Film Festivals

2022 Cannes: Bi Gan Among those Selected for the Short Film Palme d’Or Competition

Published on April 22, 2022

The last time we saw a Bi Gan film on the Croisette – we then rewatched the same film the day after. Long Day’s Journey into Night helmer is among the nine world filmmakers selected (3500 entries) to compete for the Palme d’Or in the Short Film Competition. We thought it was titled Le cœur du soleil brisé, but it’s officially known as “A Short Story.” We now await the same announcement for the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. Here are the competing films – some of these filmmakers go onto remarkable filmmaking careers so keep an eye out for them on the film festival circuit.

TSUTSUE Amartei Armar
Ghana/France -15′

PO SUI TAI YANG ZHI XIN (A SHORT STORY) Bi Gan
China -15′

LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER’S LULLABIES) Abinash Bikram Shah
Nepal/Hong Kong -14′

HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) Story Chen
China -14′

UOGOS (CHERRIES) Vytautas Katkus
Lithuania/Italy -15′

SAME OLD Lloyd Lee Choi
United States -15′

LE FEU AU LAC (FIRE AT THE LAKE) Pierre Menahem
France -15′

GAKJIL (PERSONA) Sujin Moon
South Korea – 6′

LUZ NOCTURNA (NIGHT LIGHT) Kim Torres
Costa Rica/Mexico -14′

Related Topics:Abinash Bikram Shah, Amartei Armar, Bi Gan, Kim Torres, Lloyd Lee Choi, Pierre Menahem, Story Chen, Sujin Moon, Vytautas Katkus

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).