๐ŸŽฌ ๏ผข๏ผต๏ผฆ๏ผฆ๏ผก๏ผฌ๏ผฏ ๏ผฒ๏ผฏ๏ผฏ๏ผด๏ผณ ๏ผฆ๏ผฉ๏ผฌ๏ผญ ๏ผฆ๏ผฅ๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผฉ๏ผถ๏ผก๏ผฌ ๐ŸŽฌ
Next Festival Screening

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ•ง 11:00 to 18:00
๐Ÿ“ Campidoglio - Protomoteca Hall
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Rome, Italy

The location will be
Sala/Hall PROTOMOTECA
Piazza del Campidoglio 1

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LAST YEAR EVENT
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Last Screening event:
5 June 2025
9:00 to 18:00
Campidoglio
in Rome, Italy

The location is
Sala/Hall Laudato Si
Piazza del Campidoglio 1
Festival Program โ€“ Masterclasses, Workshops & Film Screening
๐ŸŽฌ ๏ผข๏ผต๏ผฆ๏ผฆ๏ผก๏ผฌ๏ผฏ ๏ผฒ๏ผฏ๏ผฏ๏ผด๏ผณ ๏ผฆ๏ผฉ๏ผฌ๏ผญ ๏ผฆ๏ผฅ๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผฉ๏ผถ๏ผก๏ผฌ
๐Ÿ“… ๐†๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐๐ขฬ€, ๐Ÿ“ ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐Ÿ“ Sala Laudato Si, Campidoglio di Roma

๐Ÿ•ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ โ€“ ๐€๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š ๏ผ† ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ
๐Ÿ•š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ โ€“ Presentazione staff e saluti istituzionali
๐ŸŽค A cura di Antonella Melito, Consigliera di Roma Capitale
๐Ÿ•ฆ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€“ โ€œNFT non speculativi per cinema, eventi e turismoโ€ | ๐ŸŽ™ Igor W. Schiaroli
๐Ÿ•ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐Ÿด Masterclass Ciak si mangia | Gastone Saletnich
๐Ÿ•› ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐ŸŽฌ Masterclass Le nuove frontiere del cinema | Mirko Alivernini
๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐Ÿ“š Workshop: Laboratorio di Biblioterapia Cine Book | Elena Cattaneo

๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ โ€“ Inizio Proiezioni & Experience โ€œCinema Interioreโ€
๐ŸŽž The Death of the Centurion | Octavian Repede | ๐Ÿ† Best History Film, Short | 20โ€™
๐ŸŽž Only YUDANA | E F BEE (Ami Mochizuki) | ๐Ÿ† Best Documentary, Long | 40โ€™
๐ŸŽž IL RIMBALZO | Cristiano Abbonizio | ๐ŸŽ– Honorable Mention, Vertical Film | 8โ€™
๐ŸŽž No Dreams are Unattainable | Alvaro Dama | 5โ€™
๐ŸŽž Cries from the Cotton Field (Trailer) | Larry D. Foley | ๐ŸŽ– Honorable Mention, Documentary | 4โ€™

๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ โ€“ Masterclass con ๐ŸŽฌ Ranieri de Cinque Quintili (ANICA)
๐ŸŽž Lady Cobra / Una killer in blues | Fabio Giovinazzo | ๐Ÿ† Best Feature Film | 3โ€™
๐ŸŽž Voyagers | Luna Beauvois | ๐Ÿ† Best Animation, Short | 4โ€™
๐ŸŽž The Reach | Luca Caserta | ๐Ÿ† Best Short Film | 28โ€™
๐ŸŽž Echo โ€“ Pilot Episode | Livia Oya Proto | ๐Ÿ† Best Short Film | 15โ€™
๐ŸŽž Florence in Black | Gianpaolo Saccomano | 3โ€™
๐ŸŽž Giordano Bruno: A Mythโ€ฆ a Storyโ€ฆ an Enigmaโ€ฆ | Alberto Negri | ๐Ÿ† Best Documentary, Long | 4โ€™
๐ŸŽž 2080 New Family | ์ตœ์žฌ์šฉ ๊ต์ˆ˜ (Jaeyong Choi) | ๐Ÿ† Best A.I. Video Story | 4โ€™
๐ŸŽž Steel Town Tales | Daniela Offredi | ๐Ÿ… Nominee, VR & 360 Film & Animation | 17โ€™

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐ŸŒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿ“ŒThe Sala Laudato Si is inside Romeโ€™s Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio), near the Aracoeli staircase. Follow the signs to the hall (formerly Sala della Protomoteca) in Palazzo Senatorio. Event staff will assist.

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The event will be hosted by the Rome city Council, in a beautiful historical room. A number of selected projects from previous seasons will be screed during the event.

We believe audiovisual to be the powerful medium to spark conversation, inspire transformation, and bring people together.

By providing a platform for emerging filmmakers, fostering connections between independent and industry professionals, showcasing local projects, and highlighting difficult stories, we hope to create a space for meaningful dialogue and connection through cinema.

Buffalo Roots Film Festival benefits from the expertise of seasoned film industry professionals and the support of wrep.eu. , whose guidance and support has been instrumental in developing the Festival into a space that celebrates independent filmmakers, showcases diverse stories, and fosters connections between professionals and emerging talents in the industry.
Together, we work towards creating an inclusive and welcoming community that brings people together to share unique perspectives, and expose them to Distribution.

