A review of the French short films that traveled internationally in May, in the seven festivals supported by Unifrance.
But first, let’s take a look at the Cannes Film Festival, where French short films set attendance records: a total of 21 films were selected across all sections! Click here to see the selection of French short films at Cannes.
🏆 Awards for French short films 🏆
➡️ At Cannes, French short films took center stage.
- The Palme d’or for a short film was awarded to For The Opponents, directed by Federico Luis, a French-Mexican-Chilean co-production, notably produced by Les films du Worso.
➡️ At the end of the San Francisco International Film Festival, in the United States, two awards were given to French short films.
- Duet by Léo Brunel received the Family Films Award.
- Little Things by Noam Rignault Clement received an Honorable Mention in the Yourh Works strand.
➡️ In Portugal, IndieLisboa awarded two French shorts.
- The Audience Award went to Intersecting Memory by Shayma' Awawdeh
- The IndieJúnior Audience Award was given to Duet by Léo Brunel
➡️ In Germany, the Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart honored a French short with two awards.
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car by Kiana Naghshineh was crowned with the International Competition Grand Prix and with the Audience Award.
➡️ While still in Germany, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen awarded three French shorts.
- The EFA nomination for Best European Film went to The Day I Licked a Pebble by Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, and Marie Pijollet.
- The Jury Prize from the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia was awarded to Trajectories by Simon Rittmeier.
- Jésus Marie Joseph by Patxi Meerman received a Special Mention from the ecumenical jury of the Children’s and Youth Competition. .
➡️ Three awards were presented at the Chilean festival Chilemonos, dedicated to animation.
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car by Kiana Naghshineh triumphed with the top prize of the International Competition.
- Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade received the second prize of the International Competition.
- Please by Anna Mantzaris received an Honorable Mention.
➡️ French short films were widely acclaimed at the Mecal festival in Spain, with five awards.
- No Skate! by Guil Sela received the International Grand Prix.
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles received the Animation Grand Prix.
- Strange Teen Spirit by Frank Ternier received the 2nd Prize in the Animation strand.
- The Audience Award (Animation) went to Carcassonne-Acapulco by Marjorie Caup and Olivier Héraud.
- Réunion de famille by Jean Forest received the 3rd Prize in the Documentary strand.
➡️ In Austria, Vienna Independent Shorts awarded two prizes to French short films.
- “The resolutely experimental visual approach” of cinematographer Mauricio Reyes Serrano earned him the Jury Prize for Best Cinematography in the Fiction & Documentary section for Pacífico.
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles received special recognition, winning the Audience Award for Avant-garde Animation and an Honorable Mention for its artistic achievement.
✈️ The following people received travel funding ✈️
Raphaëlle Petit-Gille traveled to Lisbon to present her film Fanny at the Beach at IndieLisboa. Here are her impressions: "The overall organization of the festival was flawless. The selection was of very high quality. The screening conditions were ideal, with translators available for the filmmakers during the Q&As. Every evening, a networking reception for industry professionals was held in the festival garden. I was able to meet the Portuguese audience, other filmmakers, and passionate organizers, and I saw films that inspired me. I left Lisbon feeling euphoric from the sea air and excited by the packed theaters."
Christine Rebet for her part, traveled to Barcelona to promote her film The Fall at Mecal. She shared her experience with us: “I was able to watch a lot of animated films and learn a bit more about the animation market. The selection was of high quality. The festival was very well organized. I met two members of the jury and learned a lot from their insights and experiences.”
🔹 All the selections 🔹
In May, French short films received significant exposure abroad at the seven festivals supported by Unifrance.
🇺🇸 In the United States, the San Francisco International Film Festival, screened seven French short films in four strands.
International Competition Golden Gate Award
- A South Facing Window by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
- Because Today Is Saturday by Alice Eça Guimarães
- Tamashi by Ashima Shiraishi and Jess X. Snow
Mid length Competition
Childrens Films
Films for Families
🇵🇹 Indielisboa au Portugal accordait une large place à la création française avec 28 courts français dans diverses sections.
