Cinema tells the reality of our life. “The Night of Drama Shorts” is looking for films able to expose it. We are looking for dramatic, documentary, experimental, independent, tragicomic films, everything that speaks about mankind.

The best films will be part of the official selection and will be screened during the festival event on Youtube.

In this time, we feel that it is essential to give more space to these films, able to speak with great acumen about our reality, highlighting its drama, absurdities and unique peculiarities.

The best films of each period will be part of the final selection and will be screened during the festival event on Youtube.

IMPORTANT: To be able to choose in the best way films that will be part of it, the organization has decided to divide the selection into 4 periods: awards will be defined after a private viewing by the jury who will choose the best films at the end of each period.

These are the periods:
June - September 2023 - 1st period
October - December 2023 - 2nd period
December 2023 - March 2024 - 3rd period
March - June 2024 - 4th period

Festivals partner:
https://filmfreeway.com/Nightofcomedy
https://filmfreeway.com/Assurdo
https://filmfreeway.com/RealeFilmFestival
https://filmfreeway.com/MonzaFilmFest
https://filmfreeway.com/MilanoIndie

Awards & Prizes
These are the awards of our festival:
(with digital laurel reception, in pdf / jpg file)

MAIN CATEGORIES
BEST FILM
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BEST ITALIAN FILM
BEST EUROPEAN FILM
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes)
BEST SUPER SHORT (between 5 and 10 minutes)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST ANIMATION
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
BEST LOW BUDGET

DRAMA AWARDS
BEST ACTION DRAMA
BEST CRIME DRAMA
BEST DRAMA THRILLER
BEST FANTASY DRAMA
BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA
BEST HORROR DRAMA
BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA
BEST SPORTS DRAMA
BEST TEEN DRAMA
BEST TRAGICOMIC
BEST WAR DRAMA

TECHNICAL AWARDS
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST EDITING
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST VFX
BEST TITLE
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST POSTER

Best Screenplay [Script]

HONORABLE MENTION

- Registration for the competition must be made by FilmFreeway , then the author will receive an email notification of registration.
- By submitting the film to the Night of Drama Shorts the subscriber authorizes the festival to use the film for the live event online on Youtube.
- The films that will receive a award in one of the 4 selection periods can be chosen to be part of the final event
- Films must have English subtitles and, if selected for the final, the subtitles must be sent in a srt file.
- Each film may have a maximum length of 60 minutes.
- Each author can register more films.
- By registering, you declare that you have the rights to the registered film, in particular of the music.
- All film genres are accepted.
The festival may use for promotional purposes the data of authors, producers and crew, the movie poster, the trailer and a maximum of 1 minute of the video
– Films that incite violence or hatred in general are not accepted
– By registering the film at our festival you agree to share personal data with partner festivals, but only for promotional purposes.
– Distributors can ask for a special price for the registration of 20 or more films. To do this, just send us an email to festival@nightcomedyshorts.com

- In case of selection the author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film must send a downloadable link (via file sharing platforms such Wetrasnfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) to the festival organization. This video must be in usable format for projection, the basic format is required FullHD 1080p.
- A complete list of selected films will be published on the festival website, the authors of the selected films instead receive a mail of selection.

- A complete list of selected films will be published on the festival website, the authors of the selected films instead receive a mail of selection.
The composition of the jury will be announced by the date of notification, It will consist of persons qualified in the audiovisual sector.
- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film by subscribing to the festival claims to be in possession of the rights of reproduction video and audio of the film.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film authorize the festival organization to use parts of their film (maximum 1 minute) for creating promotional films for this festival and for future editions.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film grant rights to public screening inside the Night of Comedy Shorts without any claims.
Any material sent to the organization of the festival will not be returned.
-The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of all selected films authorize the publication of their data on http://www.nightdramashorts.com/ site and on every type of distribution channel as promotion.
-The admission to the Festival implies the unconditional acceptance of this regulation.
For any dispute not covered by the Regulation the competent authority is the organization of the Night of Drama Shorts , if such disputes do not find the solution, the competent authority is Foro of Monza.
In case of objections to this Regulation Italian version of the same prevails.
- Subscribers to the Night of Drama Short agree as established by Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 on the protection of privacy, the use of personal data for all initiatives related to the event. The Author of the film declares to accept the Regulation in all its parts and to have the legal availability of the film and to authorize the public screening without compensation, freeing the organization of the Festival from any present and future responsibility. With the contest entry each author is responsible for the content of his work. The author claims to own all rights to the work, not prejudicing in any way the rights of third parties, like other authors, subjects portrayed, transferees of rights, together with those music, etc. . It also declares that the audiovisual material is not protected by SIAE. Under the provisions of Legislative Decree. 30/06/2003 n. 196, we inform the author that the data requested is necessary for completing the documentation of registration to the Festival.

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Joydeep Bose

    It was a pleasure and honor to get screened at this festival. thank you so my NDS.

    January 2024
  • Wonderful to have my script, "A Life Unexamined" awarded 1st Place in your Festival. Great communication, impressive laurel, all good! Thank you! Catherine Stanley

    January 2024
  • It's a very nice festival. Thank you very much.

    January 2024
  • Jose Luis Pedrero

    Thank you for the award to our shorfilm 'Carol's revenge'. We had a great experience with this festival. Great communication, very professional, attentive, responsive and kind. I was happy that our film screened there. I recommend this festival.

    January 2024
  • I am happy to recommend the Festival for its quality, transparency and communication. I am very grateful to the entire festival team for appreciating my work - the experimental film "Antiquarius". It was a great experience!

    January 2024