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16/07/2021

And the poster of ABSENCE (XUE YUN) directed by Lang Wu, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: Shanghai Turan Movie ; Haikou Qing Lan Vision and Art Development (China)
International sales: Yilisoo Films

"On the way back to Ying Ge Hai, a pair of former lovers remain discrete regarding their respective life and tacitly restrict everything to the present…"

15/07/2021

The poster of AUGUST SKY (CEU DE AGOSTO) directed by Jasmin Tenucci, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: AmorDoch Filmes ; Substancia Filmes (Brazil, Iceland)

"As the Amazon burns for the seventeenth day, a nurse in Sao Paulo finds herself drawn to a neo-Pentecostal church."

14/07/2021

The poster of ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD (TIAN XIA WU YA) directed by Yi Tang, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Produced by Yi Tang (Hong Kong)

"18-year-old school girl Shengnan enters a night of adventure in adults' world."

13/07/2021

The poster of SIDERAL directed by Carlos Segundo, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: LES VALSEURS ; O sopro do tempo ; Casa Da Praia (Brazil, France)
Distribution & International sales : Les Valseurs

"In Natal, on the Brazilian north coast, the country is preparing to launch its first manned space rocket into space. A couple lives with their two children near the space centre, she is a cleaner and he is a mechanic, but she dreams of other horizons."

12/07/2021

The poster of THROUGH THE HAZE (NOITE TURVA) directed by Diogo Salgado, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: Continue Walking (Portugal)
International sales: Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency

"Birds fly over two kids playing by the lake. The disappearance of one dims the night of the other."

11/07/2021

The poster of THE RIGHT WORDS (HAUT LES COEURS) directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production & distribution: Punchline Cinéma (France)
International sales: Sa**ud Morisset

"Kenza 15 years old and her little brother Mahdi regularly humiliate one another on social media in cruel ways. Today, as they travel by bus, Kenza puts her brother to the test : to profess his love for Jada; a girl that Mahdi loves but that does not know him."

10/07/2021

The poster of ORTHODONTICS directed by Mohammadreza Mayghani, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: Menisn Film Production (Iran)

"Amitis is a teenage girl who always has an orthodontics headgear and under the pressure of orthodontic treatment. But suddenly she does a strange thing with her friend Sara."

09/07/2021

The poster of IN THE SOIL (DET ER I JORDEN) directed by Casper Kjeldsen, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: Snowglobe Film (Denmark)

"Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard. The following days turn into a living nightmare as the pit becomes a grave and the land, which has been in the family for generations, pulls Kjeld further and further down into the deep."

08/07/2021

The poster of DISPLACED (PA VEND) directed by Samir Karahoda, which is among the Festival de Cannes 2021 Official Selection.
Production: SK Pictures (Kosovo)
Distribution & International sales: Radiator IP Sales

"In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables."

07/07/2021

As Festival de Cannes 2021 just started, we will post each day a poster of the 10 short films included in the official selection.

Here is the poster of NORTH POLE (SEVEREN POL) by Marija Apcevska.
Production: Kino Oko, Servia Film, Forgrade and Tivoli Productions.

06/07/2021

Among the new members recently invited by The Academy, 39 are part of the Short Films and Feature Animation branch.
Know more about them:
https://shortrade.wixsite.com/news/post/who-are-the-39-new-academy-members-in-the-short-films-and-feature-animation-branch-exclusive

Last week were published the names of the industry players invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as new members for 2021. And among the 395 lucky individuals, 39 have been invited to join the « Short Films and Feature Animation » branch (which strangely enough still cons...

28/06/2021

Following the announcement of the short films selected at , we listed all the details, synopsis and companies attached to these gems.
Find these infos here:
https://shortrade.wixsite.com/news/post/cannes-2021-all-the-short-films-in-the-race-their-synopsis-and-companies-attached

Following the announcement of the jury and the list of short films running for the 2021 Palme d'Or, Shortrade collected all the details that you need about these gems that will premiere on the Croisette next July: synopsis, production companies, sales agents, etc. THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION 2021: S...

30/04/2021

After everything's been said about the , what do they actually teach us about the current state of the short film industry? Read our latest column to know more:
https://shortrade.wixsite.com/news/post/column-what-the-oscars-2021-taught-us-about-the-current-state-of-the-short-film-industry

More than ever the stakes were high for these Oscars 2021. The sanitary context obviously changed everything, from the venues to the social distances between the nominees themselves. But one thing that remained unchanged is that almost everybody kept an eye on the list of wins by studio during each....

25/04/2021

And the Oscar for best Short Film goes to...
Only a few minutes before the to make your predictions among the nominated Live Action/Animated/Documentary short films:
https://shortrade.wixsite.com/news/post/all-the-93rd-academy-awards-2021-short-films-nominees

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) FEELING THROUGH Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski THE LETTER ROOM Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi and Ossama Bawardi TWO DISTANT STRANGERS Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe WHITE EYE Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BURROW Madelin...

25/04/2021

We may be only a few hours away from the , yet the short film industry continues to move ahead of the new season.
And among the latest announcements: Tribeca just unveiled its short films lineup for 2021. Here is the full list:
https://shortrade.wixsite.com/news/post/the-full-tribeca-2021-short-films-lineup

Here are the 46 short films (from 20 countries) that have been unveiled by the festival, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary during this 2021 edition. All the shorts that were part of last year's selection will also be screened during this edition. ACTING OUT True stories about rebellion and r...