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Wohoo!
We are announcing the list with the selected projects for this year's FILMER FORGE PITCH, which will be held on June 15th and June 16th, 2023, within 20th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival!
BULGARIAN PROJECTS
• Angel-Mikhail (dir. Yordan Chichikov / prod. Izabella Tzenkova)
• Bureaucracy Machine (dir. Desislava Stoyanova / prod. INVICTUS LTD.)
• Christmas Eve (dir. Ilina Perianova / prod. PHOENIX PRODUCTION)
• Come Back (dir. Tanya Black / prod. Eleni Dekidis)
• Don't Flatter Yourself (dir. Michaela Rogacheva / prod. Delyana Angelova)
• Encrypted Love (dir. Lyubomir Dutsolov / prod. Yanitsa Lazarova (FILM FRAME COMPANY)
• Hercules - A Gift from Dad (dir. Anton Zhekov / prod. Anton Zhekov)
• In the Name of the Son (dir. Nikolay Urumov / prod. Nikolay Urumov)
• L+T (dir. Nevena Nikolova / prod. Nevena Nikolova, EMAJICK PRODUCTIONS)
• Lynx-spirit from the Mountain (dir. Stefan Voyvodov / prod. Stefan Voyvodov)
• Manual of Happiness (dir. Lora Markova / prod. peter Raijekov)
• Pretty Girl (dir. Alexandar Tomov / prod. Chavdar Variyski)
• Raspberry Sorbet (dir. Biser Jonev / prod. Nevena Semova)
• Schroedinger's Man (dir. Asparuh Frangov / prod. Irina Gurova)
• Stop the Car (dir. Igor Hristov / prod. Nevena Semova)
• Teeth (dir. Lyubo Yonchev / prod. Lyubo Yonchev, Rosen Savkov, Samuil Djoganov)
• The Call (dir. Diko Boutchoukov / prod. Ivo Nikolov)
• The Driving Lesson (dir. Anastassya Angelova / prod. Albena Stoyanova-Nikolova)
• The Fall (dir. Petar Ganchev / prod. Petar Ganchev, Zhaklin Peycheva)
• Unfledged (dir. Georgi Martev / prod. Aneliya Mangarova)
• Virile (dir. Alex Krasimirov / prod. Lyubomir Balabanov, EUROFILMS)
• Wheee (dir. Kiril Todorov / prod. Irina Gurova)
• When I Say Nothing I Say Everything, and Vice Versa (dir. Lina Pavlova / prod. Kaloyan Nikolov)
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• A Little Celebration (dir. Selen Örcan / prod. Elif Reis) [TURKEY]
• All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun (dir. Michalis Kimonas / prod. Romanna Lobach) [GREECE]
• Brazil (dir. Danilo Stanimirović / prod. Ivan Stepanović) [SERBIA]
• Closure (dir. Melika Rezapour / prod. Melika Rezapour) [GERMANY]
• Finding Home (dir. Maria Stanisheva / prod. Maria Stanisheva, Manon Messiant) [BULGARIA, FRANCE, USA]
• Gentlepunks (dir. Shirin Ekhlasi / prod. Shirin Ekhlasi) [IRAN]
• Ivan's Childhood (dir. Yiğit Armutoğlu / prod. Yiğit Armutoğlu) [TURKEY]
• Kamikaze (dir. Christina-Kalliroi Garbi / prod. Myrto Stathi) [GREECE]
• Lethe (dir. Nefeli Rapti / prod. Maria Repousi) [GREECE]
• Messenger (dir. Julian Lona / prod. MANTO FILMS) [SPAIN, ARGENTINA]
• Rando (dir. Edoardo Ulivelli / prod. Arianna Pera) [ITALY]
• Swimming Girl (dir. Anıl Güldoğan / prod. Ramazan Kılıç, Anıl Güldoğan) [TURKEY]
• The Mammoth (dir. Thomas Isaksen / prod. Dak Erik Hansen) [NORWAY]
• The Sandwich (dir. Claudio Giusti / prod. David Boldrini, Claudio Giusti, Alexandra Hroncova) [ITALY]
• The Song of Sleepless Nights (dir. Madli Lääne / prod. Marianne Ostrat) [ESTONIA]
• The Wolves Return (dir. Stelios Moraitidis / prod. Ioanna Peteinaraki) [GREECE]
• Weird Fishes (dir. Lyndon Hanrahan / prod. Xenia Glen, Antosh Wojcik) [UNITED KINGDOM]
We wish everyone best of luck!
