Short films to vie for the Palme d’Or revealed

by Fabien Lemercier

17/04/2012 - The ten short films to compete for the 2012 Palme d’Or at the 65th Cannes Film Festival (from May 16 to 27, 2012) and the 15 student films in the Cinéfondation selection have been revealed! Belgian film director Jean-Pierre Dardenne is to head the jury.

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 University of the arts – JP)
Les ravissements - Arthur Cahn (La fémis – FR)
Slug Invasion - Morten Helgeland (The Animation Workshop – DK)
Tambylles - Michal Hogenauer (FAMU – CZ)
Matteus – Leni Huyghe (Sint-Lukas Brussels – BE)
Tabara Din Razoare - Cristi Iftime (UNATC – RO)
Doroga Na - Taisia Igumentseva (VGIK – RU)
Terra - Piero Messina (CSC – ITA)
Los anfitriones - Miguel Angel Moulet (EICTV – CU)
The Balad of Finn + Yeti - Meryl O’Connor (UCLA – US)
Head Over Hills - Timothy Reckart (NFTS – UK)
Abigail - Matthew James Reilly (NYU – US)
Resen - Eti Tsicko (TAU – IL)
Pude ver un puma - Eduardo Williams (UCINE – AR)

(Translated from French)