Cannes Film Festival's official selection of feature films, due to be announced on the morning of Thursday, April 18, and check out Indiewire's Cannes wishlist here. What do you hope makes the cut?