IMDb qualifier’s New York Neorealism Film Awards is an international monthly film festival and community for directors and cinema professionals, our mission is to discover talents in order to also involve them in the production of new movies. A scouting that has already allowed us to produce several projects with the film company New York Neorealism Factory including "Dance again with me Heywood!" with Academy Award Winning special guest James Ivory.
Register your project and you will have a unique opportunity for independent filmmakers from all over the world!
And a selection of short films will be screened every month in Rome at Officine Farneto.

Awards & Prizes

Best Picture
(feature film or short film, any genre)

Best Narrative Feature
Best Indie Narrative Feature (low budget)
Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Indie Narrative Short (low budget)
Best Documentary Short
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Director
Best First Time Director
Best Producer
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best VFX
Best Feature Script
Best Short Script

Rules & Terms

We accept:
Short and feature films, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction), experimental or animated film.
Music Videos
Web/TV Series (also pilot)
Feature Scripts, Short Scripts
By submitting your film, take note that:
You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
You can submit again your work for the following months.
The films must include English or Italian subtitles (unless the spoken language is English or Italian)
The scripts must be in English or Italian or French.
We do not accept:
Amateur videos
Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
Films involving politics / films promoting political agenda
Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD.
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  • John Wayne S. III

    We were honored to have been selected for this festival.

    September 2021
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  • Richard Daniels

    Thank you for including us in your festival!

    September 2021
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  • NJ Brown

    It was a great honor to be apart of this film festival. We will be submitting our next film for sure!

    September 2021
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  • Alexandre Mourani

    Great festival, online organized and professional.

    September 2021
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  • Negash Abdurahman

    Delighted to be part of this festival

    Negash

    September 2021
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