The BEST STUDENT FICTION FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
We are delighted to announce the BEST STUDENT FICTION FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST STUDENT FICTION FILM CATEGORY
A WARM NIGHT (dir. Andreea Ștefănescu / Romania / 2025)
ALL THAT LIES BENEATH (dir. Jules Roux / Czechia / 2025)
APHRODITE'S ISLAND (dir. Roxani Varela / Greece / 2025)
AUGUST (dir. Dan Grabnar / Serbia / 2024)
CLOTHESPIN (dir. Filip Dučić / Croatia / Poland / 2024 )
CORPS EN CHUTE (dir. Nicolas Schönberger / France / Germany / 2025)
DEAD ROOTS (dir. Meglen Trpkov Anzik / Netherlands / 2025)
DIVE (dir. Nikola Romčević / Serbia / 2025)
DREAM UP THE TITLE (dir. Klaudia Fortuniak / Poland / 2025)
ELECTRICKS (dir. Kryštof Kindl / Czechia / 2025)
EMBLA (dir. Katla Sólnes / Iceland / 2025)
KUDRET (dir. Mehmet Oğuz Yıldırım / Turkey / 2025)
MADE IN X (dir. Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova / UK / 2025)
MITHER (dir. James Fox / UK / 2025)
NESTING (dir. Iyanah Bativala / Czechia / 2025)
NIGHTTIME WITH VAMPIRES (dir. Lina Pavlova / Bulgaria / 2025)
NIKOLA, NIKOLA (dir. Leon Ristov / North Macedonia / USA / 2026)
NOBODY BARKS (dir. Júlia Coldwell Serra / Spain / 2025)
PAST THE HILL OF NAPOLEON'S HAT (dir. Arnas Balčiūnas / Lithuania / 2025)
PEGASUS (dir. Jean-Erasme Giudicelli / France / 2024)
PLEDGE (dir. Kristian Iliev / Bulgaria / 2025)
RISEN FROM RUINS (dir. Harry Besel / Germany / 2025)
SLAP!! (dir. Mikołaj Piszczan / Poland / 2025)
SONATA (dir. Tullio Edoardo Rocca / Italy / 2025)
SYMPHONY OF SKOPJE (dir. Kristijan Kostadinovski / North Macedonia / 2025)
TANDEM (dir. Rafael Karim Kousz / Austria / Germany / 2025)
TARIK (dir. Adem Tutić / Serbia / 2025)
THE BULL (dir. Victor Nauwynck / Belgium / 2024)
THE DOGLEG (dir. Piotr Szubra / Poland / 2025)
THE LAND OF SLUMBER (dir. Jules Vésigot-Wahl / France / 2025)
THE RABBIT IS DEAD (dir. Hanis Bagashov / Bulgaria / North Macedonia / 2025)
TOPSPIN (dir. Michael W Zhang / USA / 2025)
TRANCE (dir. Jona Schloßer / Germany / 2026)
WHERE THE WATER USED TO BE (dir. Vanja Vujin / Serbia / 2025)
WILD CHERRY (dir. Panos Ziogas / Greece / 2025)
WILL-O’-THE-WISPS (dir. Martin Jeřábek / Czechia / 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
