German director, screenwriter and producer Maren Ade, who made waves at Cannes in 2016 with father-daughter drama Toni Erdmann, has been announced as the president of the Cannes Film Festival’s short film and student film competitions.
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.
They will decide the short film Palme d’or and the three prizes for the Cinef student film competition.
Eleven short films, selected from 4 781 submissions, are in running for the short film Palme d’Or, spanning nine fiction works and two animated shorts. Five of the contenders are directed by women.
THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE (DISPUTES EN FAVEUR DE L’AMOUR)
Gabriel Abrantes
ALI
Adnan Al Rajeev
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Tawfeek Barhom
AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino & Kyla Danelle Romero
FILLE DE L’EAU
Sandra Desmazières
HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE)
Martine Froissard
DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyères
NVHAI (LILI)
Zhaoguang Luo & Shuhan Liao
A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS)
Inês Nunes
AASVOËLS (VULTURES)
Dian Weys