2024 SHORT FILM COMPETITION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Fourteen new French short films will compete for the 2024 TAFFF Awards. This exclusive selection of French shorts underlines the creativity of French production and spotlights new talent in Hollywood.
The competition will take place in two parts, on mornings from Thursday, October 31 through Sunday, November 3. Each part will be screened twice. Free admission, on a first-come-first-served basis. Attendees can vote for the 2024 Audience Short Film Award. Attendees must see the complete program to vote.
(Start your day at the festival with the Short Film Competition! On Thursday and Friday, after the short film competition and before the evening screenings, you are welcome to attend our program of free screenings and panel discussions, followed by a complementary wine & cheese reception).
The Short competition is presented with the support of Unifrance.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION PART 1 (102’)
Thursday, October 31 – 11:00 am / Saturday, November 2 – 9:00 am • Truffaut Theatre
A STAND STILL JOURNEY / Le Voyage immobile
Animation, Drama • France • 2024 • 23’22
Written by: Isabelle Blanchard, Izù Troin
Directed by: Izù Troin
Produced by: Folimage, Les Armateurs, Popiul
International Sales: Folimage
1929. In his photography store, Kléber, overwhelmed by his encounter with Lucie, offers to take photos of her every day, throughout her life and until her death, to create a unique work of art.
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENCE / L’Homme qui ne se taisait pas
Drama • Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia • 2024 • 13’42
Written and directed by: Nebojša Slijepčević
Produced by: Antitalent, Les Films Norfolk, Contrast Films, Studio Virc
International sales: Manifest
1993, Štrpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A train is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them.
SEE YOU SOON / Je rentre
Comedy • France • 2023 • 14’55
Directed by: Jules Renault
Written by: Kevin Garnichat
Produced by: La Féline
International Sales: Manifest
To preserve their relationship, Robin and Pauline have decided to spend the lockdown each on their own: Pauline goes to live with her parents, leaving Robin to enjoy their small apartment alone. At least, that’s what she thinks…
ANECHOIC / Anechoique
Comedy • 2023 • 2’20
Directed by: Bertrand Gonçalves & Guillaume Courty
Written by: Bertrand Gonçalves & Guillaume Courty
Produced by: To Be Continued/Le Lapin Blanc/Need Production.
After enjoying their dinner, four friends are about to leave a Parisian restaurant, when the waiter returns because they’re 13 Euros short.
YUCK! / Beurk!
Animation, Comedy • France • 2023 • 13’10
Written and directed by: Loïc Espuche
Produced by: Ikki Films, Iliade & Films
International Sales: Miyu Distribution
Yuck! Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find that disgusting! Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at summer camp. But what he doesn’t tell any of his friends is that he really wants to try kissing…
MAITIGHAR
Drama • France, Nepal • 2024 • 15’
Written and directed by: Marc Gurung
Produced by: Punchline Cinéma, Media Port
International Sales: Punchline Cinéma
Nepal, nowadays. After a festive evening with her friends in Pokhara, Asha, a high-school student, returns to her village. She’s unaware that she’s about to enter the adult world.
ME TOO / Moi aussi
Drama • 2024 • 17’52
Written and directed by: Judith Godrèche
Produced by: Maneki Films
International Sales: Manifest
At the dawn of a new day, a young woman finds an entire crowd staring her straight in the eye. Each face evokes a story from the past. That young woman becomes the voice of those countless stories. Each one is different, yet together, they forge a path forward from unspeakable pain to the beginnings of liberation through the spoken word.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION PART 2 (102’)
Friday, November 1 – 11:00 am / Sunday, November 3 – 9:00 am • Truffaut Theatre
SUZANNE
Drama • France • 2023 • 19’12
Written and directed by: Emilie de Montsabert
Produced by: Apaches Films
International Sales: Manifest
Suzanne is an isolated woman in her sixties. One day, a young woman in danger entrusts her with her baby and disappears. Waiting for her to come back, Suzanne takes care of the baby.
WANDER TO WONDER
Animation, Comedy, Drama • Netherland, France, Belgium • 2023 • 13’50
Written and directed by: Nina Gantz
Produced by: Les Productions de Milou, Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Beast Animation
International sales: Miyu Distribution
After their creator has died, three miniature animated performers from an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder” decide that the Show must go on and make increasingly strange episodes to satisfy their fans.
WE ARE GRIOTS / Nous les Griots
Drama • France • 2023 • 17’09
Written & directed by: Damba Konaté
Produced by: Nouvelles Toiles
International Sales: Sudu Films
Malik wants to marry Mariama. A meeting between the two Senegalese families is organized around a meal. Daouda, Malik’s father, discovers that the families are from two different castes: his family is «griot» and theirs is noble…
FIRED UP / Tout feu tout flamme
Comedy • France • 2024 • 2’20
Directed by: Romain Lafargue, Thibault Lafargue
Written by: Romain Lafargue, Thibault Lafargue
Produced by: Elkin Productions
In the waiting room of a production company, a young writer is eager to present his new script. When the door finally opens, he’s far from knowing the turn of events that await him.
CULT / Cultes
Horror, Drama • France • 2024 • 15’23
Written and directed by: David Padilla
Produced by: Les Films du Cygne
International Sales: Les Films du Cygne
1970. In a Catholic boarding school, Father de Monval is supervising a film screening, when a young schoolboy sees something that will turn his life upside down.
THE RIVER / La Rivière
Drama, Coming of Age • France • 2024 • 15’10
Written and directed by: Élise Levy
Produced by: La fémis
International sales: La fémis
One afternoon, three high school students escape their Catholic boarding school to go to the river. They find Sunny, a fearless new student, swimming there. Sarah wants to join her, even if Clemence disagrees.
CHANGING ROOM / Ce qui appartient à César
Drama • France • 2024 • 17’54
Written and directed by: Violette Gitton
Produced by: Les Films Grand Huit
International sales: Shortcuts
César is 12 when his older sister Lou is sexually assaulted. In the changing room of the fencing classes he attends, everything is measured by the yardstick of violence. César would like to take part in every fight, but he doesn’t have the weapons.