Casilino Cinema Fest (1)

Festival start: 10 September 2026      Festival end: 10 September 2026

Casilino Cinema Fest – Visioni Fuori dal Mondo is an independent, experimental and underground film festival held in Rome.

The summer edition takes place at Casilino Sky Park, an open-air arena in the heart of the eastern suburbs — a cultural space dedicated to new languages and youth creativity.

The festival showcases short films, debut features, web series, music videos, short documentaries, animations, video art, mockumentaries, and everything that moves beyond conventional formats.

“Visioni Fuori dal Centro” is not just a geographical reference — it’s an attitude.

It’s a gaze that rises outside institutional, academic, or commercial systems. We value hybrid languages, poetic visions, and raw yet authentic gestures.

The festival is accompanied by live performances, installations, and moments of real exchange with the local community.

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Open to filmmakers from all backgrounds, Casilino Cinema Fest aims to be a cultural space where art meets the street, technique meets instinct, and cinema becomes a collective experience

Special Awards:

Visioni Fuori dal Centro Award
For the best work representing suburban stories or perspectives (of any genre, from fantasy to documentary).


Audience Award

Voted by the audience during screenings.

Casilino Sky Award – Best Debut Film
Awarded to the best directorial debut.

Technical & Creative Categories:

Best Short Film
Best Hybrid Work (films that mix fiction/documentary/video art)
Best Microfilm (films under 3 minutes)
Best Documentary Short
Best Music Video
Best Animated Short
Best Academic Short (for film schools)
Best Web Series
Best Web Pilot
Best Production
Best Directing
Best Cinematography
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best Production Design
Best Original Score
Best Sound Design
Best 360° / Immersive Film
Best Drone Film

Submissions are open to all nationalities and languages.

Films that are not in Italian must include English subtitles.

Works already published online are accepted.

Films must comply with the time limits described in each category.

Selected films authorize the festival to screen their work and to use short clips (up to 30 seconds) for promotional purposes.

All rights remain with the authors.

Submission fees are non-refundable.