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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Holds Up Mirror to the World
The festival that catapulted Jane Campion, Chloe Zhao and Denis Villeneuve now spotlights a new generation of emerging auteurs.
Now celebrating its 46th edition – which runs Jan. 31 – Feb. 8 – the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival has long been a springboard for emerging auteurs, once upon a time shining a spotlight on little-known names like Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Chloé Zhao and Denis Villeneuve. Rousson and her fellow programmers – all of them sharing equal footing in an expressly non-hierarchal organization – culled through more than 8,000 submissions to put together this year’s lineup, which represents 49 countries and boasts 41 world premieres in the international competition alone. Open to finished titles alongside projects in development, the industry component is well on track to best 2024’s attendance records, welcoming north of 3,500 accredited professionals on site with another 700 or so online – among them international distributors and broadcasters, Netflix execs and festival programmers from Cannes and all affiliated sidebars, Toronto, South by Southwest, Locarno and many more.
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