Duemila30

We’re excited to announce that the Duemila30 Festival will be back in 2026, revitalized, reimagined, and ready to celebrate the next generation of social-impact storytellers.
Duemila30 is the world’s leading gathering for emerging filmmakers committed to social impact. Each year, more than 200 young creators from across the globe come together in Milan for four unforgettable days of activities and inspiring connections.
Duemila30 is a community grounded in mutual care, expressed not only through the festival’s processes and programme, but also through the short films it selects. The festival is dedicated to student films that seek to activate processes of re-humanisation, care, and shared responsibility, generally inspired by the UN 2023 Agenda and in line with our declaration of intents (https://www.duemila30.com/spaces).

Duemila30 Festival was created with one main purpose: to connect people and heal our communities of young creatives.
We believe in building spaces where meaningful encounters can happen, where we can all come together through care, to become active makers of an international community of common grounds.
That is why Duemila30 is a festival like no other; a shared space of intentions, focused less on the short films presented and more on the people behind them and the stories they carry.

Over the years, our legacy has helped spread a clear message: cinema can be a tool for connection, not competition. Duemila30 stands apart as an international and diverse film festival where filmmakers from dozens of countries gather annually. This creates a unique environment that not only embraces cultural differences but actively celebrates them. Such diversity is essential to fulfilling our mission of fostering connection and building community. Filmmakers from more than 50 countries come together every year, creating a unique environment where we are part of a process of healing and re-humanisation, celebrating creativity and art as means for the most noble goal: building community.
To make all of this possible, we strive to build opportunities that go beyond the festival itself. While participation is free, and we cover accommodation costs for the majority of participants, joining our community gives you the opportunity to access the entire ecosystem. This includes our film residency programme as well as collaborative production grants.
Duemila30 is not just a festival you attend. It’s a community you become part of.
Submit your social-impact short film and join us for free in Milan.