Scario Soulplace Film Festival is an international competition with live screenings open to filmmakers from all over the world. It takes place in the small town of San Giovanni a Piro (Cilento Coast, Italy) and its purpose is to help independent cinematography talents and filmmakers to improve their career.
The small village of Scario is part of the town of San Giovanni a Piro and it is located above the Cilento Coast and it’s part of heart’s places classified by FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano. The village is nestled between the National Parc of Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni, and the Sea Protected Area of Infreschi Coast and Masseta, where we can find many submerged caves.
The event is patronaged by the Municipality of San Giovanni a Piro.
We accept films of all genres and also shorts. Award-winning films will be screened in public before the award ceremony.

Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Narrative Short
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Original Soundtrack
Best First Time Director
Best Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize

Scario Soulplace Film Festival aims to spread the culture of cinematography and, at the same time, to promote the discovery of San Giovanni a Piro, located in Vietri sul Mare (Italy), above the Cilento Coast: a landscape of outstanding cultural value and it's part od heart's places classified by FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
We want to support as many filmmakers as possible, all over the world, motivating them to always improve, always give their best and never stop dreaming.
Th event involves not only filmmakers and the public, but also the whole territory as well.
We accept films of all genres and also shorts, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction) or animation.
Award-winning films will be screened in public before the award ceremony. *All winners will receive an official laurel and a free ready for print certificate.
By submitting your film, you declare to know and accept that we can promote some of the films by uploading the trailers and/or teasers or posters and production stills and so you allow us to use them for free, for promotional purpose. However the films will never be available online.
Submission fees cover administration costs and therefore they are non-refundable. Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
We do not accept:
- poor standards or amateur movies (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD);
- movies involving politics or promoting political agenda;
- extremist or propaganda content movies, either religious or political organizations.

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  • I was honored to participate in this year's Scario Soulplace Film Festival with "Resurrection under the Ocean" short film! - 😃😃😃🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏

    October 2023
  • Sara Bahramjahan

    Fantastic festival. I am glad that the movie Childfree was a part of this festival. Thank you for your support.

    October 2023
  • Jean-François Amiguet

    I am very honored that my feature OLD BOYS is an Award Winner at the Scario Soulplace Film Festival. Thank you so much for this important reward and for all the work you do to promote independent filmmakers. It is a real encouragement to persevere in the field of a demanding and atypical cinema.

    October 2023
  • saeed mayahy

    that was a honor to win one of the award in this great festival

    October 2022
  • Cenk İzgören

    It's a great festival. a team with strong communication, positive and hardworking. I am very happy to have known you. Kafes İki Savaş Arasında thank you on behalf of the team.

    October 2022