UMBERTIDEAD is a small indie festival in Umbertide town, in the centre of Italy, near Perugia, dedicated to Fantastic, Horror and Sci-Fi movies.
The 6th edition will be August 20, 2023 at the Piattaforma open air cinema in Umbertide, Italy.

Audience Award for the Best Short.

Winners:
2023: "The Black reCat" by Paulo Gaudio (ITALY)
2022: "On the inside" by Paul Gustavsen (NORWAY)
2018: "Home" by Paul Gustavsen (NORWAY)
2016: "Feeding Time" by Matt Mercer (UK)
2015: "El Gigante" by Gigi Saul Guerrero, Luke Bramley (USA / MEX)
2014: n.a.

We seek independent short films from around the world in the following genre:
- Horror
- Sci-Fi

SHORT FILM ELIGIBILITY:

- All shorts entered must be original work and have all rights secured by the filmmaker
- The shorts must have been completed within the last 5 years.
- Run time of between 1 and 10 minutes
- Films in a language other than Italian must be subtitled in Italian or English

Submitting is easy: we accept secure online screeners and links on Vimeo and Youtube, but only with a valid FilmFreeway reference.

DO NOT SEND PRESS PACKS, PHOTOS, TESTIMONIALS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH YOUR SUBMISSION - it is a waste of time and paper. If we accept your film we will ask for the other things we need.

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  • Paolo Gaudio

    A Festival of authentic Genre lovers for authentic Genre lovers. A high quality selection for a participatory and involved audience that I thank so much for choosing my short film THE BLACK reCAT as this year's best film.

    August 2023
  • césar adriazola

    It was a pleasure to have participated in this festival.

    August 2023
  • Lars Einar Skageberg

    5 stars. Haven't been there myself, but our film felt most welcome in a great selection of shorts!

    August 2018