The identities of the 11 short films (two of which are animated) that will be duking it out for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May) as well as the 16 movies from film schools in the La Cinef selection (comprising 13 fictions and three animations) have just been unveiled.

The jury will be chaired by German director and producer Maren Ade (whom we have to thank for The Forest for the Trees, Special Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance in 2003; Everyone Else [+leggi anche:
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As usual, Cineuropa will publish a more detailed story on the short films in competition at a later date.

Here is the list of selected short films:

Short-film Competition

Arguments in Favor of Love - Gabriel Abrantes
Ali - Adnan Al Rajeev
I'm Glad You're Dead Now - Tawfeek Barhom
Agapito- Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Danelle Romero
Fille de l'eau - Sandra Desmazières
Hypersensitive - Martine Froissard
Dammen - Grégoire Graesslin
The Spectacle - Bálint Kenyères
Nvhai (Lili) - Zhaoguang Luo, Shuhan Liao
The Loneliness of Lizards - Inês Nunes
Vultures - Dian Weys

La Cinef selection

The Bird from Within - Laura Anahory (Escola das Artes - UCP – Portugal)
The Sorceress Echo - Marc Camardons (ESCAC – Spain)
Three - Juan Ignacio Ceballos (UCINE – Argentina)
The Lightning Rod - Helmi Donner (AALTO University – Finland)
Bimo - Oumnia Hanader (CinéFabrique – France)
Talk Me - Joecar Hanna (NYU – USA)
First Summer - Heo Gayoung (KAFA – South Korea)
Maybe in March - Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert (Super16 – Denmark)
Winter in March - Natalia Mirzoyan (Estonian Academy of Arts – Estonia)
My Grandmother Is a Skydiver - Polina Piddubna (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany)
12 Moments Before the Flag-raising Ceremony - Qu Zhizheng (Beijing Film Academy – China)
Ether - Vida Skerk (NFTS – UK)
Milk and Cookies - Andrei Tache-Codreanu (UNATC "I L Caragiale" – Romania)
Ginger Boy (Separated) - Miki Tanaka (ENBU Seminar – Japan)
A Doll Made up of Clay - Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute – India)
The Land of Slumber - Jules Vésigot-Wahl (La Fémis – France)