Golden Bear-winner Carla Simón will preside over the jury for short films and the La Cinef prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23).
The Spanish director won Berlinale’s top prize in 2022 for Alcarràs and was in the Cannes Competition last year with Romería.
Also joining the jury are actress and visual artist Park Ji-Min, in Cannes this year for Christophe Honoré’s Orange-Flavoured Wedding; Iranian director Ali Asgari, whose most recent film Divine Comedy was at Venice; actor and director Salim Kechiouche, who appeared in Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Colour; and Magnus von Horn, director of 2025 Cannes Competition title The Girl With The Needle.
They will judge 10 titles competing for the short film prize and 19 student films in the La Cinef selection.
The short film Palme d’Or will be handed out at the festival’s closing ceremony on Saturday, May 23. The La Cinef winners will be crowned at a ceremony on Thursday, May 21 in the Buñuel Theatre.
Four of the 10-strong short selection are directed by women. The films were selected from 3184 submissions.
Short Film competition
Fresh Cut, dir. Hadrien Bels
The Last Spring, dir. Mathilde Bedouet
Sisters’ Swim, dir. Lola Degove
The End, dir. Niki Lindroth Von Bahr
For The Opponents, dir. Federico Luis
Thunder Platoon, dir. Theo Montoya
The Dream Is A Snail, dir. Thien An Nguyen
A Few Things Happening By A River, dir. Daniel Soares
Spiritus Sanctus, dir. Michal Toczek
Nobody Said Anything, dir. Tamara Todorović
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