2016 Cannes Film Festival Short Films

The announcement of the 2016 Official Selection will begin with the short films Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection, in the run-up to the press conference for the 69th Cannes Film Festival, taking place, Thursday, April 14.

Following their deliberations, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Naomi Kawase, will decide on the best films both from the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation.

THE 2016 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION 
This year, the selection committee received 5,008 short films – 458 more than in 2015. The 2016 Short Films Competition comprises ten films, mostly from Europe and Latin America, with one representative from Asia and one from Africa.

These films are all in the running for the 2016 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Naomi Kawase, President of the Jury, at the official award ceremony of the 69th Festival de Cannes on 22th May.

THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION 

THE 2016 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION 

To mark its 19th year, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 18 films (14 works of fiction and 4 animations), from among the 2,300 works submitted this year by film schools from all over the world. Fifteen countries from three continents are represented. Seven of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time, and it is also the first time that a film school from Bosnia and Herzegovina and one from Venezuela have seen their films reach the selection stage. More than half of this edition’s movies are directed by women, with 10 out of the 18 films selected.

The three Cinéfondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony preceding the screening of the prize-winning films on Friday 20th May in the Buñuel Theatre.

THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION

We’ll be looking forward to the big press conference tomorrow for the Official Selection. You can also follow the hashtag #Cannes2016 tomorrow and the rest of the month for details and updates.