The 24Frame Future Film Festival is the first Italian festival dedicated to animated films, VFX and media arts. It is is an annual event that brings together art, the film industry and new technologies. Since 1999, FFF is rocking the world to the rhythm of animation, aiming to inspire and to highlight the sector’s creative dynamism and richness.

From the exclusive presentation of the freshest animation projects, to showcasing both the latest and the upcoming trends, while bringing together experienced directors and emerging talents, FFF is a carnival of emotions that takes place in an exquisitely beautiful place: Italy’s Emilia-Romagna Region.

The Festival wants to be the place where inspiration meets creativity, exchange of ideas, innovation and animation; a place that can identify and satisfy the needs of a community brought together by its passion and commitment for animation and visual effects. 24FrameFFF has always been one of the most important national and international events dedicated to animation and visual arts.

Animated cinema is our passion. But not only. For us, it is the peak of contemporary art that aims at synthesis, at ceaseless interaction between sign and meaning where spectators become players, users, and content creators themselves, in a world and the many different universes that look towards the future while constantly changing shape and meaning.

Other than animation, we also enthusiastically explore visual effects, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, the metaverse, video mapping and much more.

You can submit your work in one of these four categories:
- feature film in animation and/or with vfx
- short film in animation and/or with vfx
- series in animation and/or with vfx
- new frontiers for works in 360, AR, VR

Regulations for the Registration to the 24FRAME Future Film Fest 2025 Competitions

Before submitting your film, please carefully read the following regulations:
The 25th edition of 24 FRAME Future Film Fest will take place from April 9 to 13, 2025, in Bologna.
• Films must have been produced after September 2023.
• By submitting a film, it does not automatically qualify for selection in the 24FRAME Future
Film Fest. If selected, the decision will be communicated to the e-mail address provided
during registration by February 28, 2025.
• For feature films not in Italian, the 24FRAME Future Film Fest will create Italian subtitles.
Therefore, a full screener of the film along with a dialogue list (preferably in English and in
.srt format) must be provided. Subtitles will not be created for short films.
• If the submitted film is selected, by registering, you authorize the organization to screen the
film during the event dates and use it for the creation of promotional materials, along with
the materials provided during registration (images, posters, trailers, etc.).
• If selected, you authorize the Festival to include the film in its digital archive and make it
available for online streaming (geo-blocked in Italy) on the MyMovies.it platform during the
festival period. If you do not wish to allow streaming, please indicate this in the registration
form. For any doubts, you can contact us at apply@futurefilmfestival.it.
• After the selection process is completed, the Festival will send a participation contract to
the directors/producers of feature films, which must be filled out, signed, and returned.

Since 2023, the 24 FRAME Future Film Fest has undertaken a path of sustainability awareness.
Among the awards given, the Green Future Award will be presented to works entered in the competition that best reflect environmental issues and the goals of the 2030 Agenda.