The 2021 lineup comprises 26 titles (including 6 debut films), with works by 16 male directors and 17 women directors, 12 fictions, 9 animations, 2 experimental films, and 3 multi-genre films—representing as many short stories that bear witness to the talent and inventiveness of new generation French filmmakers and confirm the vibrant dynamism of the sector at this time.
In addition to the Official Jury, we have decided to renew last year's rewarding experience by once again organizing a Jury of Young Foreign Industry Professionals this year. We would like to express our thanks to our international contacts who assisted us in appointing the jury members. This jury will give 18 up-and-coming industry professionals under the age of thirty the chance to enjoy an exceptional shared experience in which they will be able to present their views on the unique world of promising talents.
The winners of the awards attributed by these two juries will be announced early July, with the awards ceremony to be held July 15 on the Terrasse UniFrance at Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival.
The films selected
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Official Jury & Awards
Grand Prize (Sponsored by UniFrance – TITRAFILM – Courant 3D – Shortfilmdepot)
- UniFrance: €3,500 and membership in 2022 awarded to the production company; €2,000 and membership in 2022 awarded to the film's director
- TITRAFILM: €1,500 in technical services awarded to the production company to be used for an upcoming film
- Courant3D: Relief smartphone including the winning French 3D Short Film, awarded to the film's director
- Shortfilmdepot: 50 prepaid stamps for festival registrations awarded to the production company
Special Jury Prize (Sponsored by UniFrance – Courant3D – Shortfilmdepot)
- UniFrance: €1,500 and membership in 2022 awarded to the production company; €1,000 and membership in 2022 awarded to the film's director
- Courant3D: Relief smartphone including the winning French 3D Short Film, awarded to the film's director
- Shortfilmdepot: 50 prepaid stamps for festival registrations awarded to the production company
Grand Action Prize (Sponsored by UniFrance – Courant3D – Shortfilmdepot)
- Grand Action: screening of the film prior to a programmed feature film for the period of one week
- UniFrance: €500 and membership in 2022 awarded to the production company; €500 and membership in 2022 awarded to the film's director
- Courant3D: Relief smartphone including the winning French 3D Short Film, awarded to the film's director
- Shortfilmdepot:50 prepaid stamps for festival registrations awarded to the production company
Special Mentions (Sponsored by UniFrance)
- €300: awarded to each director awarded a Special Mention
TV Broadcasters' Prize
- The foreign television networks represented in the jury commit to acquire and broadcast one film from the selection.
Jury of Young Foreign Industry Professionals & Awards
- Mia Isabelle Carvalho-Brailsford (UK) Coordinator of the Edinburgh Film Festival
- Andreia De Sousa (Portugal) Assistant, Casa Museu de Vilar
- Giulia Delsanto (Italy) International Promotion, Italian Short Film Center
- Mansour Diallo (Senegal) Filmmaker – Producer at Circle Studio
- Léa Eigenmann (Switzerland) Programming assistant, Neuchâtel Film Festival
- Sajida Hamdi (Tunisia) Actor
- Éva Kabuya (Canada) Filmmaker
- Murat Kilinc (Turkey) Actor
- Emma Mitéran (Czech Republic) Student at the CVUT Prague
- Daria Mitiuk (Ukraine) Independent producer
- Simon Natowitz (Belgium) Assistant at Wallonie-Bruxelles Images
- Sao Mai Nguyen Ngoc (Vietnam) Filmmaker
- Lendis Shkalla (Albania) Filmmaker
- Julia Skala (Germany) Student at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Xenia Skvortsova (Russia) Student at the UCLA
- Moïse Togo (Mali) Filmmaker
- Marco Tulio Pires (Brazil) Producer at Utopie Films
- Shea Vassar (USA) Journalist – Film critic
Youth Jury Award (Sponsored by UniFrance)
- €1,000 awarded to the director of the winning film
UniFrance wishes to express our particular thanks to Regina Pessoa, member of the Official Jury, for the stunning illustration that has created the visual identity for this 19th edition of the event.
UniFrance also wishes to thank our loyal partners in the UniFrance Short Film Awards: Shortfilmdepot – Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Courant3D.
Author : Short Film Department
Latest update : 28 June 2021 à 16:38 CEST