OBFF - Ostia Beach Film Festival is a short movie and documentary festival that wants to promote indipendent film making, and wants to give a chance to filmakers to show and explain their project to a diverse audience. OBFF is open to all filmmakers around the globe and it will be held in the spectacular Chigi's Castle, built in XVI century, in the middle of Ostia's pinewood. Three days of open-air projections, nature, arts, photography, music and much more.
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Awards & Prizes

- Best short film
- Best documentary
- Audience award

Rules & Terms

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Short movies must not exceed 20 minutes in lenght, including credits.
Documentary must not exceed 50 minutes in lenght, including credits.
All projects must have been produced after 1/1/2021.
If selected, every film is required to have english subtitles.

Even if your film has already premiered at another festival, whether it screened at a physical venue or online, it’s still eligible for consideration.

The submitters holds the sole responsibility of copyright clearance of any copyrighted material in the film.
The submitters allows OBFF to use parts of his submitted project (including trailer / teaser/ film poster/ stills) for promotional purpose.
OBFF has full and unrestricted permission to screen the film / video at times of the festivals.

Entry fees are non refundable.
Festival reserve rights to change date and place of the event due to weather conditions or other inconvenience.