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‰๐”๐๐„ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐Ÿ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Ÿฎ๐Ÿด.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 $10.748 in services from our partners:
แ›ซ ๐Ÿ† All Categories Winners (Certificate + 12 month iPitch.tv worth $189,00)
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 $299,00)

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 $10.748 in services from our partners. Thatโ€™s more than $128.000 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 get a coupon code for a free three months download of StudioBinder, the leading software in the world for film and video production.

๐—ก๐—ข๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜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
iPitch.tv is the platform where you can submit your ideas for films, TV series, TV programs and beyond, to major North American production companies (Discovery, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures Entertainment, CBS, Infinity Media, etc.). All projects nominated in each of the 24 categories (3 per category) win a 3 months coupon to the platform; all winners (1 per category) get 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/her 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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  • Pierpaolo Farina

    A great festival, full of opportunities. Unfortunately I could not participate in person to the three days organized in Rome, but the organization and communication were impeccable. Thanks to all the staff for their kindness and support!

    June 2025
  • Great festival, giving film makers a truly fantastic experience. Thank you for selecting my screenplay to be part of the monthly version!

    June 2025
  • Thank you, Rome Prisma film for the award, my book screenplay Secrets is a free e-book at Amazon under my fingerprint during this lifetime as Melvin Abercrombie, I thank my God Yahweh {Jupiter} His wife the Goddess, Shekhinah, Queen of heaven, the Holy Ghost {Juno} and our Jesus Christ for making Secrets available thank you for the award

    June 2025
  • Many thanks for selecting Stephanie Dellacosta as a finalist for Best Feature Screenplay!

    May 2025
  • Dr. Scott Glenn

    See you all soon!

    An Unforgettable Experience-The Rome Prisma Awards

    The Rome Prisma Awards is truly one of the premier film festivals in Europe. From start to finish, the level of professionalism, attention to protocol, and clear communication is unmatched. I was deeply honored to have my screenplay selected for this prestigious event.

    The venue itself is breathtakingโ€”unlike any other festival Iโ€™ve attended. Set against the rich historical backdrop of Rome, it offers a visually stunning and culturally vibrant environment. What made it even more special was the diverse and inspiring community of filmmakers, artists, and creatives gathered from around the globe. The festival is not only a celebration of cinematic excellence but also a meeting point for passionate storytellers and visionaries.

    This experience exceeded all expectations, and Iโ€™m grateful to have been part of such a dynamic and thoughtfully curated event.

    May 2025
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much Scott for your kind words โ€” we really appreciate your support!