BEST FICTION FILM selection of 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
We are delighted to announce the BEST FICTION FILM selection of 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST FICTION FILM CATEGORY
AGAPITO (dir. Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Romero / Philippines / 2025)
ALI (dir. Adnan Al Rajeev / Bangladesh / Philippines / 2025)
ASTRA LA VISTA (dir. Johannes Bachmann / Switzerland / 2025)
ATLANTIC (dir. Alexander Stamatiadis / Greece / 2025)
BOYS MY AGE (dir. Alexia Roc / Canada / 2026)
BRUTE (dir. Jérémy Comte / Canada / 2026)
CANDY BAR (dir. Nash Edgerton / Australia / 2025)
DEAR MOTHER (dir. Theodor Solin / Sweden / 2025)
DROSERA (dir. Boris Tilquin, Maud Carpentier / Belgium / 2025)
EGO (dir. Vegard Dahle / Norway / 2025)
FANTAS (dir. Halima Elkhatabi / Canada / 2024)
FLYING CARPET (dir. Justin Amorim / Portugal / 2025)
FRECKLES (dir. Nevena Nikolova / Bulgaria / 2025)
GIRLS: SEQUOIA ADVENTURES (dir. Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov / Bulgaria / Italy / 2025)
HOMING (dir. Hansel Rodrigues, Elizabeth Atherton / Spain / 2026)
HYENA (dir. Altay Ulan Yang / China / USA / 2025)
HYSTERICAL FIT OF LAUGHTER (dir. Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević / Croatia / Serbia / 2025)
ICARUS (dir. Christos Kardana / Belgium / France / Greece / UK / 2025)
IN THE NAME OF THE SON (dir. Nikolay Urumov / Bulgaria / 2026)
INHALE (dir. Melana Sokhadze / Georgia / 2024) JACARÉ (dir. Victor Quintanilha / Brazil / 2025)
JAZZ INFERNAL (dir. Will Niava / Canada / 2025)
LAST TROPICS (dir. Thanasis Trouboukis / Greece / 2025 )
LO QUE DESAPARECE (dir. Nono Ayuso, Rodrigo Inada / Argentina / Mexico / Spain / UK / USA / 2024)
NESTLING (dir. Georgi Martev / Bulgaria / 2026)
PALE SUN (dir. Adrian Moyse Dullin, Jawahine Zentar / France / 2026)
SCHROEDINGER'S MAN (dir. Asparuh Frangov / Bulgaria / 2025)
SCRAMBLED EGGS (dir. Daniel Varbanov / Bulgaria / 2025)
SIREN (dir. Marilou Caravecchia-Pelletier / Canada / 2025)
SOS (dir. Anita Morina / Kosovo / 2025)
STARLING (dir. Sara Grgurić / Croatia / 2026)
THE GHOSTS (dir. Federico Papagna / Italy / 2025)
THE MAN IN THE SHOWERS (dir. Hakim Atoui / France / 2025)
THE NEW STATUE (dir. Stefan Dodurov, Nikolay Gunderov / Bulgaria / 2025)
VULTURES (dir. Dian Weys / France / South Africa / 2025)
WHEEE (dir. Kiril Todorov / Bulgaria / 2026)
YELLOW BUCKET (dir. Simon Brooke / UK / 2025)
ZIZOU (dir. Khaled Moeit / Egypt / France / Qatar / 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
