Linea d’Ombra Festival is an international film and audiovisual festival conceived and promoted by the SalernoInFestival Association, supported by the Ministery of Cultural Heritage, the Campania Region and the Municipality of Salerno, implemented with the contribution of public and/or private entities, associations, foundations and sponsors. The Festival adheres to AFIC (Association of Italian Film Festivals) and to CFCC (Coordination of the Campania Region Film Festivals).
The twenty-seventh edition takes place in Salerno from 22 to 29 October 2022.
Linea d'Ombra Festival is an event that aims to raise awareness and to promote the best international cinematographic and audiovisual productions, to relate the different forms of youth creativity and to promote their knowledge among the public, to develop projects that have an effective educational impact and productivity, to encourage the realization of collective works of young artists coming from different experiences, finally to enhance the cultural potential of the Campania Region on a national and international level.
Feature films in digital format produced in Europe in the two-year period 2021/2022 are admitted to the competition. The number of works admitted to the section in competition will be defined by the artistic direction and may vary according to the needs of planning and design coherence, in any case not less than five.
The Linea d’Ombra Festival award for the best film in the Passaggi d’Europa section, worth € 3000, will be awarded by the Jury of Experts. The Popular Jury (registered and present in the room) and the LdoSocial jury (registered online) will award the Linea d’Ombra Festival Award Plate for best film in the Passaggi d’Europa section. The votes of the Popular Jury are worth three times those of the LdOSocial jury. The Artistic Direction, having consulted the Expert Jury, will be able to attribute special mentions to those films that have shown particular technical and creative qualities.