Dieciminuti Film Festival (21)

Festival start: 21 September 2026      Festival end: 26 September 2026

Dieciminuti Film Festival was created in 2005 by IndieGesta. It was able to quickly become one of the events dedicated to short films most important in Italy.

The Festival, whose first 20 editions attended by more than 19,200 short films involving a total of nearly 24,000 spectators, is structured in various competitive sections: Official Selection (for short films up to 10 minutes released after the 1st of January 2025), Extralarge (for shorts between 10 and 15 minutes released after the 1st of January 2025) Animations (animations for up to 10 minutes released after the 1st of January 2025), Doc10 (documentaries for up to 10 minutes released after the 1st of January 2025), Visti da Vicino (for short films up to 10 minutes released by directors coming from the province of Frosinone after the 1st of January 2025).

At the Competitive sections, joins the Dieciminuti Academy, a school of cinema that brings young people of our province to create from scratch a short fiction or animation. The thing that is unique about the festival on the national scene is to be a real school for young people who want to explore the world of cinema. It‘s also very much appreciated the Section Esplorazioni, which allows viewers to get in touch with the short film coming from a different country each year. During last years, the festival has hosted the short unpublished masters of Japanese animation by Studio Ghibli, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the animated short films of the Tehran Film Festival, the short films of Georges Méliès, the avantguardes, the web-series. During the 13th edition was opened also the Futurama Section, dedicated to masterclasses for students.

Cash Prizes: 3,000€

a) Winner of Official Selection: 1.000,00 € + Hercules;

b) Winner of ExtraLarge: 500,00 € + Hercules

c) Winner of Animations: 500,00 € + Hercules;

d) Winner of Doc10: 500,00 € + Hercules;

e) Winner of Visti da Vicino: 500,00 € + Hercules;

f) The Jury will awards also the following prizes: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Photography, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Actor, Best Actress, with the Hercules, the award of the Festival;

IndieGesta APS proudly presents the 21 st edition of international short film festival Dieciminuti Film Festival.

2. Entry to the competition is free and open to all.

3. Each contestant can only enter one short film per category in competition.

The categories forming part of the competition are the following:

Official Selection – short films up to 10 minutes in length, including titles and credits, completed after 1 st January 2025.

ExtraLarge – short films between 10 and 15 minutes in length, including titles and credits, completed after 1 st January 2025.

Animations – animations up to 10 minutes in length, including titles and credits, completed after 1 st January 2025.

Doc10 – documentaries up to 10 minutes in length, including titles and credits, completed after 1 st January 2025.

Visti da Vicino (Seen Up Close) – short films up to 10 minutes in length, including titles and credits, by filmmakers from the province of Frosinone (Italy) completed after 1 st January 2025.

4. There are no restrictions to the subjects treated in short films. Works that participated in one of the previous twenty editions of the competition are not eligible.

5. Entries must be submitted via one of the authorised platforms (Festhome), by filling in all the required
information. In order to be considered for the competition, entries must meet the following criteria:

For short films that are not in Italian, a subtitle track in either Italian or english must be provided. Each entry must be accompanied by a dialogue list, this also applies to short films that are in either Italian or english; The minimum accepted format is 1920x1080p. Entries must be in
mp4 format;

c) The Festival organisers will have to be granted permissions to download the short films submitted, regardless of whether they are uploaded on the authorised platforms or submitted as a Vimeo link.

6. All submissions must be received by 30 th November 2025.

7. The Festival organisers reserve the right to use the
films entered in the competition and any other accompanying material (such as photographs) exclusively in connection with the Festival. When completing the submission form, the rights holder for each individual film may authorise its use, albeit not-exclusively, for other similar events that are not for profit.

8. Authors are the sole responsible for the content of their works and sole holders of the associated rights.

9. The Festival organisers reserve the right to pre-select all entries submitted for public screening and to indicate on the Festival programme, wherever necessary, if a short film is not suitable to persons under 18. The short films selected will be screened during the days of the Festival in the venue provided by the Festival organisers.

10. The authors of the shortlisted films will be informed via email and will be required to provide a copy of their film suitable for projection and without subtitles within 10 days of receipt.

11. The jury will determine the winners for each category in the competition, this decision is final and non-negotiable.

The winners will be announced during the Award Ceremony that will take place on the closing day of the Festival. The winners will be notified per time, and where they are not able to attend the Award Ceremony or ensure the attendance of a suitable delegate, the Festival organisers have the right to not give out the prizes that will not be collected.

12. The prizes that will be awarded are as follows:

The winner of the Official Selection will receive a €1,000 cash prize and the Festival statuette;

The winner of the Extralarge category will receive a €500 cash prize and an award to take home;

c) The winner of the Animations category will receive a €500 cash prize and an award to take home;

d) The winner of the Doc10 category will receive a €500 cash prize and an award to take home;

e) The winner of the Visti da Vicino category will receive a €500 cash prize and an award to take home;

f) The Official Jury will also determine the winners of the following categories: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Actor, Best Actress. The winners of these categories will receive an award to take home.

g) The Festival organisers have the right to refrain from giving out an award for a specific category whenever it is determined the short films submitted are not of a notable standard.

13. The Festival will take place during Summer 2026 in Ceccano (Frosinone, Italy). The dates will be promptly communicated to all participants.

14. By submitting their works to this Festival, authors accept the terms imposed by this document. The Festival organisers have the right to make decisions about cases that are not specifically mentioned in these terms.