Bulgarian and foreign filmmakers, writers and producers who seek producing, co-producing, funding, and development opportunities for their current or upcoming short film are invited to apply for the FILMER FORGE PITCH. The most promising projects will have the opportunity to take part in the PITCHING DAY 2.
- THE PITCH
Each project team/representative will have up to 7 minutes to present their project and answer questions from the jury.
The order, in which the representatives pitch their projects, will be randomly selected.
Every project, in each phase, must be pitched in English!
PITCHING DAY 1: Bulgarian projects only.
PITCHING DAY 2: PITCHING DAY 1 winning Bulgarian projects + International projects.
- ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
The program includes One-to-one meetings in 2 phases after the TWO PITCHING DAYS:
1st phase: Speed dating with pitching panelists. To ensure that all projects receive feedback, the programme is initiating “speed dating” meetings between projects’ representatives and each jury member from the FILMER FORGE PITCH.
2nd phase (if there is an interest): Meetings with potentially interested collaborators.
- WHO CAN APPLY?
Film professionals who seek producing, co-producing, funding, and development opportunities for their upcoming short film.
Short film projects in pre-production stage are accepted.
Short film projects in any genre are eligible to apply.
Secured funding by third parties is not an obligatory condition to submit a project.
Participants from all countries are eligible to submit a short film project.
- REQUIRED MATERIALS
Please, provide us with a link to a zipped folder, titled by the name of the short film project, and containing the following materials:
1. Synopsis, treatment, and script.
2. Short biography, photo of director/writer and contacts (phone number and email).
3. Director's statement of artistic choices (image, sound, music, cast, etc.).
4. Production company: profile and selected filmography (if applicable).
5. Short biography and photo of producer and contacts (phone number and email).
6. Producer's statement and strategy for producing this film.
7. Confirmation of secured funding (letter of intent, positive notice, grant, etc.) - if applicable.
8. Any visuals (storyboard, locations, rough cut, animatic, etc.) that will support the application.
! All materials sent must be in English !
- AWARD
The winning Bulgarian, or international short film will be rewarded with 15 000 BGN in cash.
- DEADLINE FOR APPLYING - MAY 9TH, 2023
Please, send the requested materials and the filled form (attached below) to filmerforge@inthepalace.com
You can download the form from this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NFQf6hAdE7vPSnq0au5lf5usWDxh9rPy?usp=share_link
We are announcing the BEST FULL-LENGTH FILM selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST FULL-LENGHT FILM CATEGORY
Faithbreaker (dir. Piotr Zlotorowicz / Poland / 2021 / 76`)
Queen of Hearts (dir. Chema Ramos / Spain / 2022 / 65`)
The Business of Pleasure (dir. Goce Cvetanovski / North Macedonia / 2022 / 97`)
The Riot (dir. Evgeny Grigorev / Russian Federation / 2022 / 108`)
