Dubbing Glamour Festival 7th Edition (7)

Início do Festival: 14 Outubro 2025      Fim do Festival: 23 Novembro 2025

The Dubbing Glamour Festival is an audiovisual project presenting a rich program of thematic screenings, a contest, meetings, talk shows, masterclasses, round tables and awards, as well as a day dedicated to film criticism. The entire program revolves around the professional channels connected to the voices of actors and authors, enhancing cinema, dubbing, audiobooks, and the audiovisual industry.

Between October 14 and November 23, the festival unfolds through a series of events culminating at the prestigious Palazzo Ducale, the cultural heart of Liguria, transformed into an open stage where contestants showcase their talent with monologues, self-tapes, and live Dubbing Battles before the audience.

Important partnerships with Universal Pictures International Italy, Dubbing Brothers, MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Company), FEPACI (Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes), Cine-Sud Patrimoine, LibriVivi, and others will provide an immersive experience.

Each year, the festival honors outstanding professionals with special awards. The prizes for the Talent section dedicated to young participants—(work contracts and cash awards)—are further enriched this year by the newly established Critics’ Prize, dedicated to Massimiliano Fasoli.

Jury members and guests for 2025 include:

Eugenio Pallestrini (President, Actor’s Museum)

Laura Colombino (University of Genoa – DLCM)

Gianni Galassi (Dialogue Writer, Dubbing Director)

Daniela Capurro (Artistic Director)

Fabrizio Pucci (Dubbing Director, Voice Actor, Dialogue Writer)

Barbara Casucci (Universal Pictures)

Simona Silvestri & Micaela Prisco (Dubbing Brothers International Italy)

MPLC – Motion Picture Licensing Company

Mohamed Challouf (Director, Critic, Founder of Cine-Sud Patrimoine)

Emanuela Giovannini (Dialogue Writer, Director, Dubbing Director)

Silvia Napolitano (Screenwriter, Professor at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia)

Marco Salotti (Film Critic)

Roberto Silvestri (Film Critic, Host of “Hollywood Party”)

Mariuccia Ciotta (Editor, Il Manifesto; Film Critic)

Doriano Fasoli (Writer, Film Critic)

Dario Picciau (Founder, LibriVivi)

Other high-profile guests will be announced shortly.

The section “Tribute to Massimiliano Fasoli” (with Critics’ Days) includes screenings, film cycles, movie marathons, and critical discussions.

Universal Pictures Films – Restoration Project (in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation):

Silent films

The Man Who Laughs (1928), dir. Paul Leni, 110’

Outside the Law (1920), dir. Tod Browning, 75’

Anniversary: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), dir. Rupert Julian, 101’

Restored sound films

The House of Frankenstein (1944), dir. Erle Kenton, 71’

Werewolf of London (1935), dir. Stuart Walker, 72’

World Cinema Project Films (Film Foundation by Martin Scorsese and Cineteca di Bologna), under the patronage of FEPACI (Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes):

Les Dupes (1972), Tanit d'Or at JCC (1972), Best Restoration, dir. Tawfiq Salah (Syria), 90’

Dahomey (2024), dir. Mati Diop, 67’

Les Anneaux d’or (1956), dir. René Vautier, starring Claudia Cardinale, 18’

Tahar Chériaa: À l’ombre du baobab (2014), dir. Mohammed Challouf, 70’ — dedicated to the founder of JCC (Journées cinématographiques de Carthage)

Oscar-awarded Universal Pictures Films

Renfield (2023), dir. Chris McKay, 93’

Black Phone 2 (2025), dir. Scott Derrickson, 114’

Anora (2024), dir. Sean Baker, 139’

Jurassic World – The Rebirth (2025), dir. G. Edwards, 133’

The Brutalist (2024), dir. Brady Corbet, 216’

Speak No Evil (2024), dir. Christian Tafdrup, 98’

Universal Pictures films for children and accessible cinema (for the visually and hearing impaired):

How to Train Your Dragon (2025), dir. Dean DeBlois, 125’

Wicked (2024), dir. Jon M. Chu, 160’

The Bad Guys (2022), dir. Pierre Perifel, 100’

Call for entries, regulations, and submissions available at www.teatrogag.com

Prêmios em dinheiro: 4,400€

Awards for Excellence in Audiovisual and Dubbing: Lifetime Achievement Awards

Awards for Young Talents:

CRITICS’ AWARD – “Massimiliano Fasoli”
€ 1,500
Recognition plaque

LIVE PERFORMANCE SECTION
Actors / Actresses
1st Prize: € 1,000.00
2nd Prize: € 700.00
3rd Prize: € 200.00

Absolute Emerging Talent Award

DUBBING, AUDIOBOOKS AND PERFORMANCE SECTION

Universal Pictures International Italy
2 dubbing contracts (background voices or minor roles)

Dubbing Brothers International Italy
2 dubbing contracts (background voices or minor roles)

LibriVivi
2 contracts for audiobook / audiodrama narration

Teatro G.A.G.
1 theatrical contract for a stage production

POETRY SECTION
Recognition plaque

COMPANIES
1st Prize: € 1,000.00

The Dubbing Glamour Festival embraces a systemic initiative that, starting from the Call which brings to Liguria actors and author-performers ready to compete for the contracts offered by the Productions, fully invests in cinema, television, dubbing, and the audiovisual industry in general, with a program that also includes film screenings. In the 2025 edition, the relationship with Pan-African cinema will be further strengthened. The Dialogue Writers Section, thanks to an agreement with the DLCM (Department of Modern Languages and Cultures), is open to language students and enthusiasts who will be guided in drafting some of the dubbing scripts for the Dubbing Battles scheduled in the Finals.

The Preselection of films is the result of multi-level curatorial evaluations, based on criteria of artistic excellence, cultural relevance, and thematic consistency.

The preselection for the Awards for Excellence is a process of assessment aimed at identifying professionals and entities who have distinguished themselves for quality, innovation, and significant contributions to the audiovisual and dubbing sector, through targeted criteria and an initial comparative analysis, prior to the final selection.

The selection of contestants represents an initial filtering stage, based on objective criteria and defined artistic parameters, aimed at choosing candidates who meet the required standards and show the greatest potential to advance to the following phases of the talent competition. The auditions are divided into three phases: general, semi-finals, and finals.

SECTIONS

Actors

Live performance

Audiovisual (cinema and dubbing)

Cinema/Video acting

Voice-over / Speakering

Authors

Poetry Section (dialogue writers, screenwriters, poets)

ELIGIBILITY

Participation in the call is open to Italian and foreign actors (both professionals and emerging talents) and author-performers aged 18 or older.