22nd IN THE PALACE ISFF, 2025

  • Alessandro Giorgio

    Alessandro Giorgio

     Alessandro Giorgio has a Ph.D in Film History at the University of Turin. He was the general secretary of the Torino Short Film Market from the first edition in 2016 until 2021. Today, he is the programmer of the Italian Short Film Center, ShorTO Film Market and manages the selection of Cinemambiente.
  • Boyana Buchvarova

    Boyana Buchvarova

     Boyana Buchvarova is a Sofia-based production designer who has over 15 years of experience in film, TV, theatre, and events. She is also an Assistant Professor at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) “Krastyo Sarafov”.
  • Darko Masnec

    Darko Masnec

     Darko is an associate professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, within the Department of Animated Film. In addition, he is a member of the advisory board for MyWorld in Bristol and is a part the festival council of Animafest – the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb.
  • Katarzyna Surmacz

    Katarzyna Surmacz

     Katarzyna Surmacz – Director of the Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival (Krakow, Poland). She is currently the Festival Director of Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival.
  • Laurence Boyce

    Laurence Boyce

     Laurence Boyce is an award winning film journalist, a member of FIPRESCI, the London Critics Circle, the European Film Academy and BAFTA. He is currently the chairman of the board of the Short Film Conference, a network of short film organisations from across the globe.
  • Léonore Mercier

    Léonore Mercier

     Léonore Mercier is a filmmaker, composer, and sound artist who creates immersive audiovisual works exploring perception and sensory connections. Her latest film, Sauvage, was selected for the César Awards and awarded at several festivals, including InthePalace, Fipadoc, and Makedox,
  • Mario Radev

    Mario Radev

     Mario Radev is a bulgarian visual artist and filmmaker based in London. He works as a director, animator, visual performer and educator.
  • Mark Brennan

    Mark Brennan

     Mark Brennan is a Festival Strategist & Liaison at the internationally renowned Festival Formula, an agency specialising in festival strategy for short films.
  • Michael Hannigan

    Michael Hannigan

     Michael Hannigan is the co-founder and co-director of the IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland’s largest festival for short films. He has served on the boards of Irish Screen, the Irish Film Institute and the Federation of Irish Film Societies.
  • Momchil Grozdanov

    Momchil Grozdanov

     Momchil Grozdanov studied in High School of Stage and Film Design. Graduated BA and MA in Animation Directing in New Bulgarian University. Animator and director more than 25 years of experience in animation.