Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or

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Cannes Film Festival Short Film Palme d'Or winners

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1. Hai Bian Sheng Qi Yi Zuo Xuan Ya (2022)

15 min | Short

When an asteroid hits the Earth leading to underwater volcanic eruptions, the inhabitants of a small riverside town start to flee inland. Before she leaves, Nian decides to say goodbye to her childhood friend.

Director: Story Chen | Stars: Rongxi Li, Annabel Yao, Taiwen Zhang

Votes: 75

2. All the Crows in the World (2021)

14 min | Short, Comedy

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

Director: Yi Tang | Stars: Xuanyu Chen, Baohe Xue

Votes: 583

3. I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face (2020)

15 min | Short, Drama

After an 82-day separation, Adam travels a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

Director: Sameh Alaa | Stars: Nourhan Ahmed, Yousef Elrashidy, Seif Hemeda

Votes: 343

4. The Distance Between Us and the Sky (2019)

9 min | Short, Drama

Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking money to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

Director: Vasilis Kekatos | Stars: Ioko Ioannis Kotidis, Nikos Zeginoglou

Votes: 913

5. All These Creatures (2018)

14 min | Short, Drama

An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.

Director: Charles Williams | Stars: Yared Scott, Mandela Mathia, Helen Hailu, Melody Demessie

Votes: 497

6. A Gentle Night (2017)

15 min | Short, Drama

In a nameless Chinese city, a mother with her daughter missing refuses to go gentle into this good night.

Director: Qiu Yang | Stars: Shuxian Li, Frank Sun, Yaning Ding, Yun Xu

Votes: 320

7. Timecode (2016)

15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.

Director: Juanjo Giménez Peña | Stars: Lali Ayguadé, Nicolas Ricchini, Vicente Gil, Pep Domenech

Votes: 1,822

8. Waves 98 (2015)

G | 15 min | Animation, Short, Biography

Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his ... See full summary »

Director: Ely Dagher | Star: Elie Bassila

Votes: 751

9. Leidi (2014)

16 min | Short, Drama

Leidi lives with her mom and her baby. Her boyfriend, Alexis, hasn't shown up in days. That sunny morning, after she bathed her baby, Leidi was sent by her mother to buy plantains. She ... See full summary »

Director: Simón Mesa Soto | Stars: Alejandra Montoya Villa, Hector Orrego

Votes: 108

10. Safe (2013)

13 min | Short, Action, Drama

The story of a female student working as a cashier in an illegal casino.

Director: Byoung-gon Moon | Stars: Lee Min-ji, Taeyoung Kang, Hyungyu Kim

Votes: 37

11. Silent (2012)

14 min | Short, Drama

The prison of Diyarbakir, the setting of the story, is like the symbol of the torture experienced in the prisons in Turkey after the coup d'etat of 1980. However, in this story, I did not ... See full summary »

Director: L. Rezan Yesilbas | Stars: Belçim Bilgin, Cem Bender

Votes: 557

12. Cross (I) (2011)

15 min | Short

First a boy is forced to run. Then he runs on his own. Then he watches another one run.

Director: Maryna Vroda | Stars: Egor Agarkov, Nastya Dynaeva, Masha Tkatchenko, Yulia Trigoubenko

Votes: 67

13. Barking Island (2010)

15 min | Animation, Short, History

Constantinople, 1910. There are too many stray dogs in the streets. The newly installed government, influenced by an occidental model of society, calls in European specialists to get rid of... See full summary »

Director: Serge Avedikian

Votes: 252

14. Arena (I) (2009)

15 min | Short, Drama

A young man under house arrest spends his time in the best way he can by making some tattoos. His relative peace is strangely disturbed when he's attacked and robbed by three kids from the ... See full summary »

Director: João Salaviza | Stars: Carloto Cotta, Rodrigo Madeira, Rafael Sardo, Cláudio Rosa

Votes: 599

15. Megatron (2008)

14 min | Short, Drama

It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.

Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: Maxim Adrian Strinu, Gabriela Crisu, Damian Victor Oancea, Damian Victor Oancea

Votes: 292

16. Ver llover (2006)

14 min | Short, Drama

Jonah and Sofia, two inseparable friends, spend their days wandering through the small town where they were born; However, when Sofia decides to leave that small world, Jonah will have to struggle between familiarity and the unknown.

Director: Elisa Miller | Stars: Diego Cataño, Miriam Chi Chim, Sofía Espinosa, Claudia Rios

Votes: 213

17. Sniffer (2006)

10 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

One morning, in a gravity-less surreal world, a "sniffer" at a deodorant factory, one morning has to be saved from the ceiling by his wife.

Director: Bobbie Peers | Stars: Danny Schlesinger, Kristin Krogh Sissener, Ole Ivar Rudi

Votes: 587

18. Podorozhni (2005)

10 min | Documentary, Short

Wayfarers is a series of impressionistic documentary portraits of people in a senior citizen's home and in a psychiatric hospital in Kyiv.

