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 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 of 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 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
Youth Works
Family Films
🇵🇹 Indielisboa in Portugal gave prominent coverage to French cinema, featuring 28 French short films across various sections.
International Competition
- Death of the Fish by Éva Lusbaronian
- Kontrewers by Zuza Banasińska
- Loynes by Dorian Jespers
- Intersecting Memory by Shayma' Awawdeh
- Home Is Where the Heart Is by Timothée Engasser
- Fanny at the Beach by Raphaëlle Petit-Gille
- Détective Smiley & the lost friends by Antoine du Jeu
National Competition
Silvestre
- Normal Planet by Ekiem Barbier
- As Night Falls by Marion Desseigne-Ravel
- In Real Life by Ekiem Barbier and Guilhem Causse
- Merrimundi by Niles Atallah
- Our Land of enchantment by Annabelle Amoros
- Taxi Moto by Gaël Kamilindi
- A South Facing Window by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
IndieJúnior
- The Carnival of the animals by Emily Barbelin
- Baião d'intérieurs by Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Duet by Léo Brunel
- Sketches on Ice by Marion Auvin
- I Am Not Here Anymore by Nawojka Wierzbowska
- Nutissimo by Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
- Piccolo Piccolo by Marta Gennari
- Cloud Fish by Noé Garcia
- Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade
- Found! by Juliette Baily
Mouth of Madness
Rhizome
🇩🇪 French short film also featured prominently at the Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart, which presented 25 French titles.
- Biting The Hand That Feeds You by Chantal Peten
- Atomik Tour by Bruno Collet
- Carcassonne-Acapulco by Marjorie Caup and Olivier Héraud
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car by Kiana Naghshineh
- Kosmogonia by Karolina Chabier
- Like a Fairy Tale by Kirill Khachaturov
- Mise en culture, récolte et dispersion des épines by Jeanne Girard
- My Brother, My Brother by Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar
Film Schools Competition
- The Day I Licked a Pebble by Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, and Marie Pijollet
- In the shade of the sheets by Ina Saïdani
- Avant de rentrer... by Arthur Bonneau
- Dear End, by Khéma Cousin, Lien Franckel, Laora Le Boursicot, Alissende Masson, Joséphine Mounier, and Clément Saden
- Pebble to Pebble by Charlotte Annereau
- Du monde au balcon by Elya Ehni
- Hôtel les pieds dans l'eau by Maya Vriens
- Jeanne & Jean Jean by Thanys Martin
- Niccolò by Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet, and Njolai Pachomius
- Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan
Tricks for Kids Competition
- Polo sans bobo by Sophie Castaignede
- Once Upon a Time in Dragonville by Marika Herz
- The Empty Panel by Thibault Chollet
Trickstar Nature Competition
- Cloud Fish by Noé Garcia
- Strange Teen Spirit by Frank Ternier
- La Petite Reine blanche by Mathieu Georis and Théo Hanosset
🇩🇪 Also in Germany, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen selected 16 French short films.
International Competition
- Who Killed Narin G****? by Ayce Kartal
- Women in Fire by Alina Titorenko
- Em Busca de S by Gustavo De Mattos Jahn
- Autobiography of my Diabetes by Matthew Lancit
- Hulum by Miguel Miceli
- An Open Field by Teboho Edkins
National Competition
Children and Youth Competition
- Jésus Marie Joseph by Patxi Meerman
- To the rythm of the sea by Léa Deprez, Pierre-Luis Bordes, Eliott Desmarets, and Jeanne Finet
- Kosmogonia by Karolina Chabier
- Death of the Fish by Éva Lusbaronian
- The Day I Licked a Pebble by Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, and Marie Pijollet
- Piccolo Piccolo by Marta Gennari
- Cloud Fish by Noé Garcia
- Precious Fantasy by Nino Bouhnik
North Rhine-Westphalia Competition
🇦🇹 In Austria, Vienna Shorts highlighted 15 French shorts across a variety of genres.
Fiction and Documentary Competition
- To the Woods by Agnès Patron
- Cairo Streets by Abdellah Taïa
- Daria's Night Flowers by Maryam Tafakory
- Pacífico by Daniel Duque
- Taxi Moto by Gaël Kamilindi
- Guided Tour by Alba Jaramillo
Animation Avantgarde Competition
Focus
- Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade
- Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan
- Long Distance by Iulia Voitova
- Between Yawns by Alma Rajot
Cinema for the Youngest
🇨🇱 At Chilemonos, 18 French short titles were presented to audiences.
