Fantafestival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale del Film di Fantascienza e del Fantastico; English: International Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Show ) is a film festival devoted to science fiction, fantasy and horror films that is held annually in Italy since 1981.

Fantafestival takes place every year in Rome. In the past years, while maintaining its headquarters in Rome, some editions were held in contemporary in different Italian cities like Milan, Naples, Genoa, Verona, Parma and Ravenna.

For more than 40 years, Fantafestival has been one of the leading Italian events specialized in fantastic films and one of the most important international events of this kind. It has presented and launched in Italy many filmmakers who later would become among the most popular in the fantastic film world.

Awards & Prizes

Golden Bat
- Best Fantastic Feature
- Best Fantastic Short

Rules & Terms

Accepted submissions include movies, shorts and occasionally documentaries belonging to the fantastic genre (science fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal and all related genres).

Films can be submitted in English or Italian language. We accept any other spoken language as well, but English or Italian subtitles must be provided.

By submitting your work to Fantafestival you authorize the use and the storage of the personal data hereby included. These data will be kept safely, they will not be given to third parties and they will be used exclusively for the intended purposes, which are the selection and promotion of works for the Fantafestival.

Should the work be selected, you authorize the public screening during the Fantafestival. You also authorize the use of the artworks and the pictures provided for promotional purposes and their inclusion in the Fantafestival’s catalogue.

You hold the rights indicated in article 7 of Italian legislative decree 196/2003: at any time you can ask which data of yours are in our archive, you can ask to remove them, to modify them, or to make them anonymous. The owner of the data is: Sfera sas - P.IVA 10917021007.

Regulation: https://www.fanta-festival.it/Fantafestival2026REGOLAMENTO-eng.pdf
For any further information please contact: info@fanta-festival.it
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  • Aqua Arida

    Ringraziamo ancora Paolo Gaudio, Fabio Morgan e tutto il team del Fantafestival. Il nostro cortometraggio Haiku 27 ha ricevuto ben due riconoscimenti. Un evento pregno di cultura e passione verso il cinema di genere. Una delle esperienze più belle fin'ora ad un festival. Consigliatissimo a esordienti e non.

    April 2026
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  • F Ferrario

    I attended only the night with the animation focus, but it was great: warm welcoming and good audience.

    December 2025
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  • Cassandra Sechler

    I feel honored to have had my short The Return of the Näcken included this year’s Fantafestival. I applaud this festival for their great communication, quality program, and marketing. While I unfortunately couldn’t attend, I could feel their enthusiasm, support for filmmakers, and passion for genre films through their social media posts. It was so nice to see all the pictures and videos posted from the festival—I truly wished I could have been there! I definitely recommend this festival to other filmmakers.<3

    December 2024
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  • Giulio Golfieri

    Un onore e una grandissima emozione aver potuto essere selezionato in uno dei festival di genere più importanti al mondo.

    December 2024
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  • Pierfranco Allegri

    Grazie per questo fantastico FantaPitch!!

    December 2024
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