The BEST STUDENT ANIMATED FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
We are delighted to announce the BEST STUDENT ANIMATED FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST STUDENT ANIMATION CATEGORY
CAPTIVES (dir. Noémie Polycarpe, Mélodi Baskal, Rose Frappa-Denis, Hugo Barbier, Katia Doze, Lisa Giacobbi, Lisa Sabat / France / 2025)
DEATH'S PEAK (dir. Willy Fair / UK / 2025)
EYE JAM (dir. Julia Jolliffe / UK / 2025)
FOUR WALLS OF MEMORY (dir. Joanna Platek / Poland / 2024)
FRUCTUS FLIEGUS (dir. Emilia Zieser / Germany / 2025)
GENTLY (dir. Jamaica Kindlová / Czechia / 2026)
GONE WRONG (dir. Anne-Linh Jérôme, Ambre Butel, Roman Saunier, Maxime Arnould, Juliette Houël, Adrian Villeda, Alisson Colombe, Ylan Dinguidar / France / 2025)
HAND (dir. Jing Wang / Japan / 2025)
HORDE (dir. Janina Ksieska / Poland / 2025)
HOW TO BUILD A SAND CASTLE (dir. Nour Khamis / Equador / 2025)
IN TEN MINUTES (dir. Xiaoyue Fu / China / 2025)
JOURNEY OF THE STARS (dir. Klaudia Grancová / Slovakia / 2025)
LES VIEUX (dir. Axelle Fuset, Boris Boidron, Fanny Ghesquiere, Lucile Brunet, Jérémy La, Lauren Félines, Maëlys Guillemoteau, Manuel Mabayog / France / 2025)
ME AND YOU AND SMOKE (dir. Rachel Shiloach / UK / 2025)
MOTHER CLAY (dir. Armin Rangani, Raha Amirfazli / USA / 2025)
MOVING MOUNTAINS (dir. Jessica Poon / Germany / 2024)
ON SAINT NICHOLAS' EVE (dir. Emy Mirel Ivasca / Romania / 2025)
STROKES OF WILDFLOWERS (dir. Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins / UK / 2025)
TAUT (dir. Ilya Lorenz Barrett / Germany / 2025)
THE KEY (dir. Magdalena Kalieva / Bulgaria / 2025)
THE LAST GAMMON (dir. Elmaz Ekrem Littlewood / UK / 2025)
THE NEST (dir. Aurélien Coquery, Léa Kermanach, Soline Mauguin, Abel Tixador, Jean Baounon, Romane Selter-Fiette / France / 2025)
THE PEEL (dir. NanTung Lin / Belgium / Finland / Portugal /Taiwan / 2025)
THE PIANO (dir. Avery Kroll / USA / 2025)
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE (dir. Oscar Jacobson / Germany / 2025)
THE WHALE ISLAND (dir. Yan Chen, Yiming Feng, Yici Cao, Yechu Jin / China / 2025)
THERE IS NO JUNGLE (dir. Marcjanna Urbańska / Poland / 2025)
TOWER (dir. Siqi Wei / Japan / 2025)
WARP AND WEFT (dir. Isolda Milenkovic / UK / 2025)
WHEN OCEAN RISES (dir. Yongxin Wang / Germany / 2025)
WISH YOU WERE EAR (dir. Mirjana Balogh / Hungary / 2025)
WOLFIE (dir. Philippe Kastner / Czechia / 2025)
WON’T BE HERE (dir. Jiali Tan, Haoyuan Zhu / China / 2025)
ZǑU (dir. Hannah Wu / UK / 2025)
Thank you all for your film submissions! It was a great pleasure watching your films!
We truly admire all the participants and the immense effort behind these productions. Keep creating, as we hope to see more of your talent soon!
The teams of the selected films can expect an official notification and further details via email. We appreciate your cooperation and can't wait to meet you!
PS: Stay tuned for the selection reveal of the other categories coming soon