Where is Ida (dir. Petra Zoepnek / Austria / 2022 / 70`)
We are announcing the BEST NATIONAL FILM selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
Silver Princess Competition (OSCAR® qualifying)
BEST NATIONAL FILM CATEGORY
Am I not My Brothers' Keeper? (dir. Nick Stanchev / Bulgaria / 2022 / 30`00``)
Bury a Dragon (dir. Martin Markov / Bulgaria / 2023 / 29`55``)
Finding Home (dir. Maria Stanisheva / Bulgaria / 2022 / 06`40``)
Freeride (dir. Julian Vergov, Antoni Krastev / Bulgaria / 2022 / 07`07``)
I'm Here (dir. Vilma Kartalska / Bulgaria / 2022 / 04`00``)
Mirror Touch (dir. Roman Pessarov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 15`00``)
Party Bus (dir. Dilyana Daneva / Bulgaria / 2022 / 29`43``)
Task (dir. Deyan Angelov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 09`35``)
The Object (dir. Deyan Tsvyatkov / Bulgaria / 2023 / 15`00``)
The Groomsmaid (dir. Dimitar Donski / Bulgaria / 2023 / 13`00``)
The Outcast (dir. Nikolay Urumov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 08`25``)
We are announcing the BEST FICTION selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
Silver Princess Competition (OSCAR® qualifying)
BEST FICTION FILM CATEGORY
5PM Seaside (dir. Valentin Stejskal / Greece / 2022 / 26`00``)
A Bullfighter's Dog (dir. Sandra Romero / Spain / 2022 / 18`00``)
About Me (dir. Ali Asgari / Netherlands / 2022 / 15`00``)
Agosto in Pelliccia (dir. Alessandro Rocca / Italy / 2022 / 19`32``)
Allas (dir. PV Lehtinen / Finland / 2022 / 15`00``)
Argento Vivo (dir. Giantommaso Puglisi / Italy / 2021 / 13`33``)
Around the Corner (dir. Martin Turk / Slovenia / 2022 / 13`16``)
As Possible as Everything (dir. Selen Örcan / Turkey / 2022 / 15`00``)
Atonement (dir. Kaveh Akaber / Sweden / 2022 / 18`00``)
Betty's Burning (dir. Camille Vigny / Belgium / 2022 / 15`00``)
City of Ghosts (dir. Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter / United Kingdom / 2022 / 15`50``)
Colonie (dir. Romain Daudet-Jahan / France / 2022 / 13`14``)
Crossing the Blue (dir. Victoria Aleksanyan / Armenia / 2022 / 12`10``)
Dash (dir. Rory Fleck Byrne / Ireland / 2021 / 14`56``)
Don't Breathe (dir. Milad Nasim Sobhan / Islamic Republic of Iran / 2022 / 14`38``)
Everything at Once (dir. Henrik Dyb Zwart / Norway / 2022 / 08`18``)
Haven (dir. Maureen OConnell / Ireland / 2022 / 15`00``)
Hooves Beat (dir. Fargol Masrourirad, Seyed Zeitoonnejad / Islamic Republic of Iran / 2022 / 13`27``)
I Have No Legs, and I Must Run (dir. Yue Li / China / 2022 / 14`53``)
If There was no Sky (dir. Branko Popchevski / North Macedonia / 2022 / 28`50``)
Il Vespista (dir. Francesco Crivaro / Estonia / 2022 / 25`00``)
Invincible (dir. Vincent René-Lortie / Canada / 2022 / 29`43``)
Life After Death (dir. Ognjen Petković / Serbia / 2022 / 18`21``)
Lou's Neighbour (dir. Victoria Lafaurie, Hector Albouker / France / 2021 / 18`00``)
Monico Perseus (dir. Alfie Stewart / United Kingdom / 2022 / 07`24``)
Monkey Business (dir. Everon Jackson Hooi / Netherlands / 2021 / 13`50``)
My Eyes are Up Here (dir. Nathan Morris / United Kingdom / 2022 / 13`48``)
North Pole (dir. Marija Apcevska / North Macedonia / 2021 / 15`00``)
