2022 Short films and La Cinef Selections
The Short Films Competition
After watching 3,507 films from more than 140 countries, 9 shorts will be presented in Competition from the following 9 countries: China, South Korea, Costa Rica, the United States, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, Lithuania, and Nepal.
| Amartei ARMAR | TSUTSUƐ | Ghana / France | 15′ |
| BI Gan | PO SUI TAI YANG ZHI XIN (A Short Story) |
China | 15′ |
| Abinash Bikram SHAH | LORI (Melancholy of my Mother’s Lullabies) |
Népal / Hong Kong | 14′ |
| Story CHEN | HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (The Water Murmurs) |
China | 14′ |
| Vytautas KATKUS | UOGOS (Cherries) |
Lithuania | 15′ |
| Lloyd LEE CHOI | SAME OLD | United States | 15′ |
| Pierre MENAHEM | LE FEU AU LAC (Fire at the Lake) |
France | 15′ |
| Sujin MOON | GAKJIL (Persona) |
South Korea | 6′ |
| Kim TORRES | LUZ NOCTURNA (Night Light) |
Costa Rica | 14′ |
The Selection La Cinef
For its 25th edition, La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated shorts directed by 6 male directors and 10 women directors, from among the 1,528 submitted by film schools all over the world. Four of them are from schools taking part for the first time and these 16 shorts reflect the diversity of filmmaking education in the world.
| Alica BEDNÁRIKOVÁ | CHLIEB NÁŠ KAŽDODENNÝ
(Liquid Bread) |
FTF VŠMU-Film and Television Faculty Slovakia |
26’ |
| Ruby CHALLENGER | MUMLIFE | AFTRS Australia |
15’ |
| Lilian FANARA | TOUT CECI VOUS REVIENDRA
(All of This Belongs to You) |
La Fémis France |
29’ |
| Laurène FERNANDEZ | LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S’EMPILENT
(Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together) |
La CinéFabrique France |
4’ |
| Valerio FERRARA | IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA
(A Conspiracy Man) |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italia |
19’ |
| Pepi GINSBERG | THE PASS | NYU USA |
15’ |
| Orin KADOORI | SHEHERUT
(Kinship) |
The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television Tel Aviv University Israel |
24’ |
| Pratham KHURANA | NAUHA | Whistling Woods International India |
26’ |
| Olga KŁYSZEWICZ | JUTRO NAS TAM NIE MA
(We Are Not There Tomorrow) |
The Polish National Film School in Łódź Poland |
8’ |
| LI Jiahe | DI ER
(Somewhere) |
Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television China |
23’ |
| LI Yingtong
|
FENG ZHENG
(The Silent Whistle) |
Emerson College USA |
18’ |
| Falcão NHAGA
|
MISTIDA | ESTC Portugal |
30’ |
| Masha NOVIKOVA | GLORIOUS REVOLUTION | London Film School United Kingdom |
20’ |
| Malthe SAXER | 100% FLÅET KÆRLIGHED
(That’s Amore) |
Den Danske Filmskole Denmark |
49’ |
| Bianka SZELESTEY | HAJSZÁLREPEDÉS
(Craze) |
Eötvös Loránd University Department of Film StudiesHungary |
22’ |
| Mai VU | SPRING ROLL DREAM | NFTS United Kingdom |
9’ |