Director: Ihor Strembitskyi

Votes: 138

19. Trafic (2004)

15 min | Short

Stuck in heavy traffic, a Romanian businessman heading for an important meeting kills time in the most mundane and improvised ways, from facing personal responsibilities to making random acquaintances.

Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Maria Dinulescu, Ana Bart, Eva Dan

Votes: 331

20. Cracker Bag (2003)

15 min | Short, Drama

Eddie spends her pocket money collecting firecrackers, to prepare for Cracker Night. This key moment will live on in Eddie's memory, transforming her for life.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Edith Cattell, Peter Derrick, Damon Kaine, Pauline Keeley

Votes: 161

23. Anino (2000)

13 min | Short, Drama

In Manila, a solitary man from a far-away province lives in poverty. The only thing he has is a camera, and he stays at churches hoping people will hire him to take their photographs. ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Red | Stars: Eddie Garcia, Ronnie Lazaro, John Arcilla, Ronnie Pulido

Votes: 96

24. When the Day Breaks (1999)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic relationship between people is inextricable.

Directors: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Votes: 1,387

25. L'interview (1998)

25 min | Short

Julien Bernardini, a young French journalist, is planning to do an interview by now aged movie-star Ava Gardner, who lives secluded in her London mansion and who refuses any interview by ... See full summary »

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Jean-Marie Winling, Sophie Varillon, Philippe Pollet-Villard

Votes: 92

26. ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? (1997)

8 min | Short

A woman dressed garishly in bubble-gum colors conducts an opinion survey about bubble gum consumer habits at a street market. Her interviewee, a girl of six or seven, is in turn determined,... See full summary »

Director: Tessa Sheridan | Stars: Mark Binmore, Sophie McConnell, Bianca Nicholas, Baz Scanlan

Votes: 74

27. Szél (1996)

Not Rated | 6 min | Drama, Short

During a film course lead by Yvette Biro at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and film in 1995, the director students were shown a black-and-white photo taken by Lucien Herve in 1952, and they... See full summary »

Director: Marcell Iványi | Stars: Szilvia Czobor, Ilona Somogyi, Margit Gyovai

Votes: 1,190

28. Gagarin (1994)

3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A young caterpillar yearns to fly like the butterflies and birds, but cannot launch himself high enough to do so - until a couple start playing badminton nearby.

Director: Aleksey Kharitidi

Votes: 656

29. El héroe (1994)

5 min | Short, Animation, Drama

In a subway station, a man watch a girl acting strange. He realizes that she may be attempting to commit suicide and tries to stop her, but the girl accuses him of being a molester.

Director: Carlos Carrera

Votes: 586

30. Coffee and Cigarettes III (1993)

12 min | Short, Comedy

This shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agreed to do that in the first place, ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Iggy Pop, Tom Waits

Votes: 3,023

31. Omnibus (1992)

8 min | Comedy, Short

A commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.

Director: Sam Karmann | Stars: Daniel Rialet, Jacques Martial, Christian Rauth, Brigitte Auber

Votes: 607

33. The Lunch Date (1989)

12 min | Short, Drama

A woman misses her train and buys lunch in a café. When she returns to her table, a man is eating her salad.

Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Scotty Bloch, Clebert Ford, Bernard Johnson, Paul Sarnoff

Votes: 1,782

34. 50 ans (1989)

3 min | Short

A series of very brief clips celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada.

Director: Gilles Carle

Votes: 18

35. Twists and Turns (1988)

10 min | Animation, Short

A story of a wire man who carried the idea of protecting himself from people around him to an absurdity by turning his wife, dog into barbed wire and thus isolating himself from the surrounding world.

Director: Garri Bardin

Votes: 297

37. An Exercise in Discipline: Peel (1982)

9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A family get into a battle of wills on the side of the highway when their boy defiantly throws orange peels out the window.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Tim Pye, Katie Pye, Ben Martin

Votes: 1,447

38. Jenitba (1985)

6 min | Animation, Short

A groom-to-be wakes up in the morning of his wedding to strange visions triggered by his impatience... Though the nuptial feast is in full flow, the groom is still daydreaming. On the ... See full summary »

Directors: Slav Bakalov, Rumen Petkov

Votes: 27

39. Le cheval de fer (1984)

7 min | Short, Animation

The story of the bet of Leland Stanford , baron of the rail, on the gallop of the horse. He uses the photographer Eadweard Muybridge , who is developing a system to analyze the movement.

Directors: Gérald Frydman, Pierre Levie

Votes: 22

41. Merlin ou le cours de l'or (1982)

17 min | Short

A little tale both cruel and nostalgic but determinedly comic, on the theme of triumphant jealousy.

Director: Arthur Joffé | Stars: Simone Carle, Dominique Pinon, Sylvie Huguel

42. Moto perpetuo (1981)

8 min | Animation, Short

Shows an absurd picture of our never ending changing culture and history.

