COVID-19 Notice: we are committed to run the festival in a hybrid form, both LIVE and ONLINE with geoblocking. We think that late june will be safe for screening outdoor in Pescara, but we still want to keep the wide audience that followed our last online edition.
๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ - Severino Iuliano, Winner Best Film 2017 with "Penalty"
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก - Alain Parroni, Best Italian Production 2018 with "Adavede"
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ - Antonio La Camera, "Nel ritrovo del silenzio". 2019
"๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป!" - Giulio Mastromauro, David di Donatello Winner - 2020
๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐
Since its birth in 2017, our festival committed to a deep and thoughful sifting of the international short film panorama, trying to showcase a selection that is able to portray the actual variety in languages, forms, innovations and genre films that is today independent cinema. What we look for, in terms of selected films, is a sign or premonition of an author to come. We try to find these new directors by looking not for just one sign, but for many good omens at once: a peculiar management of the filmโs rhythm; an original aesthetic form; deep, metaphorical writing; the tendency to speak about oneโs own peculiar vision of the world. All of this should converge in films that are able to release a very strong and deep emotional and intellectual pull in the spectator.
We try to adapt our selection to the times weโre living, and weโll choose programs, themes, moods and awards also based on how the films are able to portray the ever-changing reality weโre going through in these times. Also, the films are picked based on other picks as well, creating intertwining synergies, insights, interactions among them.
Our award is called The Hollow Man. It was inspired by T.S. Eliotโs homonimous poem, but with a different meaning. For us, it is the symbol of someone who has torn his heart apart and offered it to us.
We strive for the creation of a festival that is really able to showcase, empower and promote the films of authors that can stay in time as masterpieces of the short film format.
We've just hosted one of the most followed online festivals in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemics, in collaboration with ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ, the second biggest film library in Italy, with almost 30.000 spectators following the live event.
We're preparing a big 5th edition for 2021 that will take place in the city center of Pescara, with open air screenings on the beach, a wide exhibition of experimental cinema for two weeks and a teeming community of filmmaker to join us.
We're up for the challenge of becoming the most recognized film festival for new emerging authors of the independent cinema circuit.
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฅ.
We had the privilege of having two Palme D'Or ("A Gentle Night" and "All These Creatures") in Abruzzi premiere in 2018 and 2019. Directors that got selected in our festival later saw their film recognized with big awards. We were among the first to screen "May Day" in 2018 that later got in the final 10 in Oscars 2018. Winner of the 2017 edition "Penalty" Aldo Iuliano later won the italian Golden Globe and was shortlisted in Oscars 2017. We were among the first to screen Elio Di Pace in a festival, next year he was selected in Venice. Simone Bozzelli, hosted in Nuovo Cinema Abruzzese, was selected in Venice shortly after our screening. Australian film "Wherever was using this bed" made over 170 festival runs and 70 awards after our festival. Our jurors are among the best professionals of the italian film industry. We only care about quality movies, intelligent vision, experimentation and authorial style. We're not saying that this movies went far because of us, but we can tell you that being selected here means that your film has all that is needed to be recognized as an author's film and if we do select it, many others will surely be interested in it.
๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Selected directors get a chance to become part of our Board of directors, a special Jury made by the directors that were selected in our previous editions. Moreover, on the festival dates, there will be a filmed Directors' Roundtable where the selected directors will have a debate about the forms and languages of short film, that will be distributed in web and TV. ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ+ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ including ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐, ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, meeting them and sharing ideas with them. Board of Directors jurors get to vote at our festival and have free stay with us in Pescara.
๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ถ - ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต
Will give the prize for Best Editing
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถฬ - ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ
Will assign the prize for Best Cinematography
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ ๐'๐๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ณ๐ถ - ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ
Will assign the prize for Best Documentary
๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ - ๐จ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฌ
Will assign the prize for Best Actress
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ - ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐จ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ
Will assign the prize for Best Actor
๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ - ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐น๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐
Will assign the prize for Best Original Score
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ - ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
Will assign the prize for Best Animation Film
๐๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ผ - ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ
Will assign the prize for Best Director
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐น๐ผ๐ - ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ
Will assign the honorable mention Il Varco
๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Join Nadja Andrasev, Hanxiong Bo, Fedrik De Beul, Edison Sanchez, Rossella Inglese, Simone Bozzelli, Jimmy Olsson, Darius Etemadieh, Margo Mot, Dagne Gumbreviciute, Mino Capuano, Antonio Romagnoli, Alain Parroni, Lorenzo Berghella, Lorenzo Pallotta, Antonio Di Biase and other 65 directors that are joining us this year in our jury that gets to vote and stay with us in Pescara. Complete list here https://filmfestival.ilvarco.net/board-of-directors/
๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ
All the submissions get a 50% discount package for all our partner festivals, making the submission practically convenient. For a complete list of the festival look on our website.
๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ
All selected shorts get $250 in services (Italian Subtitles, Italian-Subtitled DCP package), free stay and food for the director and a $500 worth of distribution contract proposal with Gargantua Film (not mandatory) for the distribution of the film in Italy. Moreover, the director is invited (forever) to take part in the Board of Directors in our festival.
๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ
๐ Hollow Man Award to the Best Film: $1000 cash prize and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Short Documentary: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract.
๐ Best Animation Short: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Experimental Short: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Italian Short: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
๐ Best Director: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Cinematographer: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Editing: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Original Score: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Acting: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract
๐ Best Screenplay: award and a $700 worth of distribution contract