Founded in 2014 in the world’s most important film destination, the Cannes Short Film Festival celebrates the best of international indie short filmmaking. CSFF brings together filmmakers from around the world for an amazing presentation of cinematic excellence and exciting innovation. Screening more than fifty short films, the 2025 CSFF will be the 11th sensational annual event dedicated to short filmmaking.
Showcasing the best of short filmmaking
The 2024 Cannes Short Film Festival Official Selection & Schedule can be found here
The mission of the Cannes Short Film Festival is to screen some of the most innovative international short films.
CSFF brings together filmmakers from around the world for an outstanding presentation of cinematic excellence and brand new directing talent.
Cannes Short Film Festival 2014 took place at the gorgeous Studio 13 MJC Picaud cinema in downtown Cannes on November 19-22.
In 2015, requiring more capacity, CSFF moved to the Cinema Pathé Masséna in Nice. For the 2014-2019 schedules and award winners, see here.
The 2024 Cannes Short Film Festival was hosted by Cinema Varietes in central Nice, with a special London screening at the Genesis Cinema in September.
With hundreds of film viewers during the festival period, Cannes Shorts is always buzzing with great possibilities. The Cannes Short Film Festival provides a great opportunity for organisations to reach out to the short filmmaking community.
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