INTERVALLI FESTIVAL - CINEMA is a film festival based in the city of Padova, in the North-East of Italy. We love to bring films on the big screen for passionate audiences and we welcome all kinds of world cinema with a soft spot for genre films, shorts shot on film, productions from Veneto and shorts by young directors.

The Festival takes place across 4 to 6 LIVE SCREENING DAYS in a cinema in Padova. During the event films are screened for jury and audience and prizes are awarded to the winners.

We accept films under the following categories:
- SHORT FILM
- FEATURE FILM
- SHORT FILM UNDER 23 (director must be under 23 years of age)
- SHORT FILM FROM VENETO (director or production company must be from Veneto)
- ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- MUSIC & DANCE SHORT FILM
- MINI SHORT FILM (max 2 minutes)

The festival also offers out-of-competition screenings of films with live scoring, classic and recent underground movies and a selection of VR shorts in collaboration with the River Film Festival.

- BEST SHORT FILM - JURY PRIZE: prize for the best film of the official selection awarded by the jury.
- AUDIENCE PRIZE: prize for the best film of the whole festival chosen by the audience.
- BEST ACTOR
- BEST ACTRESS
- BEST DIRECTOR
- BEST SCREENPLAY
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- BEST SOUND
- BEST MUSIC
- BEST GENRE FILM
- BEST VR FILM (AUDIENCE PRIZE)

Winners are granted:
- An official INTERVALLI *Category* AWARD CERTIFICATE and PERSONALIZED LAUREL to the awarded shorts during the live events.
- PROMOTION via social media and official website for the films selected and awarded during the Edition.

- By submitting your film you are authorizing us to screen it publicly and declaring there is no video, image, music or sound you don't own the rights to.
- Short films must have been produced after the 1st of January 2024.
- Film must be realized by people over the AGE of 14 (excluding the actors involved).
- To your FilmFreeway Project must be added a film POSTER (100:70, minimum 3000x2100px) and SUBTITLES (Italian or English) if the language is not Italian.
- You can submit multiple films.
- If your film is selected, we request to DOWNLOAD it from FilmFreeway directly or to be sent via email a download link.
- By agreeing with our term, you give us permission to PUBLISH stills, posters and trailers of your short film on our website and/or social media pages.
- We are not responsible for any COPYRIGHT infringement of your material. So, by submitting, the sender declares to own the rights of the works, that the contents don’t violate the in-force laws and that the same CONTENTS are not libelous. In every case, the authors relieve us from every possible loss, damage, responsibility, costs and obligations of any kind that can follow the projection of their movies.
- We reserve the right to make any necessary changes in regulations, award or event scheduling that will be published on our website and FilmFreeway page. So, by submitting your film, you are agreeing it to be streamed at an ONLINE live event only in case Covid or sanitary regulations don't permit public events and screenings for a period longer than six months.
- All fees are non-refundable.
- By entering the competition, the senders accepts these rules and give permission to show the film in our live screening events.

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  • Un grande ringraziamento per aver riconosciuto il valore del mio cortometraggio Cristina e averlo premiato. Un bel festival organizzato da giovani capaci e volenterosi!

    Suggerito sia per registi che per spettatori!

    March 2026
  • Really wish I could be there, seemed so much fun.
    Hopefully in the future. Great communication, great program! Thank you for screening the film!

    March 2026
    Response from festival:

    Thank you Aglaja!

  • Festival organizzato con serietà e passione. Grazie a tutti gli organizzatori per la bellissima esperienza. 💕

    March 2025
  • Sad I could not make it to the festival. But all contact with them was lovely and professional.

    January 2024
  • EarlyBird Distribution

    Ringraziamo tutto lo staff di Intervalli Festival per aver proiettato La Mia Escort di Alessandro Porzio.
    E' stato davvero un piacere partecipare a questo festival così in crescita e speriamo di vederci l'anno prossimo!

    January 2024