VENEZIA SHORTS ITALY

Our Live Event was held on May 10–11, 2025 — heartfelt thanks to all the filmmakers who joined us and helped make it such a memorable experience!
Take a look at the photos above! 📸.

The city of Venezia is well known for its loving relationship with cinema. This festival, in a few years, has become part of the 15 most popular, and the 100 best reviewed worldwide and IMDb qualifying.

We are committed to screening the complete Official Selection at our live event, where filmmakers and guests will take part in Q&As and panels, creating valuable networking opportunities with directors, cast, crew, and industry professionals.
It’s a fantastic chance to immerse yourself in the work of other visual artists!
We will be awarding the best films with cash prizes 🏆

🏆 Celebrating Our Recent Winners! 🎬

We are proud to highlight some of the incredible rising directors who have been recognized at our festival. These talented filmmakers represent a new wave of visionary storytelling, and we can’t wait to see what they create next!

✨ International Talents

Murad Abu Eisheh
Klaas Diersmann
Erenik Beqiri
Cyprian Hercka
Arta Kroni
Pablo Río
Anders Walter
Pipaluk Kreutzmann Jørgensen
Sofiia Melnyk
Salomon Ligthelm
Elena Weiss
Paula Kweskin
Mark Ryan Walberg
Cornelia Schöpf & Federico Campana
Jonathan Laskar
Ania Jamila
Joseph Ollman
Sean Carter
Michèle Flury
Amanda Nalbant Nordpoll
Elham Ehsas

🎥 Celebrating New Italian Filmmakers
We are also excited to showcase emerging Italian directors making their mark in the industry:

Andrea M. Catinella
Luca Dal Lago
Lorenzo Sicuranza
Francesco Massimiliano Gozzo
Gianfranco Pellegrini

🏅 Student Academy Awards Winners
We also want to recognize the outstanding talent of these filmmakers who have been awarded the prestigious Student Academy Award:

Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma (USA)
Pascal Schelbli (Germany)
Maren Klakegg (Norway)
Percival Argüero Mendoza (Mexico)
German Golub (Estonia)
Lachlan Pendragon (Australia)
Tamara Denić (Germany)
Martin Strange-Hansen (Denmark)

…and many more! Stay tuned as we continue to spotlight groundbreaking talent from around the world. 🌍🎞️

Furthermore, the festival will select a number of films as semifinalists. All semifinalist projects will be invited to our Virtual Screening Events, where they will be awarded semifinalist laurels.
After the Virtual Event wraps up, we’ll announce the winner of the Venezia Shorts Virtual Edition Award — and that film will be screened at our Live Event!
We will hold 4 Virtual events per year and 1 live event.

All the Winners will receive the Official Laurels and the winning-category achievement certificate after the Live Event. Jury will choose from the Official Selection a film that will receive the JURY'S DISTINCTION AWARD with a cash prize of USD 1.000.🏆 This winner will be revealed at the Live Event in the city of Venezia.

All OFFICIAL SELECTION films will be screened at our public Live Event.📽 At the Live Event the Audience will vote for their favorite film and the winner will be granted the AUDIENCE PICK AWARD, a cash prize award of USD 1000.