The 10° Festival Internacional Signes da Noite - Urbino (23th International Festival Signs of the Night - Italy) will take place in from April 2-6, 2025 at Urbino, Italy.

Founded 2003 in Paris the International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT had become a multinational meeting place and is today active in form of competition and focus programs in Berlin, Lisboa, Bangkok, Berlin, Tucuman and Urbino. In these last years we have presented some thousand films from around 70 countries in our principal yearly festivals and on the same time in around 140 programs in collaboration with cultural institutions and festivals in up to now 35 countries, among those Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Peru, Russia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, United States ...

The intention of the festival is to search and present films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. Beside conventional aesthetics we want to give access to astonishing, strange, surprising and sometimes provocative works, for a cinema that expands its own boundaries, celebrating confrontations, tolerance and sensitivity for cultural differences, independence and individuality, ready to open up for unpredictable experimentation. In short: new aesthetics are welcome.

For each festival, we compose new programs and invite a different jury.

Awards & Prizes

**** SHORT FILM *** and *** CiINEMA IN TRANSGRESSION ***

Main Award
Without restrictions

Signs Award
The Signs Award honors films, which treat an important subject o in an original, convincing and surprising way.

Night Award
The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and complexity, which keeps mind and consideration moving.

Edward Snowden Award (optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensible (mostly)
unknown information, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.

JURY AWARD (optional)
Every international jury can declare one Jury Award for a special aspect or quality of a film.

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*** DOCUMENTARIES ****

MAIN AWARD
Without restriction.

SIGNES AWARD
The Signs Award for Documentary honors films, which express in a surprising and sensitive way the perturbing aspects of reality.

NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award for Documentary honors films, which represent reality
in an ambivalent and enigmatic way, avoiding stereotypes of
representation and simple conclusions.

EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD (Optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensitive (mostly)
unknown information, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD (optional)
Every international jury can declare one Special Award for a special aspect or capacity of a film.

Rules & Terms

For the Cinema in Transgression ("Experimental") and the Documentary
Competition, no time limitation (short and long).

For the Short Film Competition, the max length is 30 min.

For the Focus programs (thematic, regional) no time limitation.

For the competition programs, the production year should not be older
than 2024, for the focus programs not older than 2020.

In the case your film is selected, we will contact you asking for a
screening copy.
Also, if your film is not chosen immediately, it can be chosen later
for another upcoming festival during the year (in another
country/town). In this case, we will ask for your permission again.

With the submission on this platform, you give automatically the
screening permission of your film to the festival for this actual
edition. The festival can integrate your film in its actual
edition without further permissions from your side. You also can't add
further condition for the screening permission (for example fee
requests etc.). In the case, we will not receive a screening copy in
better technical quality, we will screen the submission file
version.

We can't send back DVDs, BluRays, USB keys, hard disc etc.

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  • EarlyBird Distribution

    We are very honored to have been part of your festival with Yellow Liminal by Francesco Thérèse. We hope to see you again soon!

    May 2026
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  • Adrien Lhoste

    Thank you so much for giving two awards to my short film You're not a Fool, Grandpa! I really enjoyed the festival's selection!

    May 2026
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  • Neil L. Harvey

    To be selected to this festival is a tremendous honour. This festival presented a rare and refreshing feast of the unique. What a strong dose of life giving cinema oxygen for an otherwise air starved world. Our films aspire to leave ordinary mind behind, to open room for new insights, unlikely connections and release splashes of surprise we hope may break open limited perspectives and somehow offer some kind of irrational help. This was GodCocteauTheory's world premiere. Thank you for giving us screen time in the perfect venue next to other wild film art makers. Neil Harvey and Jon Hammerbeck

    April 2026
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  • marina sagona

    Although I could not make it in person I had a great experience. Swift communication and great reception. Thank you for awarding my film Your Dream is My Dream with a special mention.

    April 2025
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  • Dag Mykland

    First and foremost, I want to thank the festival organizers of Festival Internazionale Segni della Notte for selecting our film Lie To Me

    We are also deeply grateful to the jury for this Main Award of Best Documentary.

    This award is not just a recognition of our work; it’s a reminder of why we do what we do—because stories matter. They give us the opportunity to see the world through different eyes, to spark conversations, and, ultimately, to create change.

    The festival has been great in reaching out and the communication has been superb. Next year - I hope to go there and see the beautiful city of Urbino.

    April 2025
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