Selected from 3,184 films, 10 short films will be presented this year in Competition, coming from productions and co-productions across 136 countries. The Short Film Palme d’Or will be awarded on Saturday, May 23rd, during the closing awards ceremony of the 79th Festival de Cannes.
FRESH CUT
Hadrien Bels
15‘
THE LAST SPRING
Mathilde Bédouet
15‘
SISTERS’ SWIM
Lola Degove
15‘
THE END
Niki Lindroth Von Bahr
15‘
PARA LOS CONTRINCANTES (For the opponents)
Federico Luis
15‘
PELOTON TRUENO (Thunder Platoon)
Theo Montoya
15‘
GIẤC MƠ LÀ ỐC SÊN (The dream is a snail)
Thien An Nguye
15‘
ALGUMAS COISAS QUE ACONTECEM AO LADO DE UM RIO (A few things happening by a river)
Daniel Soares
14′
SPIRITUS SANCTUS
Michal Toczek
15‘
NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO (Nobody said anything)
Tamara Todorović
15‘
LA CINEF SELECTION
For its 29th edition, La Cinef has selected 14 live-action and 5 animated shorts from among the 2,750 sent by film schools all over the world.
Directed by 12 women and 9 men, they represent fifteen countries and four continents. Two of the schools are invited for the first time: Hongik University (South Korea) and ISAMM (Tunisia). On Thursday, May 21st, La Cinef Prizes will be given by the jury at a ceremony in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the awarded films.
LASER-GATO (Laser-Cat)
Lucas Acher
NYU – USA – 22′
PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INSANE WOMAN TO SHOW THE CONDITION OF HER HAIR
Arwen Aznag
LUCA School of Arts Brussels – Belgium – 6‘
TÚ, YO Y LA VACA (Me, You and the Cow)
Aina Callejón
ESCAC – Spain – 20‘
PICKLED
Fanny Capu
NFTS – UK – 9‘
BIRD RHAPSODY
Wonjung Choi
Hongik University – South Korea – 6‘
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE GOD, NEVER WANTED TO BE GOOD
Noa Epars & Marvin Merkel
HEAD – Switzerland – 21‘
PREKO PRAGA (Over the Threshold)
Tara Gajović
FDU – Serbia – 15‘
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS
Roozbeh Gezerseh & Soraya Shamsi
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany – 12′
SUNDAY’S CHILDREN
Reuben Hamlyn
NYU – USA – 19′
SOMEWHERE I BELONG
Youssef Handouse
ISAMM – Tunisia – 21‘
SILENT VOICES
Nadine Misong Jin
Columbia University – USA – 17‘
TRAKCJE (Axles)
Jakub Krzyszpin
The Polish National Film School in Łódź – Poland – 7‘
ALDRIG NOK (Never Enough)
Julius Lagoutte Larsen
La Fémis – France – 25′
TIAN TIAN DE MI MI (Our Secrets)
Lenti Liang
USC Cinematic Arts – USA – 15‘
SHADOWS OF THE MOONLESS NIGHTS
Mehar Malhotra
FTII – India – 24‘
TJ28 (28 Days Left)
Yasmin Najjar
Aalto University – Finland – 24‘
LEFT BEHIND, STILL STANDING
Vida Skerk
NFTS – UK – 22‘
ONDE NASCEM OS PIRILAMPOS (Where Fireflies Sparkle)
Clara Vieira
ESTC – Portugal – 18‘
WILL IT RAIN AGAIN TODAY
Wong Chau-Hong
Nihon University College of Art – Japan – 16‘
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival will run from May 12th until May 23rd. Cody Dericks, Nadia Dalimonte and I will be attending in-person this year from Next Best Picture.
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