Qualifying Awards
Winners of these awards qualify for Oscar consideration.
Featured Shorts
10 short films in the lineup.
Palme d'Or Competition
A Few Things Happening by a River
Daniel Soares
Teenage girls float down a river pretending to be dead for social media; one fails to resurface and is carried away.
For the Opponents (Para los contrincantes)
Federico Luis
In Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood, a boy chases the dream of becoming a boxing champion.
Fresh Cut
Hadrien Bels
Nobody Said Anything (Niko ništa nije rekao)
Tamara Todorović
Katarina's ordinary evening is shattered by a phone call forcing her to face the consequences of a seemingly harmless game her daughter took part in.
Sisters' Swim (Le Bain des Sirènes)
Lola Degove
Rose, 18, and her older sister Lina travel to Ostende for the New Year's Day sea-bath their late mother used to insist on. 2D animation.
Spiritus Sanctus
Michał Toczek
June 1999, John Paul II is visiting Poland and alcohol sales are banned; Bogdan must obtain booze for his wife's 50th birthday.
The Dream Is a Snail
Phạm Thiên Ân
Huy, an actor, develops a dependence on a strange snail-related pleasure after modeling for a rejuvenation seminar. First Vietnamese short in Palme…
The End
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
A dark, poetic tale of death set in an international airport populated by pig employees, a manic dolphin barista, and a mysterious figure.…
The Last Spring (Dernier Printemps)
Mathilde Bédouet
Marion and Camille, 15, on a final school trip to a southern island, live through first experiences and the brutal end of carefree innocence.
Thunder Platoon (Pelotón Trueno)
Theo Montoya
Notes
Submission deadline passed Mar 9, 2026. Qualifying award: Palme d'Or — Best Short Film.