Cannes Film Festival 2025: The selection of short films and La Cinef

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Discover the selection of short films and La Cinef for the Cannes Film Festival 2025, selected after viewing thousands of works.

The Cannes Film Festival 2025 has just announced its selection of short films and La Cinef. This year, after viewing no less than 4,781 films, 11 short films have been selected for the competition, from countries all over the world. The prestigious Palme d'Or for short films will be awarded by the jury, chaired by director, screenwriter and producer Maren Ade, at the awards ceremony on May 24.

For its 28th edition, La Cinef has selected 16 films - 13 fictions and 3 animations - from among 2,700 short films submitted by film schools around the world. Among these, three short films come from schools invited for the first time: Escola das Artes - UCP (Portugal), Super16 (Denmark) and Estonian Academy of Arts. This is also Estonia's very first participation.

The same jury will award the three La Cinef prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the winning films, on Thursday May 22 in the Salle Buñuel.

The short film competition :

  • Arguments in favor of love by Gabriel Abrantes 9'
  • Ali by Adnan Al Rajeev 15'
  • I'm Glad You're Dead Now by Tawfeek Barhom 13'
  • Agapito by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero 15'
  • Fille de l'eau (Water Girl) by Sandra Desmazières 15'
  • Hypersensible by Martine Froissard 9'
  • Dammen by Grégoire Graesslin 15'
  • The Spectacle by Bálint Kenyères 15'
  • Nvhai (Girls) by Zhaoguang Luo and Shuhan Liao 14'
  • The Solitude of Lizards by Inês Nunes 15'
  • Aasvoëls (Vultures) by Dian Weys 15'

Cinef's selection: 

  • O pássaro de dentro by Laura Anahory (Escola das Artes - UCP - Portugal - 5')
  • Per bruixa i metzinera by Marc Camardons (ESCAC - Spain - 24')
  • Tres by Juan Ignacio Ceballos (UCINE - Argentina - 24')
  • Matalapaine by Helmi Donner (AALTO University - Finland - 21')
  • Bimo by Oumnia Hanader (CinéFabrique - France - 23')
  • Talk me by Joecar Hanna (NYU - United States - 19')
  • First Summer by Heo Gayoung (KAFA - South Korea - 30')
  • Måske i marts by Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert (Super16 - Denmark - 24')
  • Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan (Estonian Academy of Arts - Estonia - 16')
  • My grandmother is a skydiver by Polina Piddubna (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf - Germany - 13')
  • 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony by Qu Zhizheng (Beijing Film Academy - China - 16')
  • Ether by Vida Skerk (NFTS - United Kingdom - 15')
  • Fursecuri si lapte by Andrei Tache-Codreanu (UNATC "I. L. Caragiale" - Romania - 21')
  • Ginger Boy by Miki Tanaka (ENBU Seminar - Japan - 48')
  • A Doll Made Up of Clay by Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute - India - 24')
  • Le continent somnambule by Jules Vésigot-Wahl (La Fémis - France - 26')

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From May 13, 2025 to May 24, 2025

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