Not Tomorrow (dir. Amerissa Basta / Greece / 2022 / 19`46``)
O Que Resta (dir. Daniel Soares / Portugal / 2021 / 20`00``)
Olayan (dir. Khalifa Al-Marri / Qatar / 2021 / 18`00``)
Olly Olly Oxen Free (dir. Valerio Filardo / Italy / 2022 / 12`00``)
Pendulus (dir. Dimitris Gkotsis / Greece / 2022 / 18`07``)
Poppies and Ducks (dir. Christina-Kallirroi Garbi / Greece / 2022 / 20`50``)
PsyChicken (dir. Ata Mojabi / Italy / 2022 / 13`45``)
Queen (dir. Samuel Perriard / Switzerland / 2022 / 09`15``)
Radio Silence (dir. Kerren Lumer-Klabbers / Denmark / 2021 / 16`00``)
Safe as Houses (dir. Mia Mullarkey / Ireland / 2022 / 15`50``)
Selkie (dir. Chris Mul, Michael Mul / United Kingdom / 2022 / 12`23``)
Separation (dir. Aurélien Achache / France / 2022 / 15`00``)
Solo (dir. Alberto Gross Molo / Spain / 2022 / 20`00``)
Soul Food (dir. Nikos Tseberopoulos / Greece / 2021 / 24`09``)
Story (dir. Mohamed Bouhari / Morocco / 2022 / 19`00``)
Street Light (dir. Vladislav Ikonnikov / Russian Federation / 2021 / 25`00``)
The Connection (dir. Daniele Morelli / Italy / 2022 / 20`00``)
The Fence (dir. Tomasz Wolski / Poland / 2022 / 19`00``)
The Mighty Kingdom (dir. Julien Meynet / France / 2022 / 28`30``)
The Shepherd of Clouds (dir. Lorenzo Cassol / Italy / 2022 / 11`15``)
The Silent Ones (dir. Basile Vuillemin / France / 2022 / 20`00``)
The Swan Song (dir. Julián Lona / Spain / 2023 / 15`00``)
The Wasp (dir. Marc Beaupré / Canada / 2022 / 28`05``)
To Die Without Noticing (dir. Paloma Argentina / Mexico / 2022 / 11`34``)
Treasures (dir. Welf Reinhart / Germany / 2022 / 08`00``)
Tria (dir. Giulia Grandinetti / Italy / 2022 / 17`00``)
Useless (dir. Raquel Guerrero / Spain / 2022 / 07`52``)
Yama (dir. Andreas Vakalios / Greece / 2021 / 15`00``)
Yanni (dir. Rachid Allaoua / Canada / 2022 / 20`06``)
You Promised (dir. Marco Renda / Italy / 2022 / 08`00``)
Zof (dir. Rino Barbir / Croatia / 2022 / 15`40``)
We are announcing the BEST DOCUMENTARY selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Black Wagon (dir. Adilet Karzhoev / Kyrgyzstan / 2021 / 23`37``)
Busy (dir. Jan Otto Ertesvåg / Norway / 2021 / 06`52``)
Dicks That I Like (dir. Johanna Gustin / Germany / 2022 / 13`19``)
Endless Return (dir. Andrea Bersani / Italy / 2021 / 23`00``)
Eva and Ramona (dir. Minka Jakerson / Sweden / 2022 / 15`00``)
Eva Ray (dir. Ross Casswell / United Kingdom / 2021 / 15`02``)
Grand National (dir. Serge-Olivier Rondeau / Canada / 2021 / 21`00``)
Kambana (dir. Samuel Pastor / Spain / 2021 / 15`00``)
Leglassion (dir. Lefteris Pasalidis / Greece / 2022 / 14`44``)
Piché Returns to the Ring (dir. Helgi Piccinin / Canada / 2021 / 23`00``)
Searching Heleny (dir. Esther Vital / Brazil / 2022 / 29`20``)
See You in April (dir. Alex Helm / United States / 2022 / 17`00``)
Sex Relish (dir. Ananda Safo / France / 2021 / 11`50``)
Sirens (dir. Ilaria Di Carlo / Germany / 2022 / 13`23``)
Sonnenstube (dir. Davide Palella / Italy / 2022 / 07`52``)
The Maestrat on Film (dir. Fermin Sales / Spain / 2022 / 16' 30``)
Thrown Away Child (dir. JD Donnely / United Kingdom / 2022 / 31`13``)
Touch Down (dir. Andi Bänziger, Aron Marty / Switzerland / 2022 / 24`38``)
