Cannes Film Festival 2026: The selection of short films and La Cinef

• New Hair by Hadrien Bels, 15′
• Last Spring by Mathilde Bédouet, 15′
• The Sirens’ Bath by Lola Degove, 15′
• The End by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr, 15′
• Para Los Contrincantes (To the Opponents) by Federico Luis, 15′
• Thunder Platoon (Peloton Tonnerre) by Theo Montoya, 15′
• Giac Mo La Oc Sen (The Dream Is a Snail) by Thien An Nguyen, 15′
• Algumas Coisas Que Acontecem Ao Lado de Um Rio by Daniel Soares, 14′
• Spiritus Sanctus by Michal Toczek, 15′
• Niko Nista Nike Rekao (Nobody Said Anything) by Tamara Todorović, 15′

Cinef’s Selection:

• Laser-Gato (Laser-Cat) by Lucas Acher - NYU – United States – 22′
• Photograph of an Insane Woman to show the condition of her hair by Arwen Aznag - LUCA School of Arts Brussels – Belgium – 6′
• Tù, yo y la vaca (Me, You and the Cow) by Aina Callejón - ESCAC – Spain – 20′
• Pickled by Fanny Capu - NFTS – United Kingdom – 9′
• Bird Rhapsody by Wonjung Choi - Hongik University – South Korea – 6′
• Always wanted to be good, never wanted to do good by Noa Epars & Marvin Merkel - HEAD – Switzerland – 21′
• Preko Praga (Over the Threshold) by Tara Gajović - FDU – Serbia – 15′
• Growing stones, flying papers by Roozbeh Gezerseh & Soraya Shamsi - Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany – 12′
• Sunday's Children by Reuben Hamlyn - NYU – United States – 19′
• Somewhere I belong by Youssef Handouse - ISAMM – Tunisia – 21′
• Silent Voices by Nadine Misong Jin - Columbia University – United States – 17′
• Trakcje (Axles) by Jakub Krzyszpin - The Polish National Film School in Łódź – Poland – 7′
• Aldrig Nok (Never Enough) by Julius Lagoutte Larsen - La Fémis – France – 25′
• Tian Tian de Mi Mi (Our Secrets) by Lenti Liang - USC Cinematic Arts – United States – 15′
• Shadows of the moonless nights by Mehar Malhotra - FTII – India – 24′
• TJ28 (28 Days Left) by Yasmin Najjar - Aalto University – Finland – 24′
• Left behind, still standing by Vida Skerk - NFTS – United Kingdom – 22′
• Onde nascem os pirilampos (Where Fireflies Sparkle) by Clara Vieira - ESTC – Portugal – 18′
• Will it rain again today by Wong Chau-Hong - Nihon University College of Art – Japan – 16′

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