BEST FICTION FILM CATEGORY OFFICIAL SELECTION 2025, 22nd IN THE PALACE
We are delighted to announce the BEST FICTION FILM selection of 22nd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST SHORT FICTION CATEGORY
$100 (A HUNDRED DOLLARS BILL) (dir. Momchil Karamitev / Bulgaria / 2024)
A BIRD FLEW (dir. Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz / Cuba / 2024)
A GREAT DAY (dir. Georgi Yovchev / Bulgaria 2024)
A PIECE OF MEAT (dir. Péter Goretic / Hungary / 2023)
A SHORT TRIP (dir. Erenik Beqiri / Albania / 2023)
Á TOI LES OREILLES (dir. Alexandre Isabelle / Canada / 2024)
ANEMOS (dir. Vera Munzi, Caterina Savadori / Italy / 2024)
ANGELA (dir. Brendan Cleaves / UK / 2024)
BALLOONS (dir. Jakub Michnikowski / Poland / 2025)
BARK (dir. Branislav Milatovic / Montenegro / 2025)
BIKEMANIAC (dir. Arturo Artal Lozano, Juan Carrascal Ynigo / Spain / 2024)
BLOODSPORT (dir. Kate Brooke / UK / 2024)
BOYAN AND PETRA (dir. Alexander Milchev / Bulgaria / 2024)
BRIGHT SUMMER DAYS (dir. Nevena Desivojevic / Serbia / 2024)
CAT & MOUSE (dir. Peter Chiviyski / Bulgaria / 2024)
CATS HAVE NO ROOTS (dir. Anthoniy Hristov / Bulgaria / 2024)
CHANGING ROOMS (dir. Violette Gitton / France / 2024)
CHOICE (dir. Marko Crnogorski / North Macedonia / 2025)
DARK ROOM (dir. Julian Rachev / Bulgaria / 2024)
DREAM CAR WASH (dir. Edoardo Brighenti / UK / 2024)
EL CANON (dir. Martín Seeger / Chile / 2024)
ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG (dir. Lili Koss / Bulgaria / 2024)
GEKAS (dir. Dimitris Moutsiakas / Greece / 2024)
GLORIA (dir. Anton Tammi / Finland / 2024)
GOD'S WORK (dir. Maria Ivanova / Bulgaria / 2024)
JUNGLE LAW (dir. Madli Lääne / Estonia / 2024)
JUST KIDS (dir. Alessandro Riconda / UK / 2024)
LEVANTER (dir. Vanina Kondova / Bulgaria / 2024)
LITTLE ATTILA (dir. Gregorio Mattiocco / Italy / 2024)
LITTLE VICTORIES (dir. Rafaël Beauchamp / Canada / 2024)
MANMADE (dir. Plum Stupple-Harris / UK / 2023)
MANUAL OF HAPPINESS (dir. Lora Markova / Bulgaria / 2024)
MAPUTO (dir. Lucas Birolli Abrahão / Brazil / 2024)
MARION (dir. Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine / UK / 2024)
NEXT IN LINE (dir. Seyma Dag / UK / 2023)
ON THE WAY (dir. Samir Karahoda / Kosovo / 2024)
OPLÀ (dir. Giulia Camba / Italy / 2025)
OS CAÇADORES (dir. David Pinheiro Vicente / Portugal / 2024)
PARADISO (dir. Ivan Dimitrov / Spain / 2024)
PIRULETAS (dir. Carlos Martínez Pérez / Spain / 2024)
PREDATOR (dir. Javier Fesser / Spain / 2024)
PUNTER (dir. Jason Adam Maselle / USA / 2024)
RAGAMUFFIN (dir. Kaitlyn Mikayla / USA / 2024)
SAUNA DAY (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash / Estonia / 2024)
SHIFTING TIDES (dir. Yoan Petrov / Bulgaria / 2024)
SILENT STABLE (dir. Nathan Coen / France / 2024)
SIX (dir. Leoni Xerovasila / Greece / 2024)
STEPMOTHER (dir. Negar Naghavi / France / 2023)
THAT'S HOW I LOVE YOU (dir. Mário Macedo / Croatia / 2024)
THE DAY SHE WILL BE BORN (dir. Emil Spahiyski / Bulgaria/Romania / 2025)
THE EGGREGORES' THEORY (dir. Andrea Gatopoulos / Italy / 2024)
THE EXECUTIONER (dir. Delyan Ivaylov Mihaylov / Bulgaria / 2024)
THE FISHERMAN (dir. Peter Raijekov / Bulgaria / 2024)
THE NEXT TIME (dir. Julian Lona / Spain / Argentina / 2024)
THE PEARL COMB (dir. Ali Cook / UK / 2024)
THE SEA IN BETWEEN (dir. Lun Sevnik / Czech Republic / 2024)
THE SINGERS (dir. Sam Davis / USA / 2025)
THE SUNSET TIME (dir. Ognjen Petković / Serbia / 2025 )
THE WORLD SHOULD PERISH (dir. Péter Hajmási / Hungary / 2025)
TIDY HOUSE (dir. Douglas Dezzani / UK / 2024)
ULTRAPOLICE (dir. Thibault Fauconnet / France / 2023)
UNDER THE SHADY OAK (dir. Hossein Allahyari / Iran / 2024)
UNHINGED (dir. Zoe Brennan-Whitmore / Ireland / 2023)
WEIGHT (dir. Dale Leadon-Bolger / Ireland / 2024)
WHAT STAYS AFTER (dir. Dimitris Georgiev / Bulgaria / 2025)
WHY DID YOU COME BACK EVERY SUMMER (dir. Juli Suàrez / Spain / 2024)
WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE HORSE ALONE? (dir. Faouzi Bensaïdi / France / 2024)
YOU`RE STRONG! (dir. Daniel Ahmakov / Bulgaria/Germany / 2024)
ZANGE (dir. Iris Baglanea / Greece / 2024)
