Europe Dominates Cannes 2009 Shorts Selections

With only nine chosen titles, Cannes Short Films competition is probably the most exclusive competitive event at the festival. I can only imagine what the ratio was from submitted pictures to the lucky nine selected. Apart from an offering from New Zealand, this year’s batch of short films resembles the dominance and output of European films in all sections of the festival this year. And like what Sundance has been doing for over two decades now, Cannes and The Cannes Cinefondation have lined-up short film offerings from the cinema schools from the four corners of the globe. Look for some form of coverage on our part LIVE at the festival. 

CANNES SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
“Ciao Mama,” Croatia, Goran Odvorcic
“Larsog Peter,” Denmark, Daniel Borgman
“L’homme a la Gordini,” France, Jean-Christophe Lie
“Klusums,” Latvia, Laila Pakalnina
“Missen,” Netherlands, Jochem de Vries
“The Six Dollar Fifty Man,” New Zealand, Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
“Arena,” Portugal, Joao Salaviza
“Rumbo a Peor,” Spain, Alex Brendemuhl
“After Tomorrow,” U.K., Emma Sullivan

CINEFONDATION SELECTION
“El Boxeador,” Argentina, Juan Ignacio Pollio
“#1,” Belgium, Noamir Castera
“Kasia,” Belgium, Elisabet Llado
“Chapa,” Brazil, Thiago Ricarte
“Goodbye,” China, Song Fang
“Baba,” Czech Republic, Zuzana Kirchnerova-Spidlova
“Sylfidden,” Denmark, Dorte Bengtson
“Le Contretemps,” France, Dominique Baumard
“Traverser,” France, Hugo Frassetto
“Diploma,” Israel, Yaelle Kayam
“Segal,” Israel, Yuval Shani
“Il Naturalista,” Italy, Giulia Barbera, Gianluca Lo Presti, Frederico Parodi, Michele Tozzi
“Malzonkowie,” Poland, Dara Van Dusen
“Don’t Step Out the House,” South Korea, Jo Sung-hee
“The Horn,” South Korea, Yim Kyung-dong
“By the Grace of God,” U.K., Ralitza Petrova
“Gutter,” U.S., Daniel Day