Cannes 2025: Short Films and La Cinef Lineup, Maren Ade to Head Jury
Selected from 4,781 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition. The selection comprises 9 fiction short films and 2 animated short films. 5 of them are directed by women.
The Short Film Palme d’or will be handed by the Jury chaired by director, screenwriter and producer Maren Ade will preside over the short films and La Cinef Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes. She will be joined by director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green, actress, singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana, producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española José María Prado and director and screenwriter Nebojša Slijepčević. Together, they will award the Short Film Palme d’or and the 3 La Cinef prizes, the Festival de Cannes’ selection dedicated to student films, on Saturday, May 24, during the closing ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes.
La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated films from among the 2,700 submitted by film schools all over the world. Three short films coming from schools invited for the first time: Escola das Artes – UCP (Portugal), Super16 (Denmark) and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonia is also taking part for the very first time.
The 28th edition awards will be handed over by the Jury on Thursday, May 22 during a ceremony in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE (DISPUTES EN FAVEUR DE L’AMOUR)
Gabriel Abrantes
9′
ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
15′
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
13′
AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino & Kyla Danelle Romero
15′
FILLE DE L’EAU
Sandra Desmazières
15′
HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE)
Martine Froissard
9′
DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
15′
THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyères
15′
NVHAI (LILI)
Zhaoguang Luo & Shuhan Liao
14′
A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS)
Inês Nunes
15′
AASVOËLS (VULTURES)
Dian Weys
15′
LA CINEF SELECTION
O PÁSSARO DE DENTRO (THE BIRD FROM WITHIN)
Laura Anahory
Escola das Artes – UCP – Portugal – 5′
PER BRUIXA I METZINERA (THE SORCERESS ECHO)
Marc Camardons
ESCAC – Spain – 24′
TRES (THREE)
Juan Ignacio Ceballos
UCINE – Argentina – 24′
MATALAPAINE (THE LIGHTNING ROD)
Helmi Donner
AALTO University – Finland – 21′
BIMO
Oumnia Hanader
CinéFabrique – France – 23′
TALK ME
Joecar Hanna
NYU – USA – 19′
FIRST SUMMER
Heo Gayoung
KAFA – South Korea – 30′
MÅSKE I MARTS (MAYBE IN MARCH)
Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert
Super16 – Denmark – 24′
WINTER IN MARCH
Natalia Mirzoyan
Estonian Academy of Arts – Estonia – 16′
MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER
Polina Piddubna
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany – 13′
12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY
Qu Zhizheng
Beijing Film Academy – China – 16′
ETHER
Vida Skerk
NFTS – UK – 15′
FURSECURI SI LAPTE (MILK AND COOKIES)
Andrei Tache-Codreanu
UNATC “I. L. Caragiale” – Romania – 21′
GINGER BOY (SEPARATED)
Miki Tanaka
ENBU Seminar – Japan – 48′
A DOLL MADE UP OF CLAY
Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay
Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute – India – 24′
LE CONTINENT SOMNAMBULE (THE LAND OF SLUMBER)
Jules Vésigot-Wahl
La Fémis – France – 26′
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