Gathered together in Paris on April 20, 2018, the jury members watched the 22 films included in the selection, and chose four winners. The winning films were announced at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, at the UniFrance Terrasse in Cannes, with the award-winners in attendance.
The UniFrance Short Film Awards aim to shine a light on the bold creativity of up-and-coming French film directors and producers. Our mission UniFrance is to work side-by-side with these emerging talents to ensure that their work is seen by audiences and industry professionals around the world, reflecting the constant renewal of creative talent in French cinema.
The complete selection can be seen here.
Award winners
UniFrance Grand Prize
The Amorous Indies by Clément Cogitore
Producers: Les Films Pelléas, Opéra national de Paris
Special Jury Prize
Speck of Dust by Léopold Kraus
Producer: Les Films Norfolk
Grand Action Prize & Special Mention from the Jury
Master of the Classe by Carine May & Hakim Zouhani
Producer: Kazak Productions
Broadcasters' Prize
Artem Silendi by Frank Ychou
Producer: Triade Films
The Belgian television network BeTV has pledged to acquire three additional films from the selection (Master of the Classe, Robhot, and Los Días de los muertos)
The following members of the UniFrance Short Film Awards jury were present: Isabelle Gibbal-Hardy (program director of the Grand Action Cinema), Osange Silou-Kieffer (journalist), Licia Eminenti (screenwriter and director), Jessica Palud (director), Benoît Basirico (journalist), and Jacopo Chessa (director of the Italian National Short Film Center).
The following UniFrance partners were also present at the awards ceremony:
TITRAFILM (Sophie Frilley and Stéphane Chirol), Continental Media Assurances, Courant3D, and the Shortfilmdepot
Members of the jury:
- Guadalupe Arensburg Caellas – Moviestar+ Spain
- Sylvie Ballul – literature festival programmer
- Isabelle Gibbal-Hardy – program director of the Grand Action Cinema
- Licia Eminenti – screenwriter/director
- Jessica Palud – director, winner of the 2017 UniFrance Short Film Award (Marlon)
- Osange Silou-Kieffer – journalist
- Benoît Basirico – journalist specializing in film music
- Holger Carlson – Hollywood Film Festival
- Jacopo Chessa – director of the Italian National Short Film Center
- Christophe Loizillon – director
- Gilles Reunis – BeTV Belgium
Prizes
Grand Prize:
- €2,000, including €1,000 toward promotion aid
- 50 "Stickers" offered by the Shortfilmdepot platform
- TITRAFILM: €1,500 in the form of technical services for voice-over, subtitling, creation of DCPs and DVDs
- Continental Média Assurances: services offered for a future film by the same director
- For the director: €500 + free UniFrance membership in 2019 + 3D smartphone including the Best French 3D Short Film offered by Courant 3D
Special Jury Prize:
- €1,000 + free UniFrance membership in 2019
- 50 "Stickers" offered by the Shortfilmdepot platform
- For the director: free UniFrance membership in 2019 + 3D smartphone including the Best French 3D Short Film offered by Courant 3D
Grand Action Prize & Special Mention from the Jury:
- Free UniFrance membership in 2019
- Theatrical release for a period of one week at the Paris cinema Le Grand Action, screened prior to a feature film
- 50 "Stickers" offered by the Shortfilmdepot platform
- For the director: free UniFrance membership in 2019
Partners
TITRAFILM/Continental Media Assurances/Shortfilmdepot/Courant 3D
Associated events
Loyal partners of UniFrance, the following movie industry events are committed supporters of French cinema and have committed to programming a number of films from the selection and/or award-winning films:
- Kiev Molodist International Film Festival
- Tübingen-Stuttgart International French-Language Film Festival
- International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie (FICFA)
- Hollywood Film Festival
- Torino Short Film Market
In connection with this news
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Events(4)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival - 2017
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International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie (FICFA) - 2018
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