๐Ÿ“ฃ Prisma goes live every four months at one of the oldest and most prestigious cinemas in Rome, Cinema Farnese in Campo de' Fiori square! Check out the pictures of our latest screenings on Instagram! ๐Ÿ“ท

๐Ÿ“ฝ ๐๐„๐—๐“ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“ ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜, ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ’ !

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐— ๐——๐—ฏ-๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ!
+900 five stars reviews, thousands of submissions from 150+ countries in the world.

Founded in Rome in 2018, in seven years the Prisma Awards has grown to become one of the most community-oriented festivals, hosting more than 300 filmmakers from all over the world and presenting films driven by the urgency to evoke emotions, by the desire to move people, films that bravely tell stories that deserve to be told โ€” no matter the budget, no matter the genre.

๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—˜๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜.

In the monthly film festival landscape, many events are unethical and non-transparent, charging filmmakers embarrassing entry fees without then committing to showing and promoting their work in the best way possible. We at the Prisma Awards work to reshape this system for the better.

We created an always improving stage-by-stage monthly festival that revolves around live screenings in Rome and with submission costs within reach of everyone (we don't require multiple submissions for different categories: with a single entry, each film is considered for all 24 available awards). In this way, first-time filmmakers and world-class talent can participate in a fair competition where everyone starts from the same line. You can find more details about our festival's philosophy at romeprismafilmawards.com/ethics

$๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ

Hosted by Cinema Azzurro Scipioni, in its first year Prisma Awards saw Silvano Agosti as the president of the jury, legendary italian director that has worked alongside the greatest italian professionals like Morricone, Storaro, Piovani and many others. In its second year it moved to Cinema dei Piccoli, one of the oldest movie theaters of Rome in the heart of Villa Borghese park since 1934. In 2020 the new artistic director Marcello Di Trocchio stepped in, shaping a series of screenings on Twitch very popular during the pandemic. In 2021, the festival came back live at Cinema Farnese, one of the most magical cinemas in Rome, where it currentyl holds its events every four months.

Many of the films weโ€™ve screened have passed through first-class festivals, like the short films ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜บ by Jasmin Tenucci or ๐˜๐˜ขฬ๐˜ณ by Gunnur Martinsdรณttir Schlรผter, both winners of the Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival, or ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด by Leo Berne and Raphaรซl Rodriguez and ๐˜๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด by Joรฃo Gonzalez, both shortlisted in the Academy Awards, or Nate Miltonโ€™s ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช from the official selection of Sundance Film Festival. At the same time, we are always proud to bring to the big screen also unpublished gems that we fortunately intercept and that almost nobody else shows.

๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜-๐—ง๐—ข-๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—ฆ
Our festival goes through different stages. For a complete and clear recap head on to: romeprismafilmawards.com/awards

๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ
We have a long history of film reviews done by our film critic that can help you promote your work. Filmmakers that have already asked for a review have expressed their heartfelt thanks for the quality of our service. You can find the reviews here: romeprismafilmawards.com/film-reviews

๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜. ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—š๐—› ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—ฆ. ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜.
www.romeprismafilmawards.com

๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ
แ›ซ All selected films are ๐—œ๐— ๐——๐—ฏ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€.
แ›ซ All selected films get the ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น.
แ›ซ All selected films are also ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ for evaluation and receive $40 worth of discount codes.
แ›ซ Finalists and Nominees get a ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น.
แ›ซ All the Nominees for each category that don't get to the victory get a 3-month submission ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต.๐˜๐˜ƒ for a value of $117.

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ
We believe that a single submission fee is enough. By submitting in any category you are eligible for all the 24 monthly awards and every month we give away $9056 in services from our partners:
แ›ซ ๐Ÿ† Best of Fest (Certificate + 12 month coupon for iPitch.tv worth $189.00 + ๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ worth $297.00)
แ›ซ ๐Ÿ† Best Original Score (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00 + ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ worth $299)
แ›ซ ๐Ÿ† All Other Categories Winners (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189.00)

๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ
Every month we give away $9056 in services from our partners. Thatโ€™s more than $105.000 in value every year. Winner of the year also wins a cash prize of $500,00$ ๐Ÿ’ต

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—™๐—ง๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——
The "Best of Fest" winners win a coupon code for a free download of StudioBinder for three months, the leading software in the world for film and video production.

๐—ก๐—ข๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—” ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ง๐—–๐—› ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ
All the nominated films (3 per category) win a 3 months coupon with iPitch.tv, a platform where you can submit your ideas all around the world to the best producers. If you manage to win a category award, you will win a 12 months coupon.

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— 
Thanks to our partnership with Filmstro, the winner of best original score gets a Pro Account to gain access to thousands of music pieces for his next project.

This is a green festival: only online submissions through FilmFreeway are accepted. There are some easy, simple rules.

๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ
แ›ซ There are no restrictions on theme, genre or techniques.
แ›ซ Films must have been produced after 1/1/2020.
แ›ซ Submissions in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
แ›ซ Submitters must own the rights of the submitted projects.
แ›ซ The festival has the rights to utilize excerpts of it (trailer/teaser/poster/stills) for promotional purposes only. We will not in any circumstances make your movie available online.

๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ
This film festival is partnered with:
แ›ซ Il Varco International Short Film Festival
แ›ซ Castrovillari Film Fest
แ›ซ Short Days
แ›ซ Desenzano Film Fest
แ›ซ Mondi Lontani FIlm Fest
แ›ซ Pollino Film Fest

By submitting you agree to share your submission information with partner festivals for promotional purposes.

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  • Very good film festival, I am very happy that my short film was selected for the final, and I hope to go further next time

    February 2025
  • Nishan Malinda

    It is an absolute privilege to win the award for the best music video in November. Thank you for creating a platform to acknowledge hardworking filmmakers like me.

    February 2025
  • Priscila Martz

    Thank you for the nominee!

    January 2025
  • Cindy Song

    With great honor and humbleness, we extend sincere thanks to Rome Prisma Film Awards

    Thank you for nominating "State Organs" as the Best Documentary Feature
    State Organs shed light on the forced organ harvesting in China. This award will help stop the atrocities and save lives. When freedom returns to China, your courage and kindness will be remembered in the history.

    January 2025
  • It is a great honor for me that the full-length screenplay of the film "Angels Leave the World First" has been selected in the "Best Screenplay" category. We are eagerly awaiting the results and I wish the festival continued success. Greetings from Ukraine!

    January 2025