"In the Palace" International Short Film Festival (in bulgaro: Международен фестивал на късометражно кино В ДВОРЕЦА) è un festival cinematografico divenuto, nel corso delle sue quindici edizioni, un festival di grande prestigio in Bulgaria. Presenta ogni anno cortometraggi di diverso genere e stile, purché non superino i 27 minuti. Nato come festival per studenti la cui prima edizione si tenne a Velingrad, dal 2015 diviene itinerante e si sposta nelle città di Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Varna e a Balčik, sul Mar Nero, dove si chiude con la cerimonia di premiazione.
L'obbiettivo principale del Festival è trasmettere e contribuire allo sviluppo dell'arte cinematografica contemporanea in Bulgaria, in Europa e nel mondo; questo scopo è perseguito attraverso la creazione di un ambiente favorevole alla creatività e alla condivisione tra differenti culture a partire dall'organizzazione stessa del festival - che si avvale di giovani volontari provenienti da tutta Europa - e di una piattaforma rivolta sia a filmmakers emergenti che a professionisti affermati.
Programma Il festival "In The Palace" è organizzato da Format SFF Foundation e Community Centre Veshtina in collaborazione e con il supporto della Città di Sofia, il Ministero Bulgaro per la Cultura, il Centro Cinematografico Nazionale Bulgaro, il Palazzo Nazionale della Cultura e l'Università di Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski”. Il festival ha carattere competitivo, comprende le sezioni professionisti internazionali e nazionali e studenti internazionali e nazionali; ogni sezione è divisa nelle seguenti categorie: fiction, documentari, film d'animazione e film sperimentali. Le opere partecipanti vengono selezionate da un comitato di esperti e valutate da una giuria internazionale. Ad ogni categoria viene assegnato un premio.
Oltre alla competizione, durante il festival, sono organizzati degli eventi collaterali come workshops, seminari, conferenze, corsi di regia, cinematografia, sviluppo dei progetti cinematografici, digital art, postproduzione.
Storia Concepito inizialmente come un evento per film prodotti da studenti, viene organizzato la prima volta nel 2003 a Velingrad. Dalla seconda edizione si è trasferito a Balchik, sulla costa bulgara del Mar Nero. Qui la sede del festival era il complesso architettonico chiamato “The Palace”, in precedenza residenza della regina rumena Maria di Edimburgo. Dal 2015, per via della sua crescente popolarità, l'evento principale è stato spostato a Sofia, in dicembre, per poi proseguire a Veliko Tarnovo, Varna e Balchik.
Vincitori Anno Film Regista Paese Premio2025THE EGGREGORE'S THEORYAndrea GatopoulosITBest FictionJAR OF TIMENevena SemovaBGBest DocumentaryFather’s LettersAlexey EvstigneevFRBest AnimationTHE DAY SHE WILL BE BORNEmil SpahiyskiBGBest NationalHumana CorpusCoraline ZoreaFRBest ExperimentalGRANNY MUST DIEYi-Jung ChenTWBest Full-lengthKOKAAliaksandr TsymbaliukPLBest Mid-lengthMAJINIJoshua Neubert, Victor MuhagachiDEBest Student FictionPlacekeepersRobert B HopeGE/USABest Student DocumentaryBRAIDEDChenxi ZhangUSABest Student AnimationA TOI LES OREILLESAlexandre IsabelleCASpecial Mention in FictionUNDER THE SHADY OAKHossein AllahyariIRSpecial Mention in FictionBLOODLINEWojciech WęglarzPLSpecial Mention in DocumentaryLARVALAlice BloomfieldUKSpecial Mention in AnimationBALCONADAIva TokmakchievaBG/FRSpecial Mention in AnimationMY MOTHER IS A COWMoara PassoniBRSpecial Mention in Student FictionTHE RIVERElise LevyFRSpecial Mention in Student FictionTORNSimone Hart, Jón H. GeirfinnssonATSpecial Mention in Student Documentary2024Things Unheard OfRamazan KiliçTRBest FictionSavageLéonore MercierFRBest DocumentaryDuckElie ChapiusCH/BEBest AnimationTwo Times TwoAndrey PaounovBG/DEBest NationalWAVEWIDTHEthann NéonBEBest ExperimentalLIZA, GO ON!Nana JanelidzeBG/GEBest Full-lengthSYNCOPELinus von StumbergCHBest Student FictionModern Masturbation