Seeyousound International Music Film Festival is Italy’s main film festival dedicated to the relationship between cinema and music. Established in 2014, it takes place annually in Torino, presenting a rich programme of premiere screenings, alongside a line-up of off-screen events, to offer an in-depth look at the unbreakable bond between movies and sound.

Seeyousound focuses on the relationship between cinema and music in all its forms and in the broadest, most open sense of the term: biopics, documentaries, narrative films, music videos, short films, live scoring, audio-visual performances, concerts, DJ sets...

The Festival, with its combination of popular spirit and independent attitude, aims to bring bold works of all production scales and from all over the world into the spotlight, promoting original and daring filmmakers within the industry and media, next to great guests (such as, in recent years: Julian Temple, Kode9, Christophe Chassol, Don Letts, Tony Palmer, Laibach...) and highly anticipated premieres of music-themed films.

Seeyousound 13th edition will take place from 2 to 7 March 2027, in partnership with Italy's National Museum of Cinema.

Awards & Prizes

• LP DOC / FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION
Best Documentary: € 1,000 cash prize

• LP FEATURE / FEATURE-LENGTH NARRATIVE FILM COMPETITION
Best Feature Film: € 1,000 cash prize

• 7 INCH/ SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Best Short Film: € 500 cash prize

• SOUNDIES / MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
Best Music Video: € 500 cash prize

The juries may decide to assign special mentions (which do not carry a cash prize)

Rules & Terms

Entries may be submitted to different categories, depending on their characteristics:

• INTO THE GROOVE
A non-competitive section dedicated to great famous names and pop culture topics related to music and music-themed cinema

• RISING SOUND
A non-competitive section dedicated to feature films (both narrative and documentary) in which music serves as a tool for social, political and moral struggle, as a weapon to fight against injustices and iniquities, highlighting its role and power

• LP DOC
Feature-length film competition dedicated to documentary films

• LP FEATURE
Feature-length film competition dedicated to narrative films

• 7 INCH
Short film competition (all forms are accepted: narrative, documentary, experimental, animated, etc.)

• SOUNDIES
Music video competition

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1. Feature films runtime accepted: over 30 minutes. Short films runtime accepted: under 30 minutes.

2. Works submitted must be related to music in the widest and most free sense of the term: musicians and music producers biopics, portraits of authors, singers or bands, reflections on music genres, critical insights, stories pertaining to music in all its forms, etc.

3. Works that have been submitted to Seeyousound’s previous editions will not be accepted.

4. Applicants may submit one or more works, even in multiple categories, with no restrictions.

5. To be eligible, works must have been produced after the 1st of January 2025 or been screened publicly for the first time after that date.

6. Films in languages other than English must be provided with English subtitles.

7. In case of selection, filmmakers will be privately contacted and the following materials must be available and provided:
• Screening copy format: DCP or ProRes or H264;
• The .srt file of the English subtitles and/or a timecoded dialogue list;
• EPK including director’s pic and bio, stills, poster, trailer;
• A screener link for juries and press.

8. If any of the required materials are missing, or if they are provided after the deadline specified in the private communication, the festival reserves the right to withdraw the selection.

9. If it is necessary to send a screening copy by courier, the sender is required to cover the shipping costs.

10. The juries for the competition sections will be made up of professionals from the music and film industries, who will be announced shortly before the festival dates.

11. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on the final day of the festival.

12. The prizes (both trophies and cash prizes) will be delivered to the winners within 12 months from the official announcement.

13. By submitting a work, you accept all the terms and conditions.

14. By submitting a work, you have the responsibility for the content of the work and declare to be the owners of all rights (direct and indirect) on the work itself.