International Student Competition 2024
47th Drama International Short Film Festival
1. Sea Salt, Leila Basma
2. Leli’s Friend, Sawanti Das
3. Rising Above, Natálie Durchánková
4. Falling, Anna Gyimesi
5. Renaissances, Naomi Noiret
6. Slimane, Carlos Pereira
7. Say Wuff!, Fabian Podeszwa
8. No Future Kids, Eleni Poulopoulou
9. Dracaena, Sofia Priovolou, Ioannis Panagiotidis
10. Obituary Service for You, María Salafranca
11. Vic, Luis Schubert
12. The Sea in Between, Lun Sevnik
13. As If Mother Cried That Night, Hoda Taheri
The posters of the films of the International Student Competition 2024
Τhe Jury of the International Student Competition
Niels Putman
Céline Roustan
Vicky Papadopoulou
Niels Putman
Niels Putman is the artistic director of Kortfilm.be, the online hub for (Belgian) short films, and co-founder and chief editor of the short film magazine Talking Shorts. As a freelance film programmer and curator, he is currently affiliated with Fantoche Int’l Animation Film Festival (CH), Film Fest Gent (BE), and the video-on-demand platform Avila (BE). He has contributed as a guest curator to festivals in Quebec City, Dresden, and Poznan. Niels holds a Master’s degree in Film Studies & Visual Culture (University of Antwerp), and Audiovisual Arts (RITCS, Brussels). His work as a journalist and critic has been published in several Belgian outlets, including De Standaard, Etcetera, and Fantômas. He has served on (press) juries at international film events in the likes of Tampere, Cannes, and Festival Regard and is an official member of the Belgian Film Press Union and FIPRESCI.
Céline Roustan
Céline Roustan is a film curator with almost a decade of experience. Senior programmer at the website Short of the Week, she also programmes short films at the Palm Springs ShortFest and SXSW where she also programmes features. She has previously programmed for the Dublin International Film Festival, SFFILM and currently contributes to the programmes of the Festival de Cannes Short Film Competition, TIFF ShortCuts, Aspen ShortsFest and IDFA.
Vicky Papadopoulou
Vicky Papadopoulou was born and raised in Halandri, Athens. A graduate of G. Theodosiadis Athens Drama School, she has collaborated with the National Theatre, Karolos Koun Theatro Technis, Neos Kosmos Theatre, Piraeus Municipal Theatre, and other theatres. She made her film debut with the fiction feature Dying in Athens, directed by Nicos Panayiotopoulos. She took part in the films Small Crime, directed by Christos Georgiou, Christmas Tango directed by Nicos Koutelidakis, Stratos and Ballad for a Pierced Heart, directed by Yannis Economides, as well as Smuggling Hendrix by Marios Piperides. For her performance in Stratos, she received the Best Performance Award by the Hellenic Film Academy. On TV, she has collaborated with Nicos Perakis, Pigi Dimitrakopoulou, Christoforos Papakaliatis, Stefanos Blatsos, Panos Kokinopoulos, Vardis Marinakis, Giorgos Gikapeppas.