Roma Short Film Festival is a newly-founded festival based in Rome (Italy) that aims to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to support low budget and underground films that create new experiences and narrate unique stories with limited resources. Understanding how filmmakers around the world work, how young filmmakers get creative to get past the obstacles of production, and how their attempts can lead to a new form of cinema are among the things we care about. We strive to play a small role in the emergence of the new generation in the world of independent filmmaking by helping young filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers to be heard and to get their messages across.
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The Roma Short Film Festival, Worldwide
We are proud to announce that the Roma Short Film Festival, through inter-festival connections across the globe, has the opportunity to screen accepted films in a different country each time. This global tour of the Roma Short Film Festival provides filmmakers with the chance to share their works with a broader audience—viewers from all over the world, not just Europe. Our focus is on countries with a more diverse audience. We are thrilled to announce that the films of this edition of the Roma Short Film Festival (June 2025) will be screened in Asia, and on June 5th, we will gather to watch the selected films of the Roma Short Film Festival in the Middle East.
Best Short Film
Best MicroFilm
Best LGBT Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Film in Women Empowerment
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Best Feature Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Feature Documentary
Best Script
Best Editing
Best Film Score
Best Sci-Fi
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Comedy
Best Music Video
Best T.V Series
Best Virtual Reality
Best Dance Film
Best Director
Best Actor/Actress
Best Cinematography
Best DisABILITY Film
Best Film in Religion & Faith
Best Sports Film