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"Coups de Cœur 2026" Clermont-Ferrand-Kortfilmfees | Short Film Festival

Wed Aug 19, 15:30 - Wed Aug 19, 17:15

Theatre on The Bay

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"COUPS DE CŒUR 2026" CLERMONT-FERRAND-KORTFILMFEES | SHORT FILM FESTIVAL


Die Clermont-Ferrand-kortfilmfees word beskou as die “Cannes vir kortfilms” en is die tweede grootste rolprentfees in Frankryk.

Vanjaar is die Silwerskermfees trots om ’n keur van sewe internasionale kortfilms van regoor die wêreld, die Clermont Coups de Cœur, op die program te hê.

“Coups de Cœur” beteken “skote in die hart”, en dit is presies wat kykers kan verwag van hierdie sewe kortfilms wat uit die room van die 2026 Clermont-Ferrand-fees se oes gekies is.

Die Clermont Coups de Cœur-films bestaan uit die wenners van die 2026-fees, maar sluit ook kortfilms in wat ’n verskeidenheid gehore laat gons het, asook gunstelinge van verskeie keurders.


The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival is widely regarded as the “Cannes for short films” and is the second-largest film festival in France.

This year the Silwerskermfees proudly showcases the prestige selection of seven international shortfilms from across the globe, the Clermont Coups de Cœur, as part of our curated programme.

"Coups de Cœur” means “shots to the heart”, and this is what viewers can expect from these seven picks from the cream of the 2026 Clermont-Ferrand Festival crop.

The Clermont Coups de Cœur films consists of the winners of the last edition of the festival, but also films strongly marked by word of mouth from different audiences and favourites from various curators.


Samba Infinito


LAND | COUNTRY: Frankryk, Brasilië | France, Brazil

GENRE: Fiksie | Fiction

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Leonardo Martinelli

SKRYWER | WRITER: Leonardo Martinelli, Felipe M. Bragança

ROLVERDELING | CAST: Alexandre Amador, Miguel Leonardo, Gilberto Gil, Camila Pitanga

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 10-12PG


While dealing with deep grief over the loss of his sister, a street sweeper works in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Amidst the glitter of costumes and the street parades, the street sweeper finds a lost child and sets out to find his parents.


Soixante-sept millisecondes (Sixty-seven Milliseconds)


LAND | COUNTRY: Frankryk | France

GENRE: Geanimeerde dokumentêr | Animated documentary

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Fleuryfontaine

TEKS | SCRIPT: Fleuryfontaine

ROLVERDELING | CAST: Alexandre Blazy, Mathilde La Musse, Khalil Garbia

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 13L V


In search of a bullet whose trail has been captured on surveillance camera footage, the film follows its trajectory and those of its main protagonists. Blending the early cinema technique of chronophotography with CGI, the film questions the legitimacy of policing in France and warns of its excesses.


We Were Here


LAND | COUNTRY: Indië | India

GENRE: Fiksie | Fiction

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Pranav Bhasin

TEKS | SCRIPT: Pranav Bhasin

ROLVERDELING | CAST: Satish Kashyap, Arindol Bagchi, Devendra Dodke, Shubham Kujur, Kalpana Gagdekar

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 10-12PG L


In small town India, convinced that machines are quietly replacing them, three retired men threaten to take over the jobs of household appliances. But when one of their children lands a job at an A.I. company, it rattles their crusade and makes them wonder if they’ve already been left behind.


Sulaimani


LAND | COUNTRY: Frankryk | France

GENRE: Animasie | Animation

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Vinnie Ann Bose

TEKS | SCRIPT: Vinnie Ann Bose, Patricia Valeix

KLANKONTWERP | SOUND DESIGN: Louis Molinas, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher

STEMME | VOICES: Jessin Jacob, Vinnie Ann Bose, Jose Sebastian Mukkaden

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 10-12PG


One evening, Alia and Neena, two young Indian women, each come to dinner at Sulaimani, an Indian restaurant in Paris. The meal brings back sometimes buried emotions for them and “releases” certain memories which little by little reveal to us why they left their country.


A Shot At Art


LAND | COUNTRY: Nederland | Netherlands

GENRE: Fiksie | Fiction

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Ilke Paddenburg

TEKS | SCRIPT: Ilke Paddenburg

ROLVERDELING | CAST: Juul Vrijdag, Bo Bojoh, Thomas Ryckewaert, Thomas Dudkiewicz

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 16N L


??When two seasoned volunteers at an international art festival start participating in a highly controversial art installation, the situation spirals completely out of control, but who was actually crossing the line here?


Dieu est timide (God Is Shy)


LAND | COUNTRY: Frankryk | France

GENRE: Animasie | Animation

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Jocelyn Charles

TEKS | SCRIPT: Jocelyn Charles

ROLVERDELING | CAST: Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Anthony Bajon, Danièle Évenou

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 13H L


During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.


Saillie


LAND | COUNTRY: Frankryk | France

GENRE: Fiksie | Fiction

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Aude Thuries

TEKS | SCRIPT: Aude Thuries

ROLVERDLING | CAST: Noémie Lvovsky, Guillaume Gallienne

OUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTRICTION: 13S L


Frédérique, in her fifties, has dressed up to go for a walk with her dog Pauline. She hopes to meet someone on the forest trail... and it doesn't take long: Philippe and his dog Magic. The dogs get closer. Will their owners do the same? Is this what Frédérique came to the forest for?



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