Cannes 2020: Introducing, As Every Year, The Official Selection Of Short Films In Competition
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
A
total
of
3,810
films
from
137
different
countries
were
watched
by
the
selection
committee
this
year,
compared
to
4,240
in
2019.
The
2020
selection
encompasses
11
short
films
from
12
different
countries,
for
a
total
running
time
of
2hours
24minutes.
Five
female
directors
are
also
featured
in
the
2020
Official
Selection.
The
short
films
competition,
which
culminates
in
the
jury
awarding
the
Short
Film
Palme
d'Or,
will
take
place
next
autumn
at
the
Palais
des
Festivals
in
Cannes.
The
exact
date
and
the
names
of
the
jury
members
will
be
revealed
very
soon.
Sameh
ALAA
(Egypt)
I
AM
AFRAID
TO
FORGET
YOUR
FACE
-
15’
-
Egypt,
France,
Belgium,
Qatar
Marie
JACOTEY
&
Lola
HALIFA-LEGRAND
(France)
FILLES
BLEUES,
PEUR
BLANCHE
(BLUE
FEAR)
-
Animation
-
10’
–
France
Evi
KALOGIROPOULOU
(Greece)
MOTORWAY65
-
14’
–
Greece
Sophie
LITTMAN
(United
Kingdom)
SUDDEN
LIGHT
-
14’
-
United
Kingdom
Theo
MONTOYA
(Colombia)
SON
OF
SODOM
-
Documentary-
15’
-
Colombia,
Argentina
Paul
NOUHET
(France)
CAMILLE
SANS
CONTACT
(CAMILLE,
CONTACTLESS)
-
15’
–
France
David
PINHEIRO
VICENTE
(Portugal)
O
CORDEIRO
DE
DEUS
(THE
LAMB
OF
GOD)
-
15’
–
Portugal,
France
Paul
SHKORDOFF
(Canada)
BENJAMIN,
BENNY,
BEN
-
7’
-
Canada
Leonardo
VAN
DIJL
(Belgium)
STEPHANIE
-
15’
–
Belgium
Zachary
WOODS
(USA)
DAVID
-
11’
-
USA
The
Cannes
2020
short
films
selection
committee
is
composed
by
6
women
and
5
men:
Alice
Kharoubi,
Julien
Hossein,
Camille
Hébert
Benazet,
Colin
Maunoury,
Melissa
Malinbaum,
Wim
Vanacker,
Zoé
Klein,
Jacques
Kermabon,
Claire
Vassé,
Félix
Chrétien
and
Kasia
Karwan.
In
2019,
the
Short
Film
Palme
d'Or
was
awarded
to
THE
DISTANCE
BETWEEN
US
AND
THE
SKY
by
Vasilis
Kekatos
(Greece),
by
a
jury
chaired
by
Claire
DENIS
and
formed
of
Stacy
MARTIN,
Panos
H.
KOUTRAS,
Eran
and
Cătălin
MITULESCU.