16th IN THE PALACE ISFF, 2019

  • FAISAL QURESHI

    Faisal Qureshi is a producer and scriptwriter with over 20+ years in the industry. His short film work has screened at Bucheon, Huesca, London and Leeds that led him to mentor filmmakers in Pakistan, Syria and Uzbekistan.
  • Rita Capucho

    Rita Capucho is one of the founders and co-director of Porto Femme - International Film Festival, programme director of Femme Sessions and Shortcutz Aveiro.
  • Ali Asgari

    He is a graduated of cinema in Italy. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013. Two of his short films “More Than Two Hours” 2013 and “The Silence” (co directed by Farnoosh Samadi) 2016 were in Short Film competition at Festival De Cannes.
  • Katya Trichkova

    After graduating in law and filmmaking, in 2009 Katya founded and managed Contrast Films, a production company whose main objective is to develop and produce fiction and documentaries.
  • Ognyan Kovachev

    Associate Professor of Comparative Literary History and Founding Co-director of the MA “Literature, Cinema and Visual Culture” Master’s Degree Program at the Faculty of Slavic Studies of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
  • Pascal Reinmann

    He finished his MA in cinematography at the Zurich University of the Arts. For his thesis short film MILLIMETERLE he won the German “First Steps Award” as well as many other awards internationally.
  • Peter Murdmaa

    His journey in the world of film started at an early age when he was actively engaged in photography and camera work. Peter has graduated in cinematography and in film production in Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School of Tallinn University. He has participated in making documentaries as a cinematographer as well a director, also produced short films in fiction
  • Philip Ilson

    He is the Artistic Director of the London Short Film Festival, which he co-founded in 2004.
  • Sandy Lieberson

    He has been a major figure in the film industry in Europe and America since the 1960s, having acted as agent for among others, Sergio Leone, Peter Sellers, Richard Harris, Lindsay Anderson and the Rolling Stones.