| IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival | |
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| Location | Bulgaria |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Language | International |
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IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Film Palace Fest)(Bulgarian: Международен фестивал за късометражно кино В ДВОРЕЦА) is the largest and most prestigious cinema forum in Bulgaria, presenting films from all styles and genres of length up to 45 minutes. It is held each year in late June in the Black Sea town of Balchik.
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.
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The festival has a competitive character including International and National 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 marketing in the film industry.
Recently, the Festival features a qualified market for short films and projects.
The 10th edition of the In The Palace ISFF will happen between June 29th and July 7th, 2012.
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.
| Year | Film | Director | Country | Award |
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| 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 |