IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival's blog

OSCAR SEEKER WATCHES SHORT FILMS IN BALCHIK

Linda O. Olszewski – Head Acquisition Executive for Oscar Shorts theatrical, iTunes, VOD, TV and airline releases for the Academy Award nominated short films also known as Oscars will be part of the jury at IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival in Balchik.

One of surprises of the Festival this year is the all-female jury. The jury members are chosen to represent the female empowerment in film industry, which is perceived as a "male territory".

HUNTING FOR OSCAR, INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION & TV OPS

Linda O. Olszewski is not only an Acquisitions Executive of the biggest short film distribution company, Shorts International and their 24 hour short film TV Channels, ShortsHD, She also has an extensive studio feature and doc production background (Shrek, The Road To El Dorado, Prince Of Egypt, Last Images Of War, Los Voladores de Ueuetla, The Life Of David Gale, car-ma, Cannes Or Bust, Reality Bites, Cohen And Tate). She has participated in numerous global film festival juries and panels, where she has made it her mission to explain the ins and outs of the short film world, the path to Oscar and the rules on how to qualify a short for consideration for the Oscar short film live-action, animation and documentary categories. She has served as senior programmer of the Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Programmer for the Newport Beach Film Festival and also as a feature, doc and shorts screener for the Sundance Film Festival. She co-heads world acquisitions of Shorts International Ltd. – the largest company distributing short films and for ShortsHDTV, Shorts on iTunes, Oscar Shorts. She's also a photographer, so if she has her camera with her - be ready to be in a picture.

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT IN BALCHIK

"The increasing number of interesting women in the "male" world of the film industry is a fact so we decided to nominate all-female jury this year. Linda Olszewski is the first of the exceptional International and Bulgarian names which will evaluate the competing films in Balchik from 18 to 25 June this year. We are really glad that she accepted our invitation. This shows our position among the most prestigious international short film events. There are more interesting surprises in the list of jury members and among the festival guests." – said the Festival Director of IN THE PALACE Tsanko Vasilev.