Participants can submit their entries only through FilmFreeway.
An initial selection of films is presented to Jurors, each Categoryโ€™s winner will be evaluated by a mixed Jury committee and Jury of Honour.

Objectives

1. Provide a platform for emerging international and local film productions to be screened, showcased and discussed.
2. Foster connections and collaborations between independent filmmakers and industry professionals.
3. Highlight and share local film projects with an international audience, since we believe in cinema's power to transcend borders and bring people together through shared experiences and perspectives, by creating a virtuoso circle.
4. Focus on selecting independent initiatives that cover various genres: we are particularly interested in films where script writing, directing, producing, and post-prod showcase a diverse range of artistic visions and perspectives.
5. Shedding light on difficult topics by means of diverse cinematography languages, that are worth covering.
6. Move away from commercial filmmaking, which, despite being impressive, is often inaccessible.
7. Encourage and participate not only audiovisual also art workshops and initiatives.
8. Explore the concept of self-discovery and self-fulfillment through relationship, utilizing a time constraint.

NOTE:
With free partnership and patronage from the following distinguished organizations:
ANICA National Association of Digital Audiovisual Film Industries - LIBERA UNIVERSITA' DEL CINEMA - Roma Capitale COMUNE DI ROMA

Event and location dates can change.

Each category's winning projects will receive awards certificates, and selected projects will be screened.
Guests of Honour will personally receive our Trophy, an NFT token.

Multiple entries are accepted: each filmmaker is allowed to submit more than one entry, and each entry may be submitted to more than one category.

Entry fees are non-refundable.

Should the film be released online, it is still qualified to enter the Seasonal competition or our Yearly Out of Competition session.

We consider a short film any work with a run time under 30 minutes.

Films of all languages can submit, with either English or Italian subtitles.

We may display promotional material from submitted films during the festival or on our website, this is not a guarantee that all films submitted and accepted will be promoted.

By submitting your film, you grant Buffalo Roots Film Festival permission to show it entirely or portions of it, both at the current Festival edition, its events, or presentations for marketing purposes also.

Overall Rating
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Hospitality
Networking
  • I hope you are healthy and happy. ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒน
    I am grateful to you and all the loved ones who were kind enough to make the short film Scorpio Embryos . At a time when I was not even allowed to work in my own country, you were kind enough to accept our presence and my prayers are with you. It is an honor to be with you.
    Wishing you and all the artists continued success for your festival.
    Thank you very much for making our film proud.
    Thank you Buffalo roots๐Ÿ’™โค๏ธ
    It was an honor for me to be in italia. What a lovely moment and I will never forget your kindness.
    Mohammad rasai
    Scorpio embryos

    January 2026
  • I was very happy that my movie was selected to be screened at the Buffalo Roots Film Festival. Unfortunately, I only received this good news after the festival was over. Thank you again very much ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

    July 2025
    Response from festival:

    Hi, and thank you for sharing your experience! You're still able to enjoy the benefits, even a few months later.
    As a general practice, we donโ€™t usually include newly awarded projects in our immediate screenings, since the program is finalized several weeks in advance. Filmmakers who receive awards close to an event date are typically considered for future editions instead.

  • It was a tremendous pleasure to participate in this festival and receive an award in the "A.I. videostory" category for my AI film, "Test Strike." I thank the esteemed jury for such high recognition of my work! Without a doubt, I will continue to participate in this festival in the future.

    June 2025
    Response from festival:

    Dear Pavlo Karusenko,

    We were very happy and proud to showcase your cinematic work.
    Our greatest joy comes from being able to give as much space as possible to independent filmmakers.

    Wishing you all the best in your journey ahead!

    Best regards,

  • Alberto Negri

    Un evento davvero speciale - di grande spessore critico e tanta umanitร . Onorato di aver partecipato. Grazie

    June 2025
    Response from festival:

    Caro Alberto Negri,

    Siamo stati molto felici e orgogliosi di poter proiettare la tua opera cinematografica.
    La nostra piรน grande soddisfazione รจ poter offrire il massimo spazio possibile ai filmmaker indipendenti come te.

    Ti auguriamo un ottimo proseguimento nel tuo percorso artistico!

    Un caro saluto,
    Il Team del Festival

  • Luca Caserta

    Una bella esperienza nella prestigiosa Sala della Protomoteca in Campidoglio a Roma. Il Buffalo Roots Film Festival รจ una kermesse indipendente di rilievo, ricca di passione e incentrata sulla produzione cinematografica indipendente. Di notevole fascino il nome della manifestazione, che richiama il concetto della transumanza, del viaggio e della migrazione, insiti nella natura stessa dell'essere umano. Grazie alla Giuria per aver conferito il premio Best Short Film al mio film "The Reach"! E' stato un piacere essere ospite del vostro rinomato evento.

    June 2025
    Response from festival:

    Caro Luca Caserta,
    le tue parole ci riempiono di orgoglio e gratitudine.

    La tua presenza e la qualitร  della tua opera hanno reso ancora piรน speciale questa edizione del Buffalo Roots Film Festival. Il riconoscimento al tuo cortometraggio "The Reach" รจ stato meritatissimo: un lavoro intenso e raffinato che incarna pienamente lo spirito del nostro festival.

    Il tuo riferimento al significato profondo del nome della kermesse ci ha toccato: proprio quel senso di viaggio, migrazione e transumanza รจ il filo rosso che cerchiamo di celebrare attraverso il cinema indipendente.

    Speriamo di rivederti presto, con nuove storie da condividere.
    Un caro saluto da tutto il team del festival!