AllegoryXinyi LiUKBest Student DocumentarySuch Miracles Do HappenBarbara RupikPLBest Student AnimationFAMILY PORTRAIT OF THE BLACK EARTHIvan Popov - ZaekaBGSpecial Mention in NationalAlarmsNicolas PanayFRSpecial Mention in FictionANQUE ES SE NOCHEGuillermo García LópezES/FRSpecial Mention in FictionCoalSaman LotfianIRNSpecial Mention in FictionSummertimeSara ScaleraITSpecial Mention in FictionTaste LifeLéo-Antonin LutinierFRSpecial Mention in FictionKnin-ZadarMelita VrsaljkoHRSpecial Mention in DocumentarySalute To The SunDarko MasnecHRSpecial Mention in AnimationDRIJFLevi StoopsBESpecial Mention in AnimationCrustJens Kevin GeorgDESpecial Mention in Student FictionCarry On PaintingJan-Oke JensDESpecial Mention in Student DocumentaryDODOYi LuoDESpecial Mention in Student Animation2023Lou's NeighbourVictoria Lafaurie, Hector AlboukerFRBest FictionBlack WagonAdilet KarzhoevKGZBest DocumentaryThe Business of PleasureGoce CvetanovskiMKBest Full-LengthDog - ApartmentPriit TenderESTBest AnimationCrack of dawnAnna LlarguésESBest Student FictionTown Hall SquareChristian KaufmannDEBest Student AnimationFamiliar StrangerSara Furrer, Fabian LütolfCHBest Student DocumentaryDear PassengersMadli LääneESTBest NationalHow to Bury a DragonMartin MarkovBGBest Experimental2022My eyesTommaso AcquaroneITBest FictionHoly SlutFred MascarasFRBest DocumentaryLOOPPablo PolledriARGBest AnimationRootlessStefani DoychinovaBGBest NationalWall PianoAsma Ghanem Christopher Marianetti Alexia WebsterPSBest ExperimentalLiving All of LifeMarlén Ríos-FarjatMEXBest Student FictionOther HalfLina KalchevaUKBest Student Animation2021Black HoleTristan AymonCHBest FictionMutha & The Death of Ham-Ma-FukuDaniel SuberviolaESBest DocumentaryBoxballetAnton DyakovRUBest AnimationGood Night, LilyPeter VulchevBGBest NationalThe Night Shatters my ShadowsLuis Esguerra CifuentesCOLBest ExperimentalONDINETomasz SliwinskiPLBest Midlength FilmThe DressTadeusz ŁysiakPLBest Student FictionMay The World Not Carry YouRozalia LasPLBest Student Animation2020StickerGeorgi M. UnkovskiMKBest FictionDanielleGareth WarlandSEBest DocumentaryMy Galactic Twin GalactionSasha SvirskyRUBest AnimationThe Night ShiftYordan Petkov, Eddy SchwartzBG/FR/BEBest NationalWhere is Lotte?Petra ZopnekATBest ExperimentalThe Lost ScotJulien CornwallUKBest Student FictionUn Diable Dans La PocheAntoine Bonnet, Mathilde LoubesFRBest Student Animation2019BrotherhoodMeryam JoobeurCABest FictionLifeboatSkye FitzgeraldUSABest DocumentaryHe Can't Live Without CosmosKonstantin BronzitRUBest AnimationTask of The DayPetya ZlatevaBGBest NationalBuzz RiotRudi van der MarweCHBest ExperimentalDouble DFey LehianeNLBest Student FictionThe KiteMartin SmatanaCZ/PL/SKBest Student Animation2018WaveBenjamin Cleary, TJ O'Grady PeytoIRLBest FictionRakijada- Distillated Village TalesNikola IlicCH/SRBBest DocumentaryConfinoNico BonomoloITBest AnimationBango VasilMilen Vitanov, Vera TrajanovaBG/DEBest NationalShadowsVictoria KarakolevaBGBest Student FictionThe SandmanLauren KnappUSABest Student DocumentaryHappy EndJan SaskaCZBest Student Animation2016 - 2017An Ordinary LifeSonia RollandFRBest FictionNobody Dies HereSimon PanayFRBest DocumentaryWoolen CogwheelsBartosz KedzierskiPLBest AnimationMaybe TommorowMartin IlievBG/DEBest National 2015 | International competition Solo Rex François Bierry BE Best Fiction The Beast Daina Oniunas-Pusic PL Special Mention in Fiction Invisible Zofia Pregowska PL Best Documentary Daewit David Jansen DEBest AnimationPatarei PrisonRicard CarbonellES/EEBest Experimental 2015 | National competition Parking Ivaylo Minov BG Best National Auf Wiedersehen Eddy Schwartz & Yordan Petkov BG Special Mention in NationalGrumpy Does RepairsRadostina Neykova & Sofiya IlievaBGSpecial Mention in National 2015 | Student's competition Such a Landscape Jagoda Szelc PL Best Fiction The Forgotten Mauricia Caro CO Special Mention in Fiction Last Base Aslak Danbolt NO/UK Special Mention