Under the Lake (dir. Thanasis Trouboukis / Greece / 2022 / 16`33``)
To be continued…
We are announcing the BEST ANIMATION selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
Silver Princess Competition (OSCAR® qualifying)
BEST ANIMATION FILM CATEGORY
11 (dir. Vuk Jevremovic / Croatia / 2022 / 05`28``)
A Dream of Hawaii (dir. Thomas Smoor Isaksen / Norway / 2022 / 10`26``)
A Tiny Man (dir. Aude David, Mikael Gaudin / France / 2022 / 10`00``)
Ashkasha (dir. Lara Maltz / Spain / 2022 / 06`17``)
Black Eyed Dog (dir. Alessandro Cino Zolfanelli / Italy / 2023 / 15`11``)
Botanica Exotica (dir. Sofia Laszlovszky / Hungary / 2022 / 12`52``)
Crab (dir. Piotr Chmielewski / Poland / 2022 / 08`00``)
Dancing in the Shadows (dir. Elliot Bloom, Alexandra Gordon-Gibson / Netherlands / 2022 / 03`04``)
Dog Apartment (dir. Priit Tender / Estonia / 2022 / 14`14``)
Egoland (dir. Ignasi López Fàbregas / Spain / 2022 / 09`57``)
Even Stone Flows (dir. Michaela Čopíková / Slovakia / 2022 / 03`18``)
Garrano (dir. Vasco Sá, David Doutel / Portugal / 2022 / 14`08``)
Ice Merchants (dir. João Gonzalez / Portugal / 2022 / 14`00``)
Il Formaggio (dir. Claudio Giusti / Italy / 2021 / 11`28``)
Inner Polar Bear (dir. Gerald Conn / United Kingdom / 2022 / 07`00``)
Island (dir. Michael Faust / Israel / 2022 / 07`38``)
Kiss 'n' Ride (dir. Olivia Jensen / United States / 2022 / 07`46``)
Little Smasher (dir. Gilles Cuvelier / France / 2021 / 13`56``)
Lupus in Fabula (dir. Vuk Palibrk, Tanja Brzaković / Serbia / 2022 / 07`18``)
Money and Happiness (dir. Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr / Serbia / 2022 / 09`47``)
My Airline (dir. Antoine Ceunebroucke / France / 2022 / 01`38``)
Once There was a Sea (dir. Joanna Kozuch / Poland / 2022 / 16`24``)
Red Rabbit (dir. Rory Kerr / Ireland / 2022 / 04`50``)
Regular Rabbit (dir. Eoin Duffy / Ireland / 2022 / 07`43``)
Rest in Piece (dir. Antoine Antabi / France / 2022 / 09`35``)
Shakespeare for All Ages (dir. Hannes Rall / Germany / 2022 / 02`42``)
Suzie in the Garden (dir. Lucie Sunková / Czech Republic / 2022 / 13`19``)
The Antiquary (dir. Manuel Matos Barbosa / Portugal / 2022 / 08`00``)
The Benefactors (dir. Christophe Lopez-Huici / Switzerland / 2022 / 08`49``)
The Bridge (dir. Izumi Yoshida / Poland / 2022 / 22`00``)
The Foam and the Lion (dir. Cláudio Jordão / Portugal / 2022 / 17`00``)
The Garbage Man (dir. Laura Gonçalves / Portugal / 2022 / 11`50``)
The Legend of Goldhorn (dir. Lea Vucko / Slovenia / 2022 / 13`35``)
The Pioneers (dir. Simon Cottee / Canada / 2021 / 09`40``)
The Queen of the Foxes (dir. Marina Rosset / Switzerland / 2022 / 08`50``)
The Record (dir. Jonathan Laskar / Switzerland / 2022 / 08`38``)
The Song of Flying Leaves (dir. Armine Anda / Armenia/Islamic Republic of Iran / 2023 / 12`37``)
Think Something Nice (dir. Claudius Gentinetta / Switzerland / 2022 / 06`00``)
To Fall (dir. Ivan Morales Jr. / Germany / 2022 / 13`53``)
To the Moon (dir. Rickie Cai / Sweden / 2022 / 00`43``)
Without Us (dir. Julie Engaas / Norway / 2022 / 08`00``)
Zidane Roulette (dir. Emy Mirel Ivasca / Romania / 2023 / 08`50``)
To be contuinued...
