20th IN THE PALACE ISFF, 2023
Best Short Student Documentary
Awards:
“Familiar Stranger”
by Sara Furrer and Fabian Lütolf
Winner:

Familiar Stranger
Sara Furrer and Fabian Lütolf
Switzerland,
Documentary,
19'24''
A road movie about family and identity.
Best Short Experimental
Awards:
“Dear Passengers”
by Madli Lääne
Winner:

Dear Passengers
Madli Lääne
Estonia,
Experimental,
11'00''
A restless longing spreads inside the city bus.
Best National Film
Awards:
“How to Bury a Dragon”
by Martin Markov
Winner:

How to Bury a Dragon
Martin Markov
Bulgaria,
Fiction,
30'00''
In a small Bulgarian town an aging homophobic wood-carver receives a tragic news which awakens his buried shame and anger.