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Roma Short Film Festival (5)

Deadlines

19 Dec 2025
Call for entries

30 May 2026
Final deadline

5
mths

31 May 2026
Notification date

06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026

Address

Via Massaciuccoli, 31, 00199, Roma, Roma, Italy

Festival description

Short film festival >1' 50'<

Feature film festival >50'

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 50'<

Feature Films >50'

AI Tools

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 5)

Festival start: 06 June 2026 Festival end: 06 June 2026

Roma Short Film Festival was founded in 2020 by several Iranian and Italian artists. From the very beginning, the festival’s aim was to act as a bridge: introducing Iranian short films to Italian cinema lovers and showcasing Italian cinema to Iranian film enthusiasts.

Over time, this mission grew and began to encompass a much broader range of countries. The festival started modestly by organizing small screenings in both countries and introducing filmmakers from each side to one another. Gradually, the number of non-Italian filmmakers increased, and the event gained a truly international dimension.

Today, filmmakers from all over the world submit their works to the Roma Short Film Festival, and we continue our efforts to serve as a bridge connecting Asian film audiences with European ones.

The festival aims to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to support low budget and underground films that create new experiences and narrate unique stories with limited resources.
Understanding how filmmakers around the world work, how young filmmakers get creative to get past the obstacles of production, and how their attempts can lead to a new form of cinema are among the things we care about. We strive to play a small role in the emergence of the new generation in the world of independent filmmaking by helping young filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers to be heard and to get their messages across.

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The Roma Short Film Festival, Worldwide
We are proud to announce that the Roma Short Film Festival, through inter-festival connections across the globe, has the opportunity to screen accepted films in a different country each time. This global tour of the Roma Short Film Festival provides filmmakers with the chance to share their works with a broader audience—viewers from all over the world, not just Europe. Our focus is on countries with a more diverse audience. We are thrilled to announce that the films of this edition of the Roma Short Film Festival (June 2026) will be screened in Asia, in the Middle East.

Rules

Each submission must be accompanied by a submission fee paid in full and a working screener in order to be considered. Once we have all the necessary materials, the submission will be marked “In Consideration”. It is the submitter’s responsibility to make sure that all submission requirements are met. If your film has not been listed “In Consideration” 7 business days after submission, please contact us to find out what is needed to move your film into consideration.

All projects must be submitted via a secure online screener - either as a password-protected Vimeo, link attached to your submission or uploaded directly to Festhome. Online screeners must be available to stream; we do not accept any films that must be downloaded.

All foreign-language films must be submitted with English subtitles. If we discover a foreign-language submission is missing subtitles, we will attempt to email the submitter for an update. If the submitter fails to provide working subtitles by the final submission deadline, the project will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified without refund of submission fees.

Please review all submission categories carefully before submitting your project. All entrants are required to pay the submission fee of their film’s appropriate category. If you believe you have submitted your film to the wrong category, contact us immediately. While we can typically facilitate a change in category, the entrant will be responsible for any changes in submission fees. We cannot offer partial refunds for categories with a smaller fee. If the new category has a higher fee, the entrant is responsible for paying the difference.

Incomplete projects must be clearly listed as such. Films should be marked as either a “Rough Cut” or “Work In Progress/WIP”. All incomplete materials or changes to be made should be clearly indicated (ex: temporary score, missing VFX, no color correction) both in your cover letter and the film cut itself (ideally as a title card at the start of the film).

The submitter may update their screener up until the final deadline, as long as the link and password for the submission remain the same. Anyway, you should not submit your project if it is not complete enough to adequately represent the final product.

By entering your film for consideration to the Roma Short Film Festival, you authorize that your work is cleared for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein. The submitter and all filmmakers associated with the project shall indemnify and hold harmless the Roma Short Film Festival Short Films Main Competition and any representative or affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

All films under 45 minutes in length are considered short films and all submissions are fairly considered by a broad team of programmers and the date of entry bears no relation to the selection decision.

Short Films Main Competition

Short Films 50'<

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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30 May 26

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This category is for short films only; films with a runtime of 50 minutes or less. The films in this category will be eligible for the main competition for short films.

Best MicroFilm

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
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30 May 26

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Feature Films Competition

Short and Feature Films >50'

Standard Fee 55$
-8% 50.6$
PRO 33% 36.85$

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30 May 26

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Student Films

Short Films 50'<

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
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30 May 26

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Short Documentary

Short Films 50'<

Standard Fee 40$
-8% 36.8$
PRO 33% 26.8$

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30 May 26

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Feature Documentary Films Competition

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 50$
-8% 46$
PRO 33% 33.5$

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30 May 26

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Experimental Films

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 40$
-8% 36.8$
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30 May 26

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This category is exclusive for experimental short films that have a runtime of 50 minutes or less.

Women Empowerment

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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30 May 26

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This category is dedicated to films that have women as their center, and deal with female characters and their everyday struggles. There's three section to this category; documentary, short and feature films, and each category will have a winner separately.

Animations

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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30 May 26

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First Time Filmmakers

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
PRO 33% 20.1$

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30 May 26

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LGBT Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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War Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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Best Actress

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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Best Actor

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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Best Editing

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 25$
-8% 23$
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Best Script

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Film Score

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 25$
-8% 23$
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Best Sci-Fi

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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30 May 26

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Best Thriller

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Horror

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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30 May 26

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Best Comedy

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Sports Films

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
PRO 33% 30.15$

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30 May 26

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Music Video

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 25$
-8% 23$
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30 May 26

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Best Web-series / TV series

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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30 May 26

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Virtual Reality

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
PRO 33% 20.1$

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Religion & Faith

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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This category is for films that deal with religious themes and topics such as God, faith, spirituality and etc. Both short and feature films will be eligible for this category.

Best Dance Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 33% 23.45$

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Best Director

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Trailer

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$
PRO 33% 10.05$

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Best Cinematography

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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All About Cities

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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30 May 26

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A category for films that focus on urban life and show various aspects of life in cities around the world and will feature streets, buildings, architecture and anything else that is related to the urban experience.

Best DisABILITY Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
PRO 33% 20.1$

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30 May 26

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This category is for scripts and films of any type, topic, or length focusing on people with physical or intellectual disabilities as well as people involved in social care and education.

All Categories

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 170$
-8% 156.4$
PRO 33% 113.9$

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Submissions deadline
30 May 26

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Tiny Superstars

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$
PRO 33% 20.1$

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30 May 26

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This category aims to empower young talents, interested and active in filmmaking, acting, story-telling, and animation and encourage competition.

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