The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival has announced the lineup of its upcoming edition, taking place from 27 January to 4 February, today.
Per the festival, many of us thought that 2022 would be the year when we would return to whatever normalcy now means, but instead, it hasn’t been a calm year on the international stage. Nevertheless, filmmakers from all over the globe have continued to take an amused, original, and sometimes critical look at what surrounds us, which will be discovered in the seventy-eight short films that make up the 2023 International Competition – eight animations, eight documentaries and sixty fiction films from fifty-two countries, and they will take the festival’s audiences away from their daily concerns.
Below is the full lineup of the International Competition program:
- 48 Hours by Azadeh Moussavi (Iran)
- A History of The World According to Getty Images by Richard Misek (UK/Norway)
- A Lost Astronaut and A City of Footprints by Khue Vu Nguyen Nam (Vietnam)
- The Age of Innocence by Maximilian Bungarten (Germany)
- Ainda Restarão Robôs Nas Ruas Do Interior Profundo (Ugh the Deep West) by Guilherme Xavier Ribeiro (Brazil)
- Airhostess-737 by Thanasis Neofotistos (Greece)
- Das Andere Ende der Strasse (The Other End of The Street) by Kálmán Nagy (Austria/Hungary)
- As Sacrificadas (The Left Behind) by Aurélie Oliveira Pernet (Switzerland/Portugal)
- Åsnelandet (Donkeyland) by Bahar Pars (Sweden)
- Baile Entretenido (Fun Dance) by Casandra Campos Ernst (Chile)
- Bergie by Dian Weys (South Africa)
- Blue Boy by Tyler Riggs (USA)
- Burning by Hao Tang (Taiwan)
- But What Does It Mean? by Julie Ecoffey (Switzerland)
- Chemkids by Julius Blum (Germany)
- Chhngai Dach Alai (Further and Further Away) by Polen Ly (Cambodia)
- Chlieb Náš Každodenný (Liquid Bread) by Alica Bednáriková (Slovakia)
- Civic by Dwayne LeBlanc (USA)
- Claudio’s Song by Andreas Nilsson (UK)
- Clean by Miranda Stern (UK)
- Cuerdas (Chords) by Estibaliz Urresola (Spain)
- Cut (Cut) by Min-zun Son (South Korea)
- Daphne by Tonia Mishiali (Cyprus)
- Daron, Daron Colbert by Kevin Steen (USA)
- Des Jeunes Filles Enterrent Leur Vie (Burial of Life as A Young Girl) by Maïté Sonnet (France)
- Des Voisins Dans Ma Cour (Neighbors in My Backyard) by Eli Jean Tahchi (Canada)
- Diabeł (The Devil) by Jan Bujnowski (Poland)
- E Je Išlo Sigurnim Tokom (Steady Flow) by Anja Jovanovic (Montenegro)
- Écorchée (Skinned) by Joachim Hérissé (France)
- Entre Dos Islas (Between Two Islands) by Hideki Nakazaki (Cuba)
- La Entrega (The Hand Over) by Pedro Díaz (Spain)
- Escasso (Scarce) by Gabriela Gaia Meirelles (Brazil)
- Il Faut Tout Un Village… (It Takes A Village…) by Ophelia Harutyunyan (Armenia/Belgium/France)
- Golem by Andrés Jiménez Quintero (Colombia)
- Hafra’at Hitmotetut Hamoshava (Colony Collapse Disorder) by Amos Holzman (Israel)
- Holy Cowboys by Varun Chopra (India/USA)
- Homem Do Lixo (The Garbage Man) by Laura Goncalves (Portugal)
- The House of Loss by Jinkyu Jeon (South Korea/Japan)
- Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez (Portugal/UK/France)
- I’m on Fire by Michael Spiccia (USA/Australia)
- In Quanto a Noi (From Our Side) by Simone Massi (Italy)
- Invincible by Vincent René-Lortie (Canada)
- Klette by Michael Abay (Belgium)
- Knight of Fortune by Lasse Lyskjær Noer (Denmark)
- Koha Wa Tapaha (Hills and Mountains) by Salar Pashtoonyar (Afghanistan/Canada)
- Little by Little by Hongju Kang (South Korea)
- Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (USA/Ukraine)
- Mulika by Maisha Maene (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- My Year of Dicks by Sara Gunnarsdóttir (USA)
- Nothing Holier Than a Dolphin by Isabella Margara (Greece)
- Nowhere Float by Fan Zhang (China)
- Nurture by Sasha Argirov (Canada)
- Obesk by Jonas Smulders (Netherlands)
- Oil Oil Oil by Manoël Dupont (Belgium/France)
- Palestine 87 by Bilal Alkhatib (Palestine)
- Pitbull by Fabián De Jesús León López (Mexico)
- Please Hold the Line by Ce Ding Tan (Malaysia)
- Portør (Porter) by Lisa Enes (Norway)
- Prishtinë, 2002 by Trëndelina Halili (Kosovo)
- Ramboy by Matthias Joulaud and Lucien Roux (Switzerland)
- Repair by Bertil Nilsson (UK)
- Sciaraballa by Mino Capuano (Italy)
- Scrap by Jamie O’rourke (Ireland)
- Serpêhatiyên Neqewimî (Things Unheard Of) by Ramazan Kilic (Turkey)
- Slow Light by Przemyslaw Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek (Poland/Portugal)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Alvin Lee (Singapore)
- Strange Beasts by Darcy Prendergast (Australia)
- Summer Rain by Shao Tzu Lin (Taiwan)
- Takanakuy by Gustavo Bockos “Vokos” (Brazil/Peru)
- The Trapped Pig by Binghan Lin (China)
- Tsutsuɛ (Tsutsué) by Amartei Armar (France/Ghana)
- Um Caroço De Abacate (An Avocado Pit) by Ary Zara (Portugal)
- Uogos (Cherries) by Vytautas Katkus (Lithuania)
- Las Visitantes (Women Visiting a City) by Enrique Buleo (Spain)
- Von Der Flüchtigkeit Eines Geschmacks (A Transient Taste) by Eva Neidlinger (Germany)
- Wa Thakarina Wa Unthana (Our Males and Females) by Ahmad Alyaseer (Jordan)
- Will My Parents Come to See Me by Mo Harawe (Austria/Germany/Somalia)
- Der Zufall (The Coincidence) by Justus Hanfland (Germany)
“Despite the decline in movie theater attendance, one thing is certain: French production has never weakened. With 1,972 films registered this year, we are approaching the levels of “the world before,”” the festival says. The festival’s audiences will be seduced by colorful characters and distant or inner landscapes in fifty-six films in the National Competition.