Director: Béla Vajda

Votes: 66

43. Seaside Woman (1980)

5 min | Animation, Short, Music

Animated video to accompany the record of the same name, released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, but in reality Wings' with Linda on lead vocals.

Director: Oscar Grillo

Votes: 96

44. Harpya (1979)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.

Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus

Votes: 1,064

45. Rowing Across the Atlantic (1978)

24 min | Animation, Short

A short film about a couple who leave their home in New York City and spend the rest of their lives in a boat in the Atlantic Ocean.

Director: Jean-François Laguionie | Stars: Charlotte Maury-Sentier, Jean-Pierre Sentier

Votes: 210

46. Küzdök (1977)

2 min | Animation, Short

A short animation about a sculptor and his sculpture.

Director: Marcell Jankovics

Votes: 315

47. Metamorphosis (1975)

11 min | Short, Comedy

A satirical parable on non-conformity and the rat race.

Director: Barry Greenwald | Stars: Bob Green, Ali Kubik, Albert Williams

Votes: 35

48. Lautrec (1974)

6 min | Animation, Short

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

Director: Geoff Dunbar

Votes: 31

49. Ostrov (1973)

10 min | Animation, Short

A castaway is interrogated by Interpol, conquered by an imperialist ship, loses his lone palm tree to greedy loggers, is consoled by a missionary who promptly abandons him, is thoroughly examined by scientists, and harassed by journalists.

Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Star: Elena Chepoy

Votes: 518

50. Balablok (1972)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

Director: Bretislav Pojar

Votes: 183

51. Le fusil à lunette (1972)

Short

In December 1944, in the Ardennes countryside. An American soldier observes the surroundings and sees in his viewfinder the subtle play of a cat and a German soldier. A massacre follows .

Director: Jean Chapot | Stars: Pierre Rousseau, Gilles Ségal

Votes: 19

53. Sky Over Holland (1967)

G | 22 min | Documentary, Short

An urban and rural tour of Holland including canals, windmills, art, soaring through clouds, and a glimpse into the multi-seasonal Dutch life in the mid-1960s.

Director: John Fernhout

Votes: 57

54. Skaterdater (1966)

17 min | Short

A group of young boys show their skateboarding skills around town, trying to impress each other. One boy keeps crashing into the girl on a bike so they decide to hang out instead. His friends don't understand his budding romance.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Michael Mel, Melissa Mallory, Gregg Carroll, Gary Hill

Votes: 304

55. Nyitány (1965)

9 min | Documentary, Short

Short film about the creation of one single life.

Director: János Vadász

Votes: 104

56. La douceur du village (1963)

47 min | Documentary

Documentary about a small village near Le Mans, commented by the village school-teacher.

Director: François Reichenbach

Votes: 10

57. The String Bean (1962)

17 min | Short

Tells how a wispy old woman cultivates a potted string bean plant with a tender devotion akin to love and plants it in a row of blossoming white shrubs in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.

Director: Edmond Séchan | Star: Marie Marc

Votes: 22

59. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

In 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker-Spang Larsen, Stéphane Fey

Votes: 4,261

60. La petite cuillère (1960)

11 min | Short

A ten-minute film devoted to a spoon. It may appear surprising but the fact is this is not any spoon. It is actually a shadow spoon ancient Egyptians used for their dead, which not content ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Vilardebó | Star: Jean Négroni

Votes: 6

61. Le sourire (1960)

21 min | Documentary, Short

In the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -- 'Le Sourire' won the Palm ... See full summary »

Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Jean Négroni, Michel Bouquet

Votes: 78

62. Motýli tady nezijí (1958)

13 min | Documentary, Short

Drawings by the children of the Terezín ghetto, who were later executed by the Nazis.

Director: Miro Bernat

Votes: 61

63. La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession (1958)

20 min | Short, Comedy

This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, ... See full summary »

Director: Henri Gruel | Stars: Pascal Mazzotti, Cora Vaucaire, Léon Camy, Jacques Hilling

Votes: 22

64. La Seine a rencontré Paris (1957)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Quotidian scenes of Paris along the quays beside the River Seine. Fishing, snoozing, cutting hair, washing clothes. Lovers embrace as nuns gaze. Students sketch, models pose. A diver ... See full summary »

Director: Joris Ivens | Star: Serge Reggiani

Votes: 339

65. A Brief History (1957)

3 min | Animation, Short

This 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory ... See full summary »

Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo

Votes: 163

66. The Red Balloon (1956)

Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov

Votes: 20,130

67. Blinkity Blank (1955)

5 min | Animation, Short

The surreal story of a bird and its cage with both their conflict and union.

Director: Norman McLaren

Votes: 1,104

68. White Mane (1953)

Approved | 40 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.

Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan, Pascal Lamorisse

Votes: 2,319



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