Compétition internationale
- Death of the Fish de Éva Lusbaronian
- Kontrewers de Zuza Banasińska
- Loynes de Dorian Jespers
- Intersecting Memory de Shayma' Awawdeh
- Home Is Where the Heart Is de Timothée Engasser
- Fanny at the Beach de Raphaëlle Petit-Gille
- Détective Smiley & the lost friends de Antoine du Jeu
Compétition nationale
Silvestre
- Normal Planet de Ekiem Barbier
- As Night Falls de Marion Desseigne-Ravel
- In Real Life de Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse
- Merrimundi de Niles Atallah
- Our Land of enchantment de Annabelle Amoros
- Taxi Moto de Gaël Kamilindi
- A South Facing Window de Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
IndieJúnior
- The Carnival of the animals de Emily Barbelin
- Baião d'intérieurs de Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Duet de Léo Brunel
- Sketches on Ice de Marion Auvin
- I Am Not Here Anymore de Nawojka Wierzbowska
- Nutissimo de Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
- Piccolo Piccolo de Marta Gennari
- Cloud Fish de Noé Garcia
- Dog Alone de Marta Reis Andrade
- Found! de Juliette Baily
Mouth of Madness
Rhizome
🇩🇪 Le court-métrage français avait aussi une place notable à l’Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS) en Allemagne, qui présentait 25 films français.
Compétition internationale
- Biting The Hand That Feeds You de Chantal Peten
- Atomik Tour de Bruno Collet
- Carcassonne-Acapulco de Marjorie Caup, Olivier Héraud
- God is Shy de Jocelyn Charles
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car de Kiana Naghshineh
- Kosmogonia de Karolina Chabier
- Like a Fairy Tale de Kirill Khachaturov
- Mise en culture, récolte et dispersion des épines de Jeanne Girard
- My Brother, My Brother de Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad Dnewar
Compétition films d'écoles
- The Day I Licked a Pebble de Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet
- In the shade of the sheets de Lina Saïdani
- Avant de rentrer... de Arthur Bonneau
- Dear End, de Khéma Cousin, Lien Franckel, Laora Le Boursicot, Alissende Masson, Joséphine Mounier, Clément Saden
- Pebble to Pebble de Charlotte Annereau
- Du monde au balcon de Elya Ehni
- Hôtel les pieds dans l'eau de Maya Vriens
- Jeanne & Jean Jean de Thanys Martin
- Niccolò de Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet, Njolai Pachomius
- Winter in March de Natalia Mirzoyan
Compétition Tricks for Kids
- Polo sans bobo de Sophie Castaignede
- Once Upon a Time in Dragonville de Marika Herz
- The Empty Panel de Thibault Chollet
Compétition Trickstar Nature
- Cloud Fish de Noé Garcia
- Strange Teen Spirit de Frank Ternier
- La Petite Reine blanche de Mathieu Georis, Théo Hanosset
🇩🇪 En Allemagne également, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen a sélectionné 16 courts-métrages français.
Compétition internationale
- Who Killed Narin G****? de Ayce Kartal
- Women in Fire de Alina Titorenko
- Em Busca de S de Gustavo De Mattos Jahn
- Autobiography of my Diabetes de Matthew Lancit
- Hulum de Miguel Miceli
- An Open Field de Teboho Edkins
Compétition nationale
Compétition enfance et jeunesse
- Jésus Marie Joseph de Patxi Meerman
- To the rythm of the sea de Léa Deprez, Pierre-Luis Bordes, Eliott Desmarets, Jeanne Finet
- Kosmogonia de Karolina Chabier
- Death of the Fish de Éva Lusbaronian
- The Day I Licked a Pebble de Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet
- Piccolo Piccolo de Marta Gennari
- Cloud Fish de Noé Garcia
- Precious Fantasy de Nino Bouhnik
Compétition de la Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie
🇦🇹 En Autriche, Vienna Independent Shorts a mis en lumière 15 courts français de genres variés.
Compétition fiction et documentaire
- To the Woods de Agnès Patron
- Cairo Streets de Abdellah Taïa
- Daria's Night Flowers de Maryam Tafakory
- Pacífico de Daniel Duque
- Taxi Moto de Gaël Kamilindi
- Guided Tour de Alba Jaramillo
Compétition animation Avantgarde
Focus
- Dog Alone de Marta Reis Andrade
- Winter in March de Natalia Mirzoyan
- Long Distance de Iulia Voitova
- Between Yawns de Alma Rajot
Du cinéma pour les tout-petits
🇨🇱 Au festival Chilemonos, 18 courts-métrages français ont été présentés au public.
