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

"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, BrazilGENRE: Fiksie | FictionREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Leonardo MartinelliSKRYWER | WRITER: Leonardo Martinelli, Felipe M. BragançaROLVERDELING | 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 documentaryREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: FleuryfontaineTEKS | SCRIPT: FleuryfontaineROLVERDELING | 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 | IndiaGENRE: Fiksie | FictionREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Pranav BhasinTEKS | SCRIPT: Pranav BhasinROLVERDELING | CAST: Satish Kashyap, Arindol Bagchi, Devendra Dodke, Shubham Kujur, Kalpana GagdekarOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | 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 | FranceGENRE: Animasie | AnimationREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Vinnie Ann BoseTEKS | SCRIPT: Vinnie Ann Bose, Patricia ValeixKLANKONTWERP | SOUND DESIGN: Louis Molinas, Shaun-Nicholas GallagherSTEMME | VOICES: Jessin Jacob, Vinnie Ann Bose, Jose Sebastian MukkadenOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | 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 | NetherlandsGENRE: Fiksie | FictionREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Ilke PaddenburgTEKS | SCRIPT: Ilke PaddenburgROLVERDELING | CAST: Juul Vrijdag, Bo Bojoh, Thomas Ryckewaert,…