We are announcing the BEST STUDENT ANIMATION selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST STUDENT ANIMATION FILM (Student Academy Award® qualifying)
A Bloody Graveyard Story (dir. Vanessa Stachel / Germany / 2022 / 03`22``)
A Dog Under Bridge (dir. Tang Rehoo / China / 2022 / 12`44``)
Boom (dir. Gabriel Augerai, Romain Augerai, Laurie Pareira De Figueiredo, Yannick Jacquin, Charles Di Cicco / France / 2022 / 05`36``)
Carp Xmass (dir. Anna Heribanová / Czech Republic / 2022 / 07`58``)
Death of the Gods (dir. Leto Stojanovic Meade / United Kingdom / 2022 / 11`32``)
Headprickles (dir. Katarzyna Miechowicz / Poland / 2022 / 08`00``)
Journey in Amnesia (dir. Anouk Kilian-Debord / Belgium / 2021 / 05`27``)
Mom is Always Right (dir. Marie Urbánková / Czech Republic / 2022 / 07`39``)
Out of Habit (dir. Ivana Savova / United Kingdom / 2022 / 06`10``)
Pentola (dir. Leo Černic / Italy / 2022 / 07`12``)
Pinocchio (dir. Valentin Clauzon, Guillaume Collin, Paul Goubet, Stella Jullian, Loic Lemoine, Theo Miramon, Aymeric Richard, Laura Salomoni / France / 2021 / 06`13``)
Resting Fog (dir. Nikolett Fábián / Hungary / 2022 / 05`14``)
Spring Roll Dream (dir. Mai Vu / United Kingdom / 2022 / 09`19``)
Swing to the Moon (dir. Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau / France / 2022 / 06`40``)
Synchrony (dir. Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie, Jean Delamarre, Alexis Prost / France / 2022 / 07`57``)
The Building at 9 Etzel Str. (dir. Bar Vaknine, Tamar Sharvit, Matan Levi / Israel / 2023 / 08`52``)
The House of Loss (dir. Jinkyu Jeon / Japan / 2022 / 09`34``)
Town Hall Square (dir. Christian Kaufmann / Germany / 2023 / 08`35``)
To be continued…
We are announcing the BEST STUDENT FICTION selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST STUDENT FICTION FILM (Student Academy Award® qualifying)
+963 (dir. Daood Alabdulaa / Germany / 2022 / 10`00``)
5/3/0 (dir. Danilo Stanimirović / Serbia / 2023 / 15`00``)
Acid Base (dir. Shirin Ekhlasi / Islamic Republic of Iran / 2022 / 15`40``)
Aykuo (dir. Ayaal Adamov / Russian Federation / 2023 / 20`00``)
Bestial Ones (dir. Miles Davis Murphy / Ireland / 2022 / 19`52``)
Between Us the Wilderness (dir. Vincent Ercolani / Germany / 2022 / 21`57``)
Blind Spot (dir. Patrycja Polkowska / Poland / 2022 / 15`00``)
Blue Noise (dir. Simon Maria Kubiena / Germany / 2022 / 16`30``)
Blue Note (dir. Pavel Andonov / Finland / 2022 / 22`25``)
By the Rivers Blue (dir. Tong Liu / United Kingdom / 2021 / 23`56``)
CASTRO (dir. Socratis I Zavitsanos, Diamantis I Zavitsanos / France / 2021 / 07`16``)
Charlie (dir. Etienne Glénat / France / 2022 / 16`52``)
Elevator Pitch (dir. Lyndon Henley Hanrahan / United Kingdom / 2022 / 14`58``)
Fallen Apples (dir. Hristo Kostov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 19`58``)
Fixing Things (dir. Jan Prazak / Austria / 2022 / 28`00``)
For Dummies (dir. Sirma Stoyanova / Bulgaria / 2022 / 15`12``)