International Competition
- With Tapes and Toasts in the Car by Kiana Naghshineh
- Atomik Tour by Bruno Collet
- I Am Not Here Anymore by Nawojka Wierzbowska
- Brown Morning by Carlo Vogele
- Please by Anna Mantzaris
- Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade
- Signal by Mathilde Parquet and Emma Carré
Graduation Films Competition
- Vengeance by Laure Lasserre, Romain Perrier, Justine Prat, and Lara Scesa
- Al Battar by Julien Lanzi, Lilou Planchais, and Tom Wang
- Doudou caillou by Mayly Houlgard, Carlos Rouaud, Isaure Sivel, and José Razafindrazaka
- Fleur Bot by Celio Dubus, Margaux Hallot, Tiphaine Houdeau, Loïs Pastor, Marie Piazza, Clémence Thomire, Ludovic Vasse, and Aurélia Zerhouni
- Free Food Race by Swan Brocher
- Kénopsia by Camille Redon, Sélène Lê, Alice Hegymegi-Kiss, Grégoire Pezzulo, Fanny Belougne, Quentin Szczygiel, and Abel Tebib
- The Rossini Garden by William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert , Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, and Arthur Wong
- Les Funérailles de la princesse insecte by Hippolyte Thomas
- Where love lied by Georges Chalmet, Evan Guinet-Elmi, Sizi Hatef, Joel Kidangan, Saksham Kumar, Olivia Leriche, Léo Maestracci, Viet Ha Nguyen, and Marcel Vanderweyen
- Orchid Square by Benacer-Gaud Inès, Chernichenko Tania, Léa Giraud, Eléonore Hattenberger, Sacha Landais, Andrew Mainetti, Maeva Metivier, Abishek Padmanaban, and Huey Wong
- Tumbleweed by Johanna Bouaouiche, Louis Creuzet, Marie Hareux, Wilson Hinh, Arthus Mariet, and Masha Moran
🇪🇸 The Mecal festival, in Spain, screened a record number of French short films in May: 53 across the various strands!
Animation Competition
- Yo Yo by Mohammadreza Mayghani
- Because of (U) by Tohé Commaret
- Ordinary Life by Yoriko Mizushiri
- Death of the Fish by Éva Lusbaronian
- Ambush by Xi Chengzhuo
- Azimuth by Thomas Teissière
- Carcassonne-Acapulco by Marjorie Caup and Olivier Héraud
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles
- Water Girl by Sandra Desmazières
- Strange Teen Spirit by Frank Ternier
- Life With an Idiot by Theodore Ushev
- Layla by Oscar Baron and Emma Ferréol
- The Rossini Garden by William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert , Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, and Arthur Wong
- Dog Alone by Marta Reis Andrade
- The Fall by Christine Rebet
- The Famous Last Show by Celia Alcina Matesanz, Pontheera Nimmanakiat, Fuxuan Deng, Ané Quintana, and Hongru Su
- The Shyness of Trees by Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D'Agentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, and Bingqing Shu
- Wormwood by Matthieu Dupille, Chenhe Liu, Philémon Martin, Ninon Quéméner, Alexander Vanderplank, and Binlin Xie
Animated Documentaries
- Žarko, You Will Spoil the Child! by Veljko Popović and Milivoj Popović
- As the Crow Flies by Clara Lacombe
Animation trash
Children
- The Blind Man by Rémy Xu
- Acrobats by Éloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, and Shali Reddy
International Fiction Competition
- Dancing Pigeons by Christofer Nilsson
- Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites by Chheangkea
- No Skate! by Guil Sela
Horror
- The Last Snow by Rodolphe Bouquet-Populus
- Gone Wrong by Anne-Linh Jérôme, Ambre Butel, Roman Saunier, Maxime Arnould, Juliette Houël, Adrian Villeda, Alisson Colombe, and Ylan Dinguidar
- Birth of a Fire by Archibald Martin
Sci-Fi
Comedy
- The Seniors by Axelle Fuset, Boris Boidron, Fanny Ghesquiere, Lucile Brunet, Jérémy La, Lauren Félines, Maëlys Guillemoteau, and Manuel Mabayog
- Forever by Théo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, Cyrine Jouini, Pauline Philippart, and Anissa Terrier
- Mémé by Anne-Sophie Diego
- Amen by Orphée Coutier, Bettina Demarty, Kimié Maingonnat, Laurène Perego, and Louise Poulain
- The Rize and Fall of Zara Zilverstein by Brian Kazez
- Jeanne & Jean Jean by Thanys Martin
- A Princess’ Guide to Fairytale Love by Violette Avouac, Ramya Hegde, Tshegofatso Tracy Pitseng, Polina Saratova, Ashil Shaji, and Kelvin Shani
- Lady Attila by Apolline Andreys
Talents Catalans
Womart
LGTBIQ+
- Dare to Be Fabulous by João Buosi, Yangjia Chen, Adam Meziane Philipps, Carla Sampaio Da Silva, Xinxin Qin, and Zhen Zhou
- Big Boys Don't Cry by Arnaud Delmarle
Very Short Shorts
- Niccolò by Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet, and Njolai Pachomius
Young Audiences
- Sunset Valentine by Rémi Sogadji
- Signal by Mathilde Parquet and Emma Carré
- The Urge by Julien Aveque
- Atomik Tour by Bruno Collet
Documentary Competition
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