This year, the Selection Committee received 3,500 short films, representing productions from no fewer than 132 countries.
Nine films will compete in 2013 for the Short Film Palme d or, to be awarded by Jane Campion, President of the Jury, at the Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes on 26th May.
For the first time, a Palestinian film will take part in the Short Films Competition.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Jane Campion, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
| Ali ASGARI | BISHTAR AZ DO SAAT (More than two Hours) | 15 | Iran |
| Mohammed ABOU NASSER, Ahmad ABOU NASSER | CONDOM LEAD | 14 | Palestine, Jordan |
| Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON | HVALFJORDUR (Whale Valley) | 15 | Iceland, Denmark |
| SASAKI Omoi | INSEKI TO IMPOTENCE (The Meteorite and Impotence) | 10 | Japan |
| Gilles COULIER | MONT BLANC | 14' | Belgium |
| Elzbieta BENKOWSKA | OLENA | 14 | Poland |
| Annarita ZAMBRANO | OPHELIA | 15 | France |
MOON Byounggon | SAFE | 13 | South Korea |
| Adriano VALERIO | 37∞4 S | 11 | France |
THE 2013 CINÉFONDATION SELECTION
The CinÈfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world
By focusing on the quality of work submitted by lesser-known institutions, the Selection is a true reflection of the diversity of film schools. This year sees a particularly significant broadening of scope, with a third of the schools being selected for the first time and one country Chile which has never previously been selected.
The three CinÈfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Friday 24th May in the BuÒuel Theatre.
THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION:
| Evgeny BYALO | THE NORM OF LIFE | 23 | High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors Russia |
| Ana CARO | THE MAGNIFICENT LION BOY | 10 | NFTS United Kingdom |
| Eliaka CHYTKOV¡ | O `UNCE (Ham Story) | 6 | Tomas Bata University in Zl Øn Czech Republic |
| Navid DANESH | DUET | 24 | Karnameh Film School Iran |
| Gan DE LANGE | BABAGA | 26 | The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School Israel |
| Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH | NEEDLE | 21 | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago USA |
| Sarah HIRTT | EN ATTENDANT LE D…GEL (Waiting for the Thaw) | 20 | INSAS Belgium |
Alejandro IGLESIAS MENDIZ¡BAL | CONTRAF¡BULA DE UNA NI—A DISECADA (Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl) | 25 | CCC Mexico |
| Joey IZZO | STEPSISTER | 18 | San Francisco State University USA |
| JOW Zhi Wei | AU-DEL¿ DE L HIVER (After the Winter) | 19' | Le Fresnoy France |
| Tudor Cristian JURGIU | ŒN ACVARIU (In the Fishbowl) | 20' | UNATC Romania |
| KIM Soo-Jin | SEON (The Line) | 27' | Chung-Ang University South Korea |
| Camila LUNA TOLEDO | ASUNCI”N | 21' | Pontificia Universidad CatÛlica Chile |
| Jefferson MONEO | GOING SOUTH | 15' | Columbia University USA |
| MaBgorzata R{ANEK | DANSE MACABRE | 5' | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Poland |
| Sebasti·n SCHJAER | MA—ANA TODAS LAS COSAS (Tomorrow All the Things) | 17' | UCINE Argentina |
| Vladilen VIERNY | EXIL (Exile) | 16' | La fÈmis France |
| Mat˙a VIZ¡R | PANDY (Pandas) | 12' | FAMU Czech Republic |