The 2023 selection brings together 26 titles in four programs, including 10 debut films, by 14 directors, in a diversity of styles and offering surprising worlds. 26 films, 10 of which are the result of co-productions with Belgium, the USA, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
Inventive and daring, sometimes an "object of curiosity," the short film format is essential to the renewal of the cinematic arts. With the constant support of Unifrance, short films have always been a constant in international film festivals and markets. The 2023 edition of the Unifrance Short Film Awards is already full of promise, and let's hope that this spotlight will open the door to an extraordinary international career for the writers, producers, and directors of these films.
Program 1
- Martingale by Marthe Verdet
- The Silent Ones by Basile Vuillemin
- Ghosts by (LA) HORDE : BRUTTI/DEBROUWER/HAREL
- 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
- Mayhem by Baptiste Petit-Gats
- Maurice’s Bar by Tom Prezman & Tzor Edery
- Here Ends the World We've Known by Anne-Sophie Nanki
Program 2
- Love Me True by Inés Sedan
- Lorraine by Milena Beurer-Doenst
- Sweet Tooth by Joséphine Darcy Hopkins
- Electra by Daria Kashcheeva
- Duos by Marion Defer
- Alex's Machine by Mael Le Mée
Program 3
- The Purple Season by Clémence Bouchereau
- Perdre Léna by Mathilde Profit
- Concrete Heart by Enrika Panero
- Fires by Mirko Genduso
- Roadtripper by Christophe Granger
- A Ferris Wheel in the Desert by Lénaïg Le Moigne
- Fatih the Conqueror by Onur Yağız
Program 4
- Salvation Has No Name by Joseph Wallace
- Lions by Beru Tessema
- The Wolf and the Cat by Jean-Sébastien Bernard
- Europe by Bidon by Thomas Trichet & Samuel Albaric
- On the Sidelines by Kahina Ben Amar
- Sèt Lam by Vincent Fontano
The jury, composed of:
- Guadalupe Arensburg Caellas – Movistar+ (Spain)
- Bénédicte Bourgois – RTBF (Belgique)
- Lola Cambourieu – Co-director of the Unifrance Grand Prix 2022 (Bachelorette Party)
- Patrice Carré – Le Film Français
- Isabelle Gibbal-Hardy – Le Grand Action
- Sani Elhadj Magori – Centre national de la cinématographie (Niger)
- Anna Mitéran – Institut français de Prague (Czech Republic)
- Gilles Reunis – Be TV (Belgique)
- Hasan Ugur – Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival (Germany)
The jury met on Friday, May 5 for a day of lively discussion, and the winners will be announced in Cannes on Thursday, May 25 at 6 pm, in the presence of the winners, on the Unifrance Terrace – 5, rue des Belges.
We warmly thank Bastien Dubois (winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Unifrance Short Film Awards 2020, and Annie Award for Best Animated Short Film for his film Souvenir Souvenir) for the originality of his inspiring illustration which gives the 21st edition its visual identity.
Unifrance also thanks the Unifrance Short Film Awards partners: TitraFilm, Cinéma Grand Action, Shortfilmdepot - Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Courant3D, Bref Cinema.
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