Graveyard of Horses (dir. Xiaoxuan Jiang / China / 2022 / 16`56``)
Guardieladri (dir. Gabriele Manzoni / Italy / 2022 / 10`42``)
Headfish (dir. Jakub Prysak / Poland / 2021 / 24`00``)
Heart Fruit (dir. Kim Allamand / Switzerland / 2022 / 20`00``)
Heat! (dir. Patricio de la Maza / United States / 2022 / 15`00``)
How to Tame a Wild Elephant (dir. Sushant Bhat / Portugal / 2022 / 23`43``)
Ice Break (dir. Elvira Dulskaia / Czech Republic / 2023 / 19`50``)
IDYLL (dir. Fanny Rösch / Germany / 2022 / 10`00``)
Jia (dir. Vee Shi / Australia / 2022 / 15`00``)
Killing Bagheera (dir. Muschirf Shekh Zeyn / Syrian Arab Republic / 2022 / 13`00``)
Little Sky (dir. Jess X. Snow / Canada / 2021 / 13`45``)
Lo Sguardo [The Look] (dir. Edoardo Ulivelli / United Kingdom / 2022 / 25`00``)
Lonely Fans (dir. David Oesch / Switzerland / 2022 / 19`47``)
Louis & Jeanne (dir. Amaury Fontaine / Belgium / 2021 / 18`57``)
Mud Crab (dir. David Robinson-Smith / Australia / 2022 / 12`25``)
Neighbouring Sounds (dir. Ali Kıvanç Güldürür / Turkey / 2022 / 18`00``)
On the Edge (dir. Matteo Sanders / Austria / 2022 / 19`00``)
On Your Behalf (dir. Ana Garcia Rico / United Kingdom / 2021 / 16`27``)
Our Home (dir. Bogdan Alecsandru / Romania / 2021 / 14`00``)
Paradise on Earth to See (dir. Vojtěch Novotný / Czech Republic / 2022 / 26`54``)
Pizza d'Amour (dir. Elsa van Damke / Germany / 2022 / 10`47``)
Red Admiral (dir. Marin Rangelov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 21`24``)
Rooftop (dir. Nevena Nikolova, Petar Garzilov / Bulgaria / 2022 / 15`45``)
She is a Good Boy (dir. Alina Yklymova / Germany / 2021 / 25`31``)
Son Pardos (dir. Carlos Llaó / Spain / 2023 / 29`58``)
Sonderlackierung (dir. Lena Strohmaier / Germany / 2021 / 19`00``)
Talking With My Stranger (dir. Lora Markova / Bulgaria / 2022 / 06`00``)
Taste of Home (dir. Âni Võ / Germany / 2022 / 29`07``)
The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain (dir. Eugen Merher / Germany / 2022 / 20`00``)
The Campsie Fells (dir. Luca MacCormick / United Kingdom / 2021 / 17`09``)
The Last Vampire of Sofia (dir. Lina Pavlova / Bulgaria / 2022 / 17`34``)
The Dependent Variables (dir. Lorenzo Tardella / Italy / 2022 / 15`00``)
The One-Way Ticket (dir. Melika Rezapour / Germany / 2022 / 10`11``)
The Other End of the Street (dir. Kálmán Nagy / Austria / 2022 / 22`00``)
The Tears of Things (dir. Kate Voet / Belgium / 2021 / 13`49``)
The Viewing Room (dir. Love von Hauswolff / Sweden / 2022 / 22`31``)
To Mother (dir. Aleksander Szamalek / Poland / 2022 / 13`51``)
Traces (dir. Omer Weiss / Israel / 2022 / 16`34``)
Trenc d'Alba (dir. Anna Llargués / Spain / 2023 / 28`23``)
Trumoiak (dir. Iker Maguregi / Spain / 2021 / 12`40``)
Unfamiliars (dir. Lauri Elstelä / Estonia / 2022 / 15`50``)
Vinland (dir. Martin Kuba / Czech Republic / 2022 / 30`00``)
Waiting Room (dir. Katarina Zrinka Šarić / Czech Republic / 2022 / 11`47``)
