White Veil

Žiga Ciber is a Slovenian filmmaker based in Ireland and a student at the National Film School at IADT. His work explores memory, identity, and the relationship between people and their environments through a visually distinctive and experimental approach.

He previously studied Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Power Engineering, where his thesis explored environmental parameters and climate control solutions for the archives of the Slovenian Cinematheque.
In 2021, he completed an internship at the Austrian Film Museum, where he participated in the full process of film restoration and preservation, while also contributing plans for new climate controlled archival storage facilities.

His first-year short film, Losing My Body, received multiple international awards, including Best Overall Short Film and Best Experimental Short Film at the Dublin International Film Festival First Frames (2025), as well as Best Irish Experimental Short Film at the Bloomsday Film Festival (2025). The film has also been screened at the (BAFTA Qualifying) Bolton International Film Festival and Aesthetica Short Film Festival.

His second-year project, White Veil, premiered at the (OSCAR Qualifying) INTERFILM – 41st International Short Film Festival Berlin and was selected for the curated programme at DOK Film Market (DOK Leipzig). The film was also an Official Selection at the 25th DokuFest (European Film Awards & BAFTA Qualifying), Poitiers Film Festival, IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (OSCAR & GOYA Qualifying), Beijing International Short Film Festival and 66th Zlín Film Festival. To date, the film has been officially selected at more than 40 international film festivals and has won several awards, including the BAFTA Qualifying Bolton International Film Festival Best Undergraduate Award, the 27th ShorTS - International Film Festival's Audience Award, and the Emerging Directors Award (EDA) for Best Student Film 2026.