IN THE PALACE is now an OSCAR® qualifying festival in one more category

We are happy to share the great news!
IN THE PALACE`s OSCAR® qualifying status has now been confirmed by the American Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences for the next 3 editions of the festival.
There is one more – a whole new category to add! BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM category of IN THE PALACE is now Academy Awards® qualifying competition category.
Thank to everybody who hardly worked for this achievement - we will keep doing all of our best to continue supporting short films society worldwide! <3
IN THE PALACE is an OSCAR® qualifying event since 2018 when for a very first time we supported “our” first films – the winners of 15th festival edition – for the Academy`s consideration. For this period the festival was only certified for the categories in the international short film competition, as follows: BEST FICTION, BEST ANIMATION and BEST NATIONAL FILM.
Here you can find Academy’s qualifying and eligibility rules: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility
IN THE PALACE become also Student Academy Awards® qualifying. The mechanism here is a bit different. Student films shall register 3 Official Selections by Student Academy Awards® qualifying festivals in order to be eligible to enter the biggest competition.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you need some information regarding submissions, eligible criteria, etc. – we are happy to help.