One day before the much awaited press conference festival organizers release the short films lineup in the two sections where filmmakers of the future can be identified, the Short Films and the Cinéfondation competitions.But before going into list let me share that many news have come to light before this moment and no, wasn't able to do posts as got sick; but if you follow my twitter you will easily find everything that has been going until this moment, like for example the Cinéfondation Atelier 2018 projects, poster for La Semaine, La Quinzaine and as of a few hours ago, the festival official poster (finally).
We can't forget that current edition will be longer than recent previous editions as has one more day, but will run for exactly the same length of time. Will take place from Tuesday May 8th to Saturday, May 19th, with opening ceremony on the evening of May 8th and the awards ceremony on May 19th. There is one inconsequential change, no more selfies on the red carpet (lol) and another more relevant, press screenings will happen at film premiere time or after, so all press reactions before the premiere via wonderful twitter are over, sigh.
Yes, tomorrow we will learn the feature films in the Official Selection and in the following days films in the parallel sections La Semaine, La Quinzaine and ACID. We already know the projects in the 2018 edition of la Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut Français where Cristian Mungiu is the Parrain this year. So will be busy in the next days trying to figure out how Cannes 2018 looks like this year and which films will become must be seen for the coming calendar year.
Post will be in progress until after tomorrow's press conference when the Official Selection will be announced.
Short Films Competition
According to the official news this year the selection committee received 3.943 short films; which is a lot less than the 4, 843 that received last year. The 2018 selection comprises eight films, 7 works of fiction and 1 animation.These are the short films running for the 2018 Short Film Palme d'Or. Awards will be presented at the festival Official Ceremony on May 19th.
III (III animation movie), Marta Pajek, Poland, 12'
All These Creatures, Charles William, Australia, 13'
Caroline, Celine Held and Logan George, USA, 12'
Duality, Masahiko Sato, Genki Kawamura, Yutaro Seki, Masayuki Toyota, and Kentaro Hirase, Japan, 14'
Gabriel, Oren Gerner, France, 15'
Judgement, Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, Philippines, 15'
On The Border, Wei Shujun, China, 15'
تاریکی Tariki (Umbra), Saeed Jafarian, Iran, 14'
Check available short films info and trailer @MOC
Cinéfondation Selection
The Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 17 films this year, 14 live-action and 3 animated films from among the 2,426 submitted by film schools all over the world. Submissions were slightly lower as last years there were 2,600 short films.Fourteen countries on four continents are represented plus twelve of the twenty-two directors selected to program current edition are women.
The Jury will hand over the three prizes at a ceremony on Thursday May 17th in the Buñuel Theatre.
These are the short films in the 2018 Cinéfondation Selection
Albastru şi roşu, în proporţii egale(Equality Red and Blue), Georgiana Moldoveanu, UNATC I.L. CARAGIALE, Romania, 21'
Cinco Minutos Afuera (Five Minutes Outside), Constanza Gatti, Universidad del Cine (FUC), Argentina, 10'
Così in terra (As It Is On Earth), Pier Lorenzo Pisano, Centro Sperimentale di cinematografia, Italy, 13'
Dolfin Megumi (Rubber Doplhin), Ori Aharon, Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 28'
Dong Wu Xiong Meng (The Storms in Our Blood), Di Shen, Shanghai Theater Academy, Chin, 31'
Dots, Eryk Lenartowicz, AFTRS, Australia, 23'
El verano del león eléctrico, Diego Céspedes, Universidad de Chile - ICEI, Chile, 22'
End of Season, Zhannat Alshanova, The London Film School, UK, 23'
Fragment de Drame (A Piece of Tragedy), Laura Garcia, La Fémis, France, 24'
I Am My Own Mother, Andrew Zox, San Francisco State University, USA, 23'
Inanimate, Lucia Bulgheroni, NFTS, UK, 8'
Inny (The Other), Marta Magnuska, PWSFTviT, Poland, 5'
Kalendar (Calendar), Igor Poplauhin, Moscow School of New Cinema, Russia, 28'
Los tiempos de Héctor (Hector's nightfall), Ariel Gutiérrez, CCC, Mexico, 29'
Mesle Bache Adam (Like a Good Boy), Arian Vazirdaftari, Tehran University of Dramatic Arts, Iran, 20'
Palm Trees and Power Lines, Jamie Dack, NYU Tisch School of Arts, USA, 15'
Sailor's Delight, Louise Aubertin, Éloïse Girard, Marine Meneyro, Jonas Ritter, Loucas Rongeart, and Amandine Thomoux, ESMA, France, 6'
Check available Cinéfondation short films info and trailers @MOC
Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury
President: Bertrand Bonello, director, screenwriter, music/soundtrack composer, actor, and producer, France
Check short films list at official site here.
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