ALL TECHNICAL AND PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES FOR FREE BY SUBMITTING YOUR FILM IN ANY COMPETITION.🎬
OUR LAST LIVE EVENT TOOK PLACE AT LA CASA DEL CINEMA IN VENEZIA ON JUNE 4TH 2022. CHECK OUR PHOTOS ABOVE!!. ( Online events will be screened quarterly ).✨
VENEZIA SHORTS is an exclusive short film competition with public screenings, IMDb qualifying , and a total of USD 4000 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. 🎞
Some of our recent winners include a new wave of amazing uprising directors as Andoni Betbeder, Ivan Maria Friedman, Sylvain Begert, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jesse Boyle, Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen, Marios Papageorgiou, Gilles Bovon, Eléna Weiß and so many more! These new talented Italian directors: Letizia Borficchia, Andrea Walts, Francesco Massimiliano Gozzo, Frank Dell'Oro. And Student Academy Awards Winners: Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma from USA, Pascal Schelbli from Germany, Maren Klakegg from Norway, Percival Argüero Mendoza from Mexico and German Golub from Estonia.
We will hold an Annual Live Event at the city of Venezia.
We will promote, feature and screen all the Official Selection Short Films, enhancing the opportunity for networking with directors, cast, crew and people from the industry.
Furthermore, each quarter, the festival will select a number of films as semifinalists.
All semifinalist projects will be invited to our Virtual Screening Event, where they will be awarded semifinalist laurels.
Each quarter, after the online event , we will choose the Best film of the Online Event which will receive a USD 1000 cash prize and will be screened at the Live Event in the city of Venezia with a great selection of films .
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 three judges who will decide WINNERS.
All the Winners will receive the Official Laurels and the winning-category achievement certificate. Jury will choose from the Official Selection a film that will receive the JURY'S DISTINCTION AWARD with a cash prize of USD 1000.🏆
All OFFICIAL SELECTION films will be screened at our public Live Event.📽
JURY
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.
You can submit your film in any of the Main Competitions and automatically your film will be considered for all Technical & Performances Categories with no extra cost. You don't need to pay any additional category fee.
Our event will hold 10 COMPETITIONS by movie genre.
We proudly announce our MAIN COMPETITIONS:
* NARRATIVE SHORTS COMPETITION
* FOREIGN SHORTS COMPETITION
* DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION
* ANIMATION SHORTS COMPETITION
* NEWFILMMAKERS SHORTS COMPETITION
* EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS COMPETITION
* STUDENT SHORTS COMPETITION
* HORROR SHORTS COMPETITION
* MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
* COMEDY SHORTS COMPETITION
TECHNICAL AND PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
These categories are all complimentary.
When you enter a MAIN COMPETITION, your film is automatically considered in all Technical and Performance Categories. Simply check all of the free categories you want to be considered and enter the names of the artists in the Custom Form.
Best Producer
Best Female Director
Best Male Director
Best Female Student Director
Best Male Student Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best New Actress/Actor
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Sound Design
Best Original Score
Best Screenwriting