In the Palace International Short Film Festival
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| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://inthepalace.com |
In The Palace International Short Film Festival (Film Palace Fest; Bulgarian: Международен фестивал за късометражно кино В ДВОРЕЦА) is one of the largest and most prestigious cinema forum in Europe, presenting films from all styles and genres of length up to 27 minutes. It was held each year in late June in the Black Sea town of Balchik. In 2015, because of its growth and popularity, the main event was held in Sofia in December.
The main objective of the Festival is to present and contribute to the development of contemporary film art in Bulgaria, Europe and the world, creating a favorable environment and platform for young filmmakers and established professionals.
Program
IN THE PALACE is organized by Format SFF Foundation and Community Centre Veshtina in partnership and with support of Sofia Municipality, Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, Bulgarian National Film Centre, National Palace of Culture and Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
The festival has a competitive character including International, National and Student's competitions. The participating films are determined by a selection committee and evaluated by an International jury. There is an award fund allocated for the fiction, documentary, animation and experimental film categories.
Traditionally, within the Festival are held training programmes, seminars, lectures, master classes in directing, cinematography, development of film projects, digital art, post-production, PR and a qualified market for short films and projects.
History
Conceived initially as a forum for student films, the Festival is held for the first time in 2003 in Velingrad. Since its second edition, the Festival is hosted by the town of Balchik, situated on the Northern Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. Venue of the festival is the architectural park complex "The Palace", former residence of the British princess and the Romanian Queen Marie of Edinburgh. Since 2015 because of its growth and popularity, the main event is held in Sofia during December.
Winners
| Year | Film | Director | Country | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | DE | Best Animation | |
| Patarei Prison | Ricard Carbonell | ES/EE | Best Experimental movie | |
| 2015 | National competition | Parking | Ivaylo Minov | BG | Best Bulgarian movie |
| Auf Wiedersehen | Eddy Schwartz & Yordan Petkov | BG | Special Mention | |
| Grumpy Does Repairs | Radostina Neykova & Sofiya Ilieva | BG | Special Mention | |
| 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 Animation | |
| Rubbish | Angella Lipskaya | RU | Special Mention in Animation | |
| The Revolution Hunter | Margarida Rego | PT | Best Experimental movie | |
| Four Domestic Episodes Under a Beautiful Stormy Day | Mariano Leguizamón | AR | Special Mention in Experimental Category | |
| Bandit and The Ram | Alberto Iordanov | BG | Best Bulgarian movie | |
| 2014 | Belinda Beautiful | Marianne Blicher | DK | Best International Fiction |
| Stereo Love | Martin Iliev | BG | Best Bulgarian Fiction | |
| The Visit | Matej Bobrik | PL | Best Documentary | |
| Choir Tour | Edmunds Jansons | LV | Best Animated Film | |
| Butter Lamp | Hu Wei | CN / FR | Best Experimental Film | |
| Heart of Lead | Slava Doytcheva | BG / UK | Euroshorts Special Mention | |
| The Haunted House of Musachevo | Emil Denev | BG | Pitching Technical Support Adward | |
| The House | Yana Titova | BG | Pitching Grant Gold Bullion | |
| Newton's First Law | Piero Messina | IT | Special Mention for Cinematography | |
| Butter Lamp | Hu Wei | CN | Grand Prix Silver Princess | |
| The Way | Max Ksjonda | UA | Black Sea Competition Special Mention | |
| Lada | Dieter Deswarte | RU | Best Black Sea Short | |
| Abracadafart | Jean-Luc Slock | BE | Best 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 Film | |
| 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 Film |
| 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 Film | |
| Trains | Pavel G. Vesnakov | BG | Best National Film | |
| Danny boy | Marek Skrobecki | CH | Best Animated Film | |
| Her mother's daughters | Oonagh Kearney | IE | Best Experimental Film | |
| Oliviero Toscani – The Rage Of Images | Peter Scharf, Katja Duregger | DE | Best TV Film | |
| 2010 | War | Paolo Sassaneli | 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 |
2015 International competition
BEST FICTION
"Solo Rex" (Belgium, 2014, 22'42'')
Director: François Bierry
SPECIAL MENTION IN FICTION
"The Beast" '(Croatia, 2015, 20'27'')
Director: Daina Oniunas-Pusic BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Invisible" (Poland, 2014, '22'')
Director: Zofia Pregowska
BEST ANIMATION
"Daewit" (Germany, 2014, 15')
Director: David Jansen BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIE
"Patarei Prison" (Estonia, 2015, 3')
Director: Ricard Carbonell
2015 National competition
BEST BULGARIAN MOVIE
"Parking" (Bulgaria, 2014, 18'56'')
Director: Ivaylo Minov
SPECIAL MENTION
"Grumpy Does Repairs" (Bulgaria, 2015, 8'30'')
Director: Radostina Neykova, Sofiya Ilieva
SPECIAL MENTION
"Auf Wiedersehen" (Bulgaria, 2015, 16'01'')
Director: Eddy Schwartz, Yordan Petkov
References
External links
- In The Palace International Short Film Festival - Official site
- Ministry of Culture, Bulgaria
- National Palace of Culture
- National Film Center