Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
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The 47th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival ran from 31 January to 8 February 2025 in France, drawing more than 173,000 admissions. Its national, international and Lab competitions sat alongside programmes for younger audiences, online filmmaking and immersive cinema.
The international jury brought together Flóra Anna Buda, Michelle Couttolenc, Sherif Elbendary and Lawrence Valin. It awarded its Grand Prix to Damian Walshe-Howling’s Unspoken, while Mohamed Bourouissa’s Genealogy of Violence took the national Grand Prix and Esteban Azuela’s Aferrado won the Lab competition. The audience choices ranged from the Palestinian drama Upshot to Two People Exchanging Saliva and the experimental documentary No God No Father.
Beyond the film awards, Don Quichotte Films received the Procirep production prize, and Joséphine Ha’s project La Cure thermale won the Bourse des festivals with support from Les Films du Worso. A separate France Télévisions jury, chaired by Louise Courvoisier, honoured Simon Panay’s L’Enfant à la peau blanche and recognised Marylou Cabanel and Rodrigue Toledo for their performances in Boucan.
Grand Prix — National Competition
Special Jury Prize — National Competition
Audience Award — National Competition
36 minNatalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh
Two People Exchanging SalivaIn a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving…Student Prize — National Competition
Canal+ Award — National Competition
36 minNatalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh
Two People Exchanging SalivaIn a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving…Best Actor — National Competition
Philippe Rebbot
Adobe Special Effects Award
Jury Special Mention — National Competition
SACEM Best Original Score Award
Fredrika Stahl
SACD Best French-Speaking Animation Award
SACD Best First Fiction Award
Fernand Raynaud Comedy Award
Student Jury Special Mention — National Competition
Queer Jury Special Mention
Grand Prix — International Competition
Special Jury Prize — International Competition
Audience Award — International Competition
Best Animation Award
Student Prize — International Competition
Trailer Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Vox HumanaIn the aftermath of an earthquake, the police find a man in the woods. A zoologist, a…Best Actor — International Competition
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Jury Special Mention — International Competition
Jury Special Mention — International Competition
Jury Special Mention — International Competition
14 minSaad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar
My Brother, My BrotherMy Brother, My Brother is the story of a fragmented childhood and adolescence, exploring…Jury Special Mention — International Competition
Best European Film Award
European Film Awards short-film candidate.
20 minHannah Palumbo, Linden Feng
A Bear RemembersLocal boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the…Student Jury Special Mention — International Competition
Queer Métrage Prize
Canal+ / Ciné+ OCS Award
20 minHannah Palumbo, Linden Feng
A Bear RemembersLocal boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the…
