ilcorto - Festa Internazionale Di Roma 2025 (17)

Festival start: 18 December 2025      Festival end: 21 December 2025

Info on the INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM COMPETITION GRAND PRIX “ilCORTO - INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2025“ 17th edition - FREE registration - Deadline: 15 NOVEMBER 2025 - Maximum duration of 52 minutes - And to give greater visibility to the works submitted, hundreds of Short Films will be selected for the “Short Film Marathon - International Rome Film Festival 2025” (12 afternoons of screenings with free admission from 15 to 26 October at the Cine-Teatro Della Forma in Rome). Send the short film and the registration form via file transfer software, even free, such as WeTransfer.com, to the email: concorso@ilcorto.eu

♦ GRAND PRIX “ilCORTO - Festa Internazionale di Roma 2025” for Best Short Film (1st overall prize)
♦ Best Director
♦ Best Screenwriter
♦ Best Director of Photography
♦ Best Actor / Actress
♦ BEST SHORT FILM ON THE THEME: "CORTI A.I."
Award for the best short film created with the support of Artificial Intelligence for at least 50% of its production.
♦ BEST SHORT FILM ON THE THEME: "THE OTHERS"
Award for the best short film that responds to the proposed theme, in its widest acceptance, in the valorization of diversity, therefore against intolerance, prejudices and clichés.
♦ BEST SHORT FILM ON THE THEME: "MADE IN ITALY"
Award for the best short film that combines its story with a theme of Italian excellence, dealing with the success of Italian creativity, quality and craftsmanship.
♦ SHORT FILMS BY NEWCOMERS
Best New Director (first short film as director)
Best New Screenwriter (first written screenplay)
♦ BEST SHORT FILM
Of total duration less than 5 minutes.
♦ BEST LONG SHORT FILM
Of duration more than 30 minutes with a maximum of 52 minutes.
♦ BEST SHORT FILM BY FILM SCHOOLS - UNIVERSITIES
Award for the best short film made by students enrolled or graduated in the year 2024-25 at Italian or foreign, public or private universities and film schools.
♦ BEST SCHOOL SHORT FILMS
Awards for the best short films made by students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year
in Italian Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools.
♦ BEST SHORT FILM MADE WITH A SMARTPHONE
♦ BEST DOCUMENTARY
♦ BEST VIDEO ART SHORT FILM
♦ BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
♦ BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
♦ BEST FOREIGN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
♦ BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM
♦ BEST SCRIPT (not yet made)

Other sections, events, screenings and awards may be added later.

Italian and foreign directors who send their short films through platforms such as FESTHOME without attaching the relevant Registration Form, are automatically inserted in the Free Theme section unless otherwise specified by email; in any case, with the insertion in the section of the platform of our festival, each Author automatically APPROVES the acceptance of ALL the rules of this Competition even if he does not send the Third page of the Registration Form which is considered filled in, signed and automatically sent with a YES to the Authorization for Public Screenings such as the short film marathons and marathons organized by us, and simultaneously declares to indemnify the Italian cultural association ILCORTO.IT from any problem that may arise.