VENEZIA SHORTS is an exclusive short film competition with public screenings , and an a total of USD 3500 in cash prizes awards along the year.
We are happy to welcome filmmakers from all over the world and short films of all genres.
Our main goal is to showcase their brilliant projects in the beautiful city of Venezia for a diverse audience of cinephiles.
We will hold an Annual Live Event on May 23 rd, 2022 at the city of Venezia.
We will promote, feature and screen all Main Category Award-Winning Short Films free of charge, enhancing the opportunity for networking with directors, cast, crew and people from the industry.
Additionally, we will hold online sessions consisting of Q&As with directors, cast and/or crew as well as interviews with filmmakers that will be published on our social media and on the NEWS section of this website. Furthermore, all Official Selection films from each season will receive official laurels and will be screened in our quarterly Online Events.
Some of our recent winners include a new wave of amazing uprising directors as Baptiste Chabot, Nadia Anebri, Arantxa Hurtado, Levan Uchaneishvili, Nicolas Sole, Angelika Fürstler, Elena Griggio, Caren Wührer, Oscar Diaz, Alex Barrera, Aleksandra Swierk, Jean-Michel Gervais, Gabriel J. Lemay, Paul Mignot, Richard Andrews, Simone Quinn and Frank Christian Wagner.
It is a world-class event committed to present the best of this beautiful art called ‘Cinema’ and dedicated to all generations of filmmakers. A team of professional screeners will evaluate all the submitted short films. All the highest scored films will be selected for the official competition and will be reviewed by at least by three judges who will decide the best of each season.
All the Winners will receive the Official Laurels and the winning-category achievement certificate. Quarterly, the Best Short of the Season will be announced and will receive a cash prize award of USD 1000.
All main categories winning films will be screened at our public Live Event.
A TOTAL OF USD 3500 IN CASH PRIZES AWARDS ALONG THE YEAR.
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To keep the Awards fair and transparent, we invite independent judges from all around the world who enjoy the experience and assess each category.
Each short film will be reviewed at least for three judges after the film is scored by our screening team. Our judges team includes artists from the United States, Canada, Austria, Spain, Argentina and Sweden.
VENEZIA SHORTS CATEGORIES
Submit your film in one or more of the following categories.
Your film will be considered in all the submitted categories.
MAIN CATEGORIES.
SHORT FILM
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER SHORT
STUDENT SHORT
FOREIGN SHORT
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ANIMATION SHORT
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
HORROR SHORT
MUSIC VIDEO
TECHNICAL AND PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
FEMALE DIRECTOR
MALE DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
ORIGINAL SCREENWRITING
CINEMATOGRAPHY
EDITING
SOUND DESIGN
ORIGINAL SCORE
PRODUCTION DESIGN
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ENSEMBLE
