The third edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival was held from 11 to 17 June 2014, with actors Jacqueline Bisset and Bertrand Tavernier as Honorary Presidents and Keanu Reeves, Agnès Varda, Whit Stillman and Mike Figgis as Guests of Honor. More than 120,000 people attended the Festival, with more than 110 films screened. Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz's was shown at the Closing Ceremony. Along with its competitive Official Selections for American feature-length films, American Shorts and French Shorts, the Festival presented a wide selection of important American and French movie premieres, the TCM Cinema Essentials, a thirteen-film selection of American classics, and the Great French Classics, a five-film selection. Both Honorary Presidents held masterclasses, and the Guests of Honor presented each a selection of their respective filmographies. Three Audience Prizes, a Bloggers Jury Award and a Youth Jury Award were presented during the Closing Ceremony, held at the Publicis Cinema. Along with the US in Progress program, a new event targeted at industry professionals was held alongside the Festival: titled Paris Coproduction Village it brought together 12 international feature film projects in development looking for French and European partners, as well as 6 projects from the Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation Residence.
The Official Selection of Short Films comprises more than 30 films, which were selected by a French industry team as well as four major film school programs: University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, AFI and Columbia University’s Columbia University Film Festival for the United States and Paris-based film schools La Femis, Les Gobelins, EICAR and ARTFX for France.
French Shorts Competitive Selection
French Shorts Selection
As it used to be, directed by Clément Gonzalez
J'aime beaucoup ta mère, directed by Rémy Four & Julien War
La curée, directed by Emmanuel Fricero
La queue, directed by Yacine Sersar
Le ballon rouge, directed by Sylvain Bressollette
Vos violences, directed by Antoine Raimbault
Personne, directed by Marc Fouchard
Passé composé, directed by Ted Hardy-Carnac
Tu te souviens ?, directed by Virginie Schwartz
La Femis Shorts Selection
I don't like to be lonely, directed by Joseph Minster
Shopping, directed by Vladilen Vierny
Les Gobelins Shorts Selection
Floating in my mind, directed by Hélène Leroux
Fol'Amor, directed by Marthe Delaporte
Meet Meat, directed by Eve Guastella
Myosis, directed by Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart
Spotted, directed by Yoann Bomal
ArtFX Shorts Selection
Atome, directed by Adrien Cappai
Catch a lot, directed by Yohann Clément
La grotte dans l'île avec le trésor à l'intérieur, directed by François Audagiori
