The production company I-Noor film in collaboration with C4C cultural association, announces the 6th edition of the Nostalgia Film Festival (NFF), focusing on " Iranian Independent Cinema", which will be held in Rome and Naples from the 10th October to 20th of November 2025.
Nostalgia Film Festival is the first independent Iranian Film Festival in Italy, with no affiliation to any political or religious organizations. It was launched in 2019 with the aim of showing Iranian film productions to the broadest possible European audiences.
Our festival is a yearly event featuring independent documentaries, feature-length and short films which is related to Iran, from around the world. However, this year, we would like to focus on short films and documentaries, highlighting their unique ability to tell powerful and thought-provoking stories.
NFF is trying to create a space where Iranian audiences can reconsider, remember and reflect on their roots and their cultural and artistic history, which can also be discovered and explored by non-Iranian audiences.
We believe that genuine artworks reflect the cultural, social, economic and political concerns of the society which created them at a certain moment in time, and that they therefore represent a valuable opportunity to find out more about that specific society.
For us it is essential to give greater visibility to films that have more difficulty in reaching the public in general, especially due to their limited publicity and distribution .
Our priority is to focus on the content not the form, the story not the budget and the ability to tell interesting stories or to present appealing contents in original ways, despite having a low budget.
We therefore welcome new, different, edgy and exciting works made by film-makers for whom a limited budget does not prevent them from telling a good story.
NFF is also a showcase for independent Iranian film-makers around the world who want to leave their mark on the viewer.
If you have difficulties in paying by PayPal or a credit card, please email us at nostalgiafilmfestivalmilano@gmail.com .
Those who wish to pay in Rial, can send this payment to the festival account. Upon receipt of this sum, you will be sent a personal code via email, with which you can send your film by using the following link to the FilmFreeway website:
https://filmfreeway.com/NostalgiaFilmFestival
Awards & Prizes
The Jury will assign the following prizes at its sole discretion:
NFF Award for Best Short Film
NFF Award for Best Documentary
NFF Peace Award
- The relevant certificates of recognition for the above-mentioned awards will also be issued.