The Très Court International Film Festival (the Très Court, formerly the International Festival of Very Shorts) is a film festival which takes place annually in June in multiple cities simultaneously. It is dedicated to short films that are no longer than four minutes. Each year, around 2 000 international short films are screened in competition and of those around 140, or 7% are screened at the festival, of which a much smaller number will be awarded one of the various awards available that year.https://trescourt.com/fr/presentation
The event is held in over 20 countries. In 2018, 30,000 people attended the Festival, including 10,000 in France.
History
The International Festival of Very Shorts was created in 1999 by Marc Bati and Pascal Toutain. The Festival was originally dedicated to films that were no longer than 3 minutes.
The first edition took place in Paris, France at the Forum des Images in October 1999.
From 2002 onward, the Festival was implemented in other cities in France. In 2005, the Festival reached an international audience, as screenings were organized in Switzerland and Belgium.
In 2009, the Women's Words program was created by Katia Martin Maresco.
The Festival was renamed in 2014 and became the Très Court International Film Festival.
The French program was created in 2018.
Organization of the Festival
International coordination is managed from Paris by the Tout en Très Court organization.
The Festival is backed by multiple public agencies and private companies, such as the Ministry of Women's Rights, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and Canal+.
Program In Competition : (International cinema) (Films centred around women) Out of competition : (Children's films) (French cinema) (Provocative and subversive films) Former programs : (Music videos) from 2014 to 2017 (Films about disabilities) from 2012 to 2017 (Episodes from webseries) in 2016 (Films that depict a societal change) in 2012
Awards
Awarded to the best short in the International competition Awarded to the most original short in the International competition Awarded to the best animation short in the International competition Awarded to the best short in the Women's Words competition Awarded after all the attendees voted for their favorite short film
Participating countries Africa : Egypt, Togo Americas : Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Martinique Asia : China, India Europe : England, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey Oceania : New Caledonia
The jury presidents
Each year, a president is chosen to chair the jury of the official selection of the festival. 1999 : Moebius, cartoonist 2000 : Charlélie Couture, singer 2001 : Patrick Bouchitey, director 2002 : Gustave Parking, comedian 2003 : Jean-Michel Ribes, director 2004 : Emma de Caunes, actress 2005 : Pierre Richard, comedian 2006 : Gerard Krawczyk, director 2007 : Claude Chabrol, director 2008 : Yves Boisset, director 2009 : Jean-Loup Hubert, director 2010 : Philippe Muyl, director 2011 : Nicolas Altmayer, producer 2012 : Jean-François Halin, writer 2013 : Marianne Slot, producer 2014 : Bruno Putzulu, comedian 2015 : Pascale Ferran, director 2016 : Aure Atika, comedian 2017 : Nicolas Boukhrief, director 2018 : Éric Judor, comedian 2019 : Michel Hazanavicius, director
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