Compétition internationale
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car de Kiana Naghshineh
- Atomik Tour de Bruno Collet
- I Am Not Here Anymore de Nawojka Wierzbowska
- Brown Morning de Carlo Vogele
- Please de Anna Mantzaris
- Dog Alone de Marta Reis Andrade
- Signal de Mathilde Parquet, Emma Carré
Compétition films d'étude
- Vengeance de Laure Lasserre, Romain Perrier, Justine Prat, Lara Scesa
- Al Battar de Julien Lanzi, Lilou Planchais, Tom Wang
- Doudou caillou de Mayly Houlgard, Carlos Rouaud, Isaure Sivel, José Razafindrazaka
- Fleur Bot de Celio Dubus, Margaux Hallot, Tiphaine Houdeau, Loïs Pastor, Marie Piazza, Clémence Thomire, Ludovic Vasse, Aurélia Zerhouni
- Free Food Race de Swan Brocher
- Kénopsia de Camille Redon, Sélène Lê, Alice Hegymegi-Kiss, Grégoire Pezzulo, Fanny Belougne, Quentin Szczygiel, Abel Tebib
- The Rossini Garden de William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong
- Les Funérailles de la princesse insecte de Hippolyte Thomas
- Where love lied de Georges Chalmet, Evan Guinet-Elmi, Sizi Hatef, Joel Kidangan, Saksham Kumar, Olivia Leriche, Léo Maestracci, Viet Ha Nguyen, Marcel Vanderweyen
- Orchid Square de Benacer-Gaud Inès, Chernichenko Tania, Léa Giraud, Eléonore Hattenberger, Sacha Landais, Andrew Mainetti, Maeva Metivier, Abishek Padmanaban, Huey Wong
- Tumbleweed de Johanna Bouaouiche, Louis Creuzet, Marie Hareux, Wilson Hinh, Arthus Mariet, Masha Moran
🇪🇸 Le festival Mecal, en Espagne, montre un nombre record de courts-métrages français ce mois-ci : 53 diffusés dans ses différentes sections !
Compétition animation
- Yo Yo de Mohammadreza Mayghani
- Because of (U) de Tohé Commaret
- Ordinary Life de Yoriko Mizushiri
- Death of the Fish de Éva Lusbaronian
- Ambush de Xi Chengzhuo
- Azimuth de Thomas Teissière
- Carcassonne-Acapulco de Marjorie Caup, Olivier Héraud
- God is Shy de Jocelyn Charles
- Water Girl de Sandra Desmazières
- Strange Teen Spirit de Frank Ternier
- Life With an Idiot de Theodore Ushev
- Layla de Oscar Baron, Emma Ferréol
- The Rossini Garden de William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong
- Dog Alone de Marta Reis Andrade
- The Fall de Christine Rebet
- The Famous Last Show de Celia Alcina Matesanz, Pontheera Nimmanakiat, Fuxuan Deng, Ané Quintana, Hongru Su
- The Shyness of Trees de Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D'Agentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu
- Wormwood de Matthieu Dupille, Chenhe Liu, Philémon Martin, Ninon Quéméner, Alexander Vanderplank, Binlin Xie
Documentaires animés
- Žarko, You Will Spoil the Child! de Veljko Popović, Milivoj Popović
- As the Crow Flies de Clara Lacombe
Animation trash
Enfance
- The Blind Man de Rémy Xu
- Acrobats de Éloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy
Compétition internationale fiction
- Dancing Pigeons de Christofer Nilsson
- Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites de Chheangkea
- No Skate! de Guil Sela
Terreur
- The Last Snow de Rodolphe Bouquet-Populus
- Gone Wrong de Anne-Linh Jérôme, Ambre Butel, Roman Saunier, Maxime Arnould, Juliette Houël, Adrian Villeda, Alisson Colombe, Ylan Dinguidar
- Birth of a Fire de Archibald Martin
Sci-Fi
Comédie
- The Seniors de Axelle Fuset, Boris Boidron, Fanny Ghesquiere, Lucile Brunet, Jérémy La, Lauren Félines, Maëlys Guillemoteau, Manuel Mabayog
- Forever de Théo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, Cyrine Jouini, Pauline Philippart, Anissa Terrier
- Mémé de Anne-Sophie Diego
- Amen de Orphée Coutier, Bettina Demarty, Kimié Maingonnat, Laurène Perego, Avril Zundel
- The Rize and Fall of Zara Zilverstein de Brian Kazez
- Jeanne & Jean Jean de Thanys Martin
- A Princess’ Guide to Fairytale Love de Violette Avouac, Ramya Hegde, Tshegofatso Tracy Pitseng, Polina Saratova, Ashil Shaji, Kelvin Shani
- Lady Attila de Apolline Andreys
Talents Catalans
Womart
LGTBIQ+
- Dare to Be Fabulous de João Buosi, Yangjia Chen, Adam Meziane Philipps, Carla Sampaio Da Silva, Xinxin Qin, Zhen Zhou
- Big Boys Don't Cry de Arnaud Delmarle
Courts Très Courts
- Niccolò de Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet, Njolai Pachomius
Jeune Public
- Sunset Valentine de Rémi Sogadji
- Signal de Mathilde Parquet, Emma Carré
- The Urge de Julien Aveque
- Atomik Tour de Bruno Collet
Compétition Documentaires
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