A whopping 5000 submissions and only nine films accepted. That’s the nature of the Short Film Competition for the Cannes Film Festival. I plugged a couple of film titles into the search engine to see if there are some early glimpses — I uncovered some paintings from Serge Avedikian’s animated Chienne D’Histoire — a rather disturbing tale about how Paris rid the capital of vagabond dogs. Here are the lucky 9 who’ll compete for their own Palme D’or.
Chienne D’Histoire – Serge Avedikian (France; 15 min)
First Aid – Yarden Carmin (Israel, 15 min)
Estacao – Marcia Faria (Brazil, 15 min)
Muscles – Edward Houdsen (Australia, 14 min)
Micky Bader – Frida Kempf (Sweden, 14 min)
To Swallow a Toad – Jurgis Krasons (Latvia, 10 min)
Rosa – Monica Lairana (Argentina, 11 min)
Maya – Pedro Pio Martin Perez (Cuba, 13 min)
Blokes – Marialy Rivas (Chile, 15 min)
