Cannes: ‘Toni Erdmann’ Director Maren Ade Heads up Short Film Jury

German director, writer and producer Maren Ade ( Toni Erdmann , Everyone Else ) will preside over this year’s Cannes short film competition jury, as well as the jury for the La Cinef lineup of student films. Joining Ade on jury duty are King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, French singer/songwriter Camélia Jordana, Croatian writer/director Nebojša Slijepčević ( The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent ), and José María Prado, the former Director of the Filmoteca Española. Together they will award the Short Film Palme d’Or and the 3 La Cinef prizes.

Cannes on Friday announced the 11 short films and 16 La Cinef student works picked for its 2025 selection. The festival said more than 4,700 shorts were submitted this year. Ade will hand out the short film Palme d’Or on Saturday, May 24 at the closing ceremony for the 78th Cannes film festiva l.



The full short film line up is below: Short Films Competition Agapito , dirs. Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Danelle Romero Ali , dir. Adnan Al Rajeev Arguments in Favor of Love , dir.

Gabriel Abrantes Dammen , dir. Grégoire Graesslin Fille de l’eau , dir. Sandra Desmazières Hypersensitive , dir.

Martine Froissard I’m Glad You’re Dead Now , dir. Tawfeek Barhom Lili , dirs. Zhaoguang Luo, Shuhan Liao The Loneliness of Lizards , dir.

Inês Nunes The Spectacle , dir. Bálint Kenyères Vultures , dir. Dian Weys La Cinef Selection 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony , dir.

Qu Zhizheng Bimo , dir. Oumnia Hanader Ether , dir. Vida Skerk First Summer , dir.

Heo Gayoung Ginger Boy (Separated) , dir. Miki Tanaka Maybe in March , dir. Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert Milk and Cookies , dir.

Andrei Tache-Codreanu My Grandmother is a Skydiver , dir. Polina Piddubna Talk Me , dir. Joecar Hanna The Bird from Within , dir.

Laura Anahory The Land of Slumber , dir. Jules Vésigot-Wahl The Lightning Rod , dir. Helmi Donner The Sorceress Echo , dir.

Marc Camardons Three , dir. Juan Ignacio Ceballos Winter in March , dir. Natalia Mirzoyan A Doll Made Up of Clay , dir.

Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay.