Abbas Kiarostami to head the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury.

With the Official Selection of features for the 67th Cannes Film Festival set to be revealed tomorrow (April 17), the line-up of Short Films has been unveiled in advance.

This year the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films, representing 128 production countries.

Ten films will compete in 2014 for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Abbas Kiarostami, president of the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury, at the festival’s awards ceremony on May 24.

For the first time, an Azerbaijani and a Georgian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.

SHORT FILMS

Manhole
dir: Giovanni Aloi (Italy)

The Administration Of Glory
dir: Ran Huang (China)

Invisible Spaces
dir: Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia)

Happo-En
dirs: Sato Masiko, Ohara Takayoshi, Seki Yutaro, Toyota Masayuki, Hirase Kentaro (Japan)

Leidi
dir: Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia/UK)

The Last One
dir: Sergey Pikalov (Azerbaijan)

The Execution
dir: Petra Szocs (Hungary/Romania)

Aïssa
dir: Clément Trehin-Lalanne (France)

Les Corps Etrangers
dir: Laura Wandel (Belgium)

Yes We Love
dir: Hallvar Witzo (Norway)

CINEFONDATION

The Cinéfondation Selection comprises 16 films - of which two are animated - among the 1,631 submitted this year by cinema schools from all around the world.

A total of 38% of the schools were selected for the first time and includes a film from Egypt, which has never previously been selected. A total of nine of the 16 selected films were directed by women.

The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on May 22 in the Buñuel Theatre.

Our Blood
dir: Max Chan, (Hampshire College, U.S.)

Home Sweet Home
dirs: Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet, Stéphane Paccolat (Supinfocom Arles, France)

The Aftermath of the Inauguration Of The Public Toilet At Kilometer 375
dir: Omar El Zohairy (High Cinema Institute, Academy of Arts, Egypt)

Stone Cars
dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, US)

Last Trip Home
dir: Han Fengyu (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore)

A Radiant Life
dir: Meryll Hardy (Le Fresnoy, France)

Niagara
dir: Chie Hayakawa (ENBU Seminar, Japan)

Oh Lucy!
dir: Atsuko Hirayanagi (NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore)

The Visit
dir: Inbar Horesh (Minshar for Art, School and Center, Israel)

Moonless Summer
dir: Stefan Ivancic (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia)

The Bigger Picture
dir: Daisy Jacobs (National Film and Television School, UK)

Provincia
dir: György Mór Karpati (University of Theatre and Film Arts, Hungary)

Breath
dir: Kwon Hyun-ju (Chung-Ang University, South Korea)

Thunderbirds
dir: Léa Mysius (La Fémis, France)

Sourdough
dir: Fulvio Risuelo (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy)

Skunk
dir: Annie Silverstein (The University of Texas at Austin, US)

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