For Short Films:
1. Admission Requirements
a) For the 2025 Edition these are the sections provided:
- Category "Free Theme" (Prize money)
- Category “Pietro De Luca”Special Award (1000 eu);
- Category “Bcc Monte Pruno” Special Award (2000 eu);
- Category "Green Short film -Ecological and Environmental Themes" (Trophy);
- Category “A short for the Rotary- End Polio Now” Special Award (the call is still being defined).
b) For all the categories are admitted fiction, animation and any other kind of short film;
c) Short films of all the sections must not have a duration higher than 15 minutes;
d) To participate in the selections, a payment of 10 euros is required for each short film entered (except for the category “Pietro De Luca Special Award”,“Bcc Monte Pruno Award” and “A Short for the Rotary”), with the methods specified below.
e) Each author can submit to the competition even more than one work and can participate in all the categories;
f) However, only the short films deemed deserving will be admitted to the competition, at the unquestionable judgment of the organization;
g) The author who has entered a short film in one category could see the work transferred to another if it is not considered in line with the characteristics and themes of the originally chosen section. Maximum attention is therefore required when evaluating the relevance of your short film to the chosen category;
h) The partners of the Villammare Festival who award the various special prizes, in the event that no short films considered relevant to the themes and characteristics of their category are received, reserve the right to evaluate whether or not to award the prize to other short films, entered in the competition, that will have dealt with similar topics;
i) Unpublished works are preferred. However, will be also accepted works already presented and awarded to other competitions, but not to previous editions of Villammare Festival;
l) Short films in the original foreign language must already have Italian subtitles printed on the film;
m) Being a competition originally born on TV, preference will be given to short films that can be broadcast on the television partner 105 TV at least in the days from 25 to 30 August, as per the release which will then be sent to the selected candidates;
n) An indispensable requirement for participation in the competition is the authorization to process personal data in accordance with current legislation.
2. Awards assigned
2.1 Award for the best short film
a) For the 2025 edition, to the absolute winner of the short film competition, selected among all those participating in the various categories at the unquestionable judgment of the Festival's artistic jury, will be assigned a trophy and a cash prize, the value of which will be communicated later;
b) The winner will commit himself to affix the VFF&F degree to his work.
2.2 Fondazione “Pietro De Luca” Special Award
a) The “Pietro De Luca” Special Award, announced by the Foundation of the same name, aims to promote Love in all its forms in memory of the late Pietro who loved very much during his life and was loved very much by those who knew him;
b) It is aimed at short films of any genre, wherever shot, of a maximum duration of 15 minutes, which will be able to tell gestures and stories of love: Love for people, for nature, for animals, Love for Cilento, towards which Pietro's attentions were concentrated, Love towards God...
c) The jury that will award the “Pietro De Luca” Special Award will be a different jury from the artistic one of the Festival and will be headed by the Pietro De Luca Foundation;
d) The Pietro De Luca Special Award amounts to 1000 euros;
e) The author and the producer of the short film winning the Special Award undertake to insert the name of the Prize at the beginning of the short film and to deliver a free copy of the work in digital format to the Pietro De Luca Foundation, with the authorization to be able to disseminate it during meetings or events organized by it;
f) Registration for this category is free of charge;
g)To make the short film compete for the Special Award, tick the appropriate box on the entry form;
h) For all that is not specified in this paragraph and for the sending of the works, are valid the rules established in this regulation apply;
2.3 Special Award “Bcc Montepruno”
a) The Special Award promoted by Bcc Montepruno di Fisciano, Roscigno and Laurino, partner of the Villammare Festival, is aimed at short films of any genre, lasting a maximum of 15 minutes, shot in the Bank's reference area (Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni , in the province of Salerno);
b) The objective of the Award is to enhance the reference places of Montepruno through the cinematographic medium and the stories told, that must be set and filmed in them;
c) The prize, assigned by the credit institution, amounts to 2000 euros;
d) The jury that will award the Bcc Montepruno Special Award will be a different jury from the artistic one of the Festival and will be headed by the Credit Institute;
e) The author and the producer of the short film winning the Special Award undertake to insert the name of the Prize at the beginning of the short film and to deliver to the Credit Institute a free copy of the work in digital format, with the authorization to disseminate it during meetings or events organized by the same;
f) Bcc Montepruno reserves the right not to award the Special Award, at its sole discretion, if no short film shot in the Bank's reference area is received.
g) For all that is not specified in this paragraph and for the sending of the works, are valid the rules established in this regulation apply;
2.4 Best Green Short Film Award for the category "Ecological and environmental issues"
a) Short films entered in the "Ecological and environmental themes" category compete for the Best Green Short Film Award, established in consideration of the Festival's commitment to environmental protection; of the importance of these issues today; of the intentions of promoting the territory, set by the Festival, and of the location of the event: an area of high environmental value in the heart of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park;
b) The overall winner of the category will be awarded a Trophy in collaboration with Legambiente;
c)To make the short film compete for the Special Award, tick the appropriate box on the entry form;
d) For all that is not specified in this paragraph and for the sending of the works, are valid the rules established in this regulation apply.