Water Balloons (dir. Aleksa Borković / Serbia / 2022 / 13`04``)
Wetsuit (dir. João Salgado / Portugal / 2022 / 18`00``)
Winners (dir. Dániel Füzes / Hungary / 2022 / 16`04``)
Your Guardian (dir. Mimi Vlaovic / United Kingdom / 2021 / 20`00``)
To be continued…
We are announcing the BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY FILM
Abel (dir. Petya Atanasova / Bulgaria / 2022 / 18`35``)
At Spiral's End (dir. Eliška Kerbachová / Czech Republic / 2022 / 04`27``)
Below the Surface (dir. Tomas Ponsteen / Netherlands / 2022 / 14`00``)
Bloodshed (dir. Eva Babington / United Kingdom / 2022 / 15`00``)
Contraction (dir. Christof Bruggmann / Switzerland / 2022 / 10`40``)
Driving Force (dir. Daniela Magnani Hüller / Germany / 2022 / 29`54``)
Familiar Stranger (dir. Sara Furrer, Fabian Lütolf / Switzerland / 2022 / 19`24``)
Filho (dir. Tomas Ponsteen / Netherlands / 2022 / 23`00``)
Foxy Girls (dir. Maja Penčič / Czech Republic / 2021 / 12`46``)
Fragments (dir. Marie-Lou Béland / Canada / 2023 / 08`30``)
Geamăna (dir. Matthäus Wörle / Germany / 2022 / 30`00``)
Home (dir. Altynkyz Sharshenkulova / Kyrgyzstan / 2021 / 18`32``)
Life Line (dir. Sara Čolić, Aline Danielle Bavier / Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2022 / 19`40``)
May the Earth Become the Sky (dir. Ana Vijdea / Romania / 2022 / 15`00``)
Navarinou Square (dir. Andreas Lazidis / Greece / 2022 / 12`14``)
Shells (dir. Marie Magdalena Kochová / Czech Republic / 2022 / 09`12``)
Sweet Life (dir. Pieter Genee / United Kingdom / 2023 / 19`34``)
The Divine Flower (dir. Tessa van der Riet / Netherlands / 2022 / 27`41``)
To Eat Bread (dir. Mohamed Rabie/ Poland / 2022 / 10`22``)
uStopia (dir. Denisa Parobekova / Slovakia / 2021 / 29`42``)
With My Thoughts on the Sea (dir. Fabiana Fragale / Germany / 2022 / 23`00``)
To be continued…
We are announcing the BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM and BEST STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL FILM selection for the 20th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND BEST STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL FILM
1 MTH/MIN (dir. Ethann Néon / Belgium / 2021 / 03`45``)
All My Scars Vanish in the Wind (dir. Angélica Restrepo, Carlos Velandia / Colombia / 2022 / 14`18``)
AMO (dir. Emmanuel Gras / France / 2022 / 19`46``)
Cinquemarzo (dir. Stefano Malchiodi / Italy / 2022 / 15`00``)
Dear Passengers (dir. Madli Lääne / Estonia / 2022 / 11`00``)
EO DE ME (dir. Viktorie Štěpánová / Czech Republic / 2023 / 05`22``)
Our Pain (dir. Shunsaku Hayashi / Japan / 2022 / 16`08``)
You are Dust (dir. Micael Espinha / Portugal / 2022 / 09`03``)
saudade; (dir. Eimear Young / Ireland / 2022 / 07`25``)
Sunspots (dir. Yannick Mosimann / Switzerland / 2022 / 08`45``)
The Stream XII (dir. Hiroya Sakurai / Japan / 2022 / 03`57``)
Turbulence (dir. Telemach Wiesinger / Germany / 2022 / 15`00``)
XX (dir. Vasja Lebarič, Julij Zornik / Slovenia / 2022 / 10`57``)