See below the full lineup of the National Competition:
- 9ème Étage Droite (9th Floor on The Right) by Andrea Romano
- À Trois (The Three of Us) by Claudia Bottino
- Aaaah! (Aaaah!) by Osman Cerfon
- Aban by Abbas Taheri and Mahdieh Toosi
- El After Del Mundo by Florentina Gonzalez
- Almost a Kiss by Camille Degeye
- Amarres by Valentine Caille
- Anansi by Aude N’Guessan Forget
- Auxiliaire by Lucas Bacle
- Bellus by Alexis Pazoumian
- Big Bang by Carlos Segundo (France/Brazil)
- Bitume (Asphalt) by Léo Blandino
- Bonne Soirée (Good Evening) by Antoine Giorgini
- La Bouche En Cœur (Cupid’s Bow) by Manon Tacconi
- Calcutta 8:40am by Adriano Valerio (France/India)
- Cloche Petite Aux Merveilles Du Pays (Bell in a Land of Wonders) by Anthony Brinig
- Las Criaturas Que Se Derriten Bajo El Sol (The Melting Creatures) by Diego Céspedes (France/Chile)
- Cui Cui Cui (Chirp Chirp Chirp) by Cécile Mille
- Les Dents Du Bonheur (Sweet Tooth) by Joséphine Darcy Hopkins
- Derrière La Nuit (Behind the Night) by Jean Decré
- Des Jeunes Filles Enterrent Leur Vie (Burial of Life as a Young Girl) by Maïté Sonnet
- Le Dogsitter (Maintenant Que Je Suis Un Fantôme) (Dogsitter (Now That I’m a Ghost)) by Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
- Dominique Personne by Camille Pernin
- Écorchée (Skinned) by Joachim Hérissé
- The Elevator by Dong Jiang
- Fairplay by Zoel Aeschbacher (France/Switzerland)
- Le Feu Au Lac (Fire at the Lake) by Pierre Menahem
- Feux (Fires) by Mohammad Babakoohi
- Go Fishboy by Sebastian Doringer, Lan Zhou, Zhen Tian, Andrey Kolesov, Denise Cirone and Chiayu Liu
- La Grande Arche (The Great Arc) by Camille Authouart
- Les Grandes Vacances (The Summer Holidays) by Valentine Cadic
- Hors-Saison (Off-Season) by Francescu Artily
- I Once Was Lost by Emma Limon (France/USA)
- Invisibles by Matthieu Salmon
- Le Jour Où J’étais Perdu (One Day When I Was Lost) by Soufiane Adel
- I Kemi Varros Baballaret by Hekuran Isufi
- Lions by Beru Tessema (France/UK)
- La Lutte Est Une Fin (The Struggle Is the End) by Arthur Thomas-Pavlowsky
- Matapang by Léa-Jade Horlier (France/Belgium)
- Ovan Gruvan (Ovan Gruvan – Above the Mine) by Lova Karlsson and Théo Audoire
- Pluie De Grâce Ou Grâce À La Pluie (Raining Grace or Thanks to the Rain) by Chryssa Florou
- Ressources Humaines (Human Resources) by Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek and Trinidad Plass Caussade
- Rien D’important (Working Class) by François Robic
- Le Roi Qui Contemplait La Mer (A King, Gazing at the Sea) by Jean-Sébastien Chauvin
- Sardine by Johanna Caraire
- Sèt Lam by Vincent Fontano
- Les Silencieux (Tle Silent Ones) by Basile Vuillemin (Belgium/Switzerland/France)
- S’il-Vous-Plaît Arrêtez Tous De Disparaître (Something Ever Missing) by Laura Thomassaint
- Sur La Tombe De Mon Père (On My Father’s Grave) by Jawahine Zentar
- Swan Dans Le Centre (Swan in the Center) by Iris Chassaigne
- Todo Incluido by Duván Duque Vargas (France/Colombia)
- Tom Veut Rentrer (Tom Wants Home) by Arthur Bacry and Marianne Gaudillère
- Tondex 2000 by Jean Baptiste Leonetti
- Un Dernier Été (One Last Summer) by Xavier Debeir Lacaille
- La Vie au Canada by Frédéric Rosset
- Ville Éternelle (The Eternal City) by Garance Kim
Apart from the two competition programs, the 22nd Lab Competition will take place as well as the 38th edition of the Short Film Market, the leading industry event for short films in the world.
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival has been the biggest short film festival for forty years, the essential meeting place for spectators, professionals, youngsters and school children. Audiences can choose from around six hundred films, across all sections, and the three competitions (National, International and Lab).
The full program can be found on the festival’s website.
