Gulf Of Naples Independent Film Festival (12)

Festival start: 27 November 2026      Festival end: 27 November 2026

The "Gulf of Naples Independent Film Festival" is an event intended to serve as an international showcase for films of various types and gender, in order to promote and spread the art, auteur and experimental films that are not released in cinemas playhouses, to foster dialogue between different experiences and to create a meeting point for the support of cinema culture.

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Short Student SmartPhone
Best Short Animation
Best Screenplay "Elvio Porta Award"
Jury Special Mentions
Festival Special Mentions

Films from all nations will be considered only if they have:

- for Feature Films a minimum length of 60 minutes (excluded are works already projected in any movie theater or who have had a distribution in Italy or abroad)

- for Short Films a length of 25 minutes or less

- for Animation Films a minimum lenght of 10 minutes

- for Documentary a length minimum of 45 minutes

- for Short Documentary a length of 30 minutes or less

- for Student SmartPhone Short film (max 8 m.)*

*Participants in primary and secondary schools (10-18 years old) are considered "students", with an indication of their school and reference teacher.

Discounted fees are available for schools that submit multiple works by students from the same institution.

Works that have already been screened at other festivals or distributed over the internet will also be accepted.

If a film is selected, screening formats allowed are: mov, h264, mpeg4. Other formats must be approved by the Festival Programming Office.
Discounted rates are available to schools that submit several works of their own students
All entry fees are non-refundable.