Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Location	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Language	International
Website	http://clermont-filmfest.com/

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand) is the world's leading film festival dedicated to short films. It is held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is the largest film festival in France in terms of audience and professional attendance, boasting over 100,000 attendees annually, since 1995.^[1]^[2]

History

In 1979, a Short Film Week was organised by the Clermont-Ferrand University Film Society. This event was repeated in 1980 and 1981, and was enthusiastically received. In 1982, the Festival became competitive, with a jury attributing awards to films selected from the recent French short film production. International films were shown in special programs highlighting a particular theme, genre, country or region of the world. The audience was also presented with tributes to the great short film makers of the past and present.^[3]

In 1986, the first Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market was organized, with the intention to raise the economic profile of the short films. The market contains a video library for French and foreign television buyers, distributors and festival programmers to view the all of the films in competition, as well as the films out of competition, that were submitted for consideration.^[4]

Discoveries

The festival has revealed many directors who then launched their film career successfully, for example:

Cédric Klapisch, winner of the Special Jury Prize in 1987 for In Transit (his graduation film ), then again the Special Jury Prize in 1990 for I am moving
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, winner of the Audience Award and Press Award in 1990 for Bullshit
Jan Kounen, Prize winning research in 1994 for Vibroboy
Erick Zonca, Grand Prix in 1995 for Eternal
The short film Logorama which won the Oscar for best short film at the 82nd Academy Awards

References

External links

Official website
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2002 Official Competition Selection

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