The 63rd Festival de Cannes will welcome 9 films in Competition for the Short Film Palme d’Or, which will be awarded during the Closing ceremony on the 23rd of May.

These nine short films, running between 10 and 15 minutes, represent a wide range of cinematic genres in animation, documentary and fiction. This equally balanced and strong offering has a particularly strong participation from Latin America. France will be represented by Serge Avédikian.

Serge AVÉDIKIAN CHIENNE D’HISTOIRE 15’ France

Yarden KARMIN FIRST AID 15’ Israel

Marcia FARIA ESTAÇÃO 15’ Brazil

Edward HOUSDEN MUSCLES 14’ Australia

Frida KEMPF MICKY BADER 14’ Sweden

Jurgis KRASONS TO SWALLOW A TOAD 10’ Latvia

Monica LAIRANA ROSA 11’ Argentina

Pedro Pío MARTÍN PÉREZ MAYA 13’ Cuba

Marialy RIVAS BLOKES 15’ Chile

Source: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/readArticlePressRelease/57132.html