2.5 "A Short for Rotary - End Polio Now" Special Award
a)For the Special Award “A Short Film for Rotary - End Polio Now”, intended for the best short film capable of disseminating and promoting the actions, events, charitable initiatives, spirit and values of Rotary, the call is still being defined.
3. How to send the works
a) The short films can be sent as a downloadable link to corti@villammarefilmfestival.it after payment of the 10 euro registration fee (except for the category “Pietro De Luca Special Award”, “Bcc Monte Pruno Award” and “A Short for the Rotary”) via the appropriate link on the website www.villammarefilmfestival.it or via bank transfer made out to the Villammare Film Festival- Golfo di Policastro Association with reason for "registration for “title of the short film” at Villammare Festival Film&Friends" Iban IT96 D087 8469 3000 1000 00 ;
b) You can also nominate your short films using platforms FilmFreeway . In these cases, the organization does not assume responsibility for the relationship between the author of the short and the platform, which follows its own rules, independent of the Festival and indicated in the contract that the filmmaker independently signs with the platform;
c) The deadline for the submission of short films is June 28, 2025;
d) The submission must also include the registration form, the synopsis, the author's profile, the technical data of the film and any other advertising material you wish to add (photos, posters, etc.);
e) It is pleasing but not mandatory, sending trailers, backstage or short videos with comments or presentations of the film. They will be used during special TV programs about the Festival on air on 105 Tv (regional private television broadcasting in Campania), with the aim of presenting the works received and in competition or in any case for the promotion of the Festival and of the selected films;
f)The person who subscribes the entry form, so subscribing the film to the competition, assumes responsibility for being the legitimate representative, authorized by all those entitled to the work.
For the Feature Films:
1.Admission Requirements
Are allowed to the contest, Italian and foreign films:
a) Works distributed from August 2024 to July 2025;
b) Movies in preview and upcoming distribution works;
c) Unpublished works, without a time limit;
d) Works of cultural and documentary interest, of social commitment and socio-
anthropological films, environmental films.
For films in foreign language are required Italian subtitles.
Participation is free. Each author may submit one or more works to the competition.
The films should not have been selected or rewarded at the previous editions of the
Villammare Festival.
An indispensable requirement for participation in the competition is the authorization
to process personal data in accordance with current legislation.
The Villammare Film Festival-Gulf of Policastro Association undertakes to treat the
data in a lawful and fair manner for the sole purpose of the competition (informing
the outcome of the selections, allowing the award of prizes, notifying news, deadlines
and announcements of the forthcoming competitions, etc.). At any time after the
conclusion of the XXIV edition of the Villammare Festival, participants may
request, in writing, to delete their data from the Association's archive.
2. Assigned Prizes
During the current edition, compatibly with the works received, will be awarded the following prizes:
a) Best Film
b) Best Director
c) Best First Film
d) Best Actor and Best Actress
e) In consideration of the attention that the Villammare Festival has always attributed to the world of soundtracks, special prizes will be awarded relating to the musical aspect of the films;
f) Since 2019, the Villammare Festival Film & Friends has established the "Giorgio Arlorio" Special Award, dedicated to the late screenwriter, a great friend of the VFF & F. It will be assigned to the best screenplay of the films in competition.
5g) In addition, there may be further awards or special mentions made by the Festival's jury or by the technical organization of the Festival.
3. How to send the works
To be admitted to the competition, you must complete the entry form in all parts and
send it, with a copy of the feature film, a synopsis, author's details, technical details
of the movie and any other advertising material you want to add ( photos, posters,
etc.), by mail to lunghi@villammarefilmfestival.it with the link to download and view the movie .
You can also nominate your films using platforms Clickforfestivals, Filmfreeway and Festhome . In these cases, the organization does not assume responsibility for the relationship between the author of the films and the platform, which follows its own rules, independent of the Festival and indicated in the contract that the filmmaker independently signs with the platform.
All the works received will be kept in the Association's archives and will not be
returned.
The Villammare Film Festival – Gulf of Policastro Association assumes no
responsibility if the videos arrive lost or damaged, and cannot be admitted to the
competition.
The person who subscribes the entry form, so subscribing the film to the competition,
assumes responsibility for being the legitimate representative, authorized by all those
entitled to the work.
It is pleasing but not mandatory, sending trailers, backstage or short videos with
comments or presentations of the film. They will be used during special TV programs
about the Festival on air on 105 Tv ( private regional tv), with the aim of presenting the works received and in competition or in any case for the promotion of the Festival
and of the selected films.
The deadline for presenting feature films is 28 Giugno 2025.