in Fiction Cipriana Maruani Landa MX/FR Special Mention in Fiction Retracing Merja Hannikainen BA/DE Best Documentary Invisible Zofia Pregowska PL Special Mention in Documentary What I Forgot to Say Patrick Buhr DE Best AnimationRubbishAngella LipskayaRUSpecial Mention in Animation The Revolution Hunter Margarida Rego PTBest Experimental Four Domestic Episodes Under a Beautiful Stormy Day Mariano Leguizamón ARSpecial Mention in ExperimentalBandit and The RamAlberto IordanovBGBest National2014Belinda BeautifulMarianne BlicherDKBest International FictionStereo LoveMartin IlievBGBest Bulgarian FictionThe VisitMatej BobrikPLBest DocumentaryChoir TourEdmunds JansonsLVBest Animated FilmButter LampHu WeiCN/FRBest ExperimentalHeart of LeadSlava DoytchevaBG/UKEuroshorts Special MentionThe Haunted House of MusachevoEmil DenevBGPitching Technical Support AdwardThe HouseYana TitovaBGPitching Grant Gold BullionNewton's First LawPiero MessinaITSpecial Mention for CinematographyButter LampHu WeiCNGrand Prix Silver PrincessThe WayMax KsjondaUABlack Sea Competition Special MentionLadaDieter DeswarteRUBest Black Sea ShortAbracadafartJean-Luc SlockBEBest Animated Film 2013 Loneliness Liova Jedlicki FR/RO Grand Prix Silver Princess Barvalo Rasmus Kloster Bro DK Best International Fiction Botev is an Idiot Deyan Bararev BG Best Bulgarian Fiction Dogs Pedro Pío CU Best Documentary The Visitor George deChev BG/NL Best Animated Film Eat Moritz Krämer DE Best Experimental 2012 | International competition The Factory Aly Muritiba BR Best Fiction One More Time! Pavlyicheva Nataliya, Ovchinnikova Ekaterina, Okruznova Tatyana, Yakhyaeva Alina, Petrova Elena, Arkhipova Mariya RU Best Animation Machine Man Roser Corella, Alfonso Moral ES Best Documentary The Night of the Moon Has Many Hours Mauricio Arango CO/US Best Experimental 2012 | National competition The Paraffin Prince Pavel G. Vesnakov BG Best National Father Ivan Bogdanov BG/HR/DE Best Animation Section 59 David Djambazov, Anna Stoeva BG Best Documentary Rew Day Svilen Dimitrov BG Special mention 2011 Dissection of a Storm Julio Soto Gúrpide ES Best Film Mother Jakub Piatek PL Best Documentary The Order Of Things César Esteban ES Best International Trains Pavel G. Vesnakov BG Best National Danny boy Marek Skrobecki CH Best Animated Film Her mother's daughters Oonagh Kearney IE Best Experimental Oliviero Toscani – The Rage Of Images Peter Scharf, Katja Duregger DE Best TV Film 2010 Uerra Paolo Sassanelli IT Best Fiction Thank You Skinhead Girl Sharon Woodward UK Best Documentary Ru Florentine Grelier FR Best Animation Gardens of Concrete Genka Shikerova BG Best TV Film 2009 Hammerhead Sam Donovan UK Best Fiction Rough Cut Firouzeh Khosrovani IR Best Documentary Three Of Us Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni IN Best Documentary Mrs. G. Michal Zabka CZ Best Animation Bulgaria: The Traces Of Terrorism Kanna Racheva BG Best TV Film 2008 Friend's Place, Enemy's place Elham Hosseinzadeh IR Best Fiction Zohar Yasmine Novak IL Best Fiction 2007 The T-shirt Hossein Martin Fazeli SK Best Fiction Sona and her family Daniela Rusnokova SK Best Documentary T.O.M. Tom Brown, Daniel Gray UK Best Animation A little tiger Anna-Carin Andersson SE Special Jury Award 2006 Quick View Matjaz Ivanisin SI Grand Prix Ousmane Dyana Gaye FR/SN Best Fiction The Intimacy of Strangers Eva Weber UK Best Documentary Rabbit Run Rake UK Best Animation Motodrom Jörg Wagner DE Special Jury Award 2005 Grief Daniel Lang DE Best Fiction Belgrad Backspin Anne Misselwitz, Moritz Siebert, Margarete Misselwitz DE Best Documentary Badgered Sharon Colman UK Best Animation 2004 America Sigal Mordechai IL Grand Prix Public / Private Christoph Behl AR Best Fiction Bourgas by Taralezhkov Dimitar Taralezhkov BG Best Documentary Brand Spanking John-Paul Harney UK Best Animation 2003 Resurrection Petar Valchanov BG Best Fiction
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