Cannes Short Films Selective
- What happened: Cannes announced its short‑film lineup and selection statistics for 2026. - The key specific: 10 short films were chosen from 3,184 submissions across 136 countries. - Context/reaction: The Short Film Palme d’Or will be awarded on Saturday, May 23 during the festival’s closing events. (nextbestpicture.com) (awardswatch.com)
Cannes has picked 10 short films for its 2026 competition after reviewing 3,184 submissions from 136 countries. (festival-cannes.com) The short-film competition is part of the 79th Festival de Cannes, which runs from May 12 to May 23, 2026. The Short Film Palme d’Or will be handed out on Saturday, May 23, during the closing awards ceremony. (festival-cannes.com) (nextbestpicture.com) The official short-film lineup includes titles from France, Belgium, Colombia, Portugal, Spain, India, Finland, Japan, Brazil and Canada. Cannes said the films come from productions and co-productions spanning 136 countries. (festival-cannes.com) (awardswatch.com) That makes the short competition one of Cannes’ main discovery tracks for new filmmakers, separate from the feature-film races that usually dominate attention on the Croisette. The same announcement also unveiled the 2026 La Cinef selection for student films. (festival-cannes.com) (cineuropa.org) La Cinef selected 19 films from 2,750 entries submitted by film schools around the world, including 14 live-action shorts and five animated films. Cannes said those 19 films represent 15 countries across four continents. (festival-cannes.com) (ecrannoir.fr) Among the 10 shorts in competition are Hadrien Bels’ “Nouvel Hair” from France, Lola Degove’s “Le Bain des sirènes” from Belgium, Federico Luis’ “Para los Contrincantes” from Colombia and Daniel Soares’ “Algumas Coisas que Acontecem ao Lado de um Rio” from Portugal. (festival-cannes.com) (awardswatch.com) The lineup also includes Theo Montoya’s “Peloton Trueno” from Spain, Thien An Nguyen’s “Giấc Mơ Là Ốc Sên” from India, Yasmin Najjar’s “TJ28” from Finland and Wong Chau-Hong’s “Will It Rain Again Today?” from Japan. (festival-cannes.com) (awardswatch.com) The final two competition titles are Clara Vieira’s “Onde Nascem os Pirilampos” from Brazil and Tamara Todorović’s “Niko Ništa Nije Rekao” from Canada. The winner will join the short-film Palme d’Or roll that Cannes uses to spotlight directors before they move into features. (festival-cannes.com) (cinemadedemain.festival-cannes.com)
