Festival categories:

Sguardi dal Mondo: it’s about any topic and genre. Ranging from drama to comedy, thriller, musical, etc. Starting this edition, documentaries are also included in this section. The stories can be invented or adapted or inspired by true events. Maximum length 30 min, excluding credits. Only for foreign films.

Gemme Italiane: it’s about any topic and genre. Ranging from drama to comedy, thriller, etc. Starting this edition, documentaries are also included in this section. The stories can be invented or adapted or inspired by true events. Maximum length 30 min, excluding credits. Only for Italian films.

Animando: aimed to any story of animation of any genre and realized in any technical way, also stop-motion. The topic is free. Maximum length 15 min, excluding credits. Kiddos - kids of the world: aimed at any theme and genre whose protagonists are only children or adolescents, Italian and foreign films; Maximum length 30 min, excluding credits.

Germogli di Cinema: aimed at first works, i.e. debut films, on any theme and only aimed to fiction films. They range from drama to comedy, thriller, etc. Stories can be invented or adapted or inspired by real events. Maximum length 20 min, excluding credits

OPERAPRIMA special section, dedicated to feature films. Films with a maximum running time of 90 minutes will be accepted, excluding credits. It is dedicated only to Italian films, which must necessarily be the director's debut work. Theme and genre are free. The OperaPrima section is a separate competition that will take place within the festival and for which there will be a single category award to the film considered most deserving by a special technical jury of experts in film industry.

Works made in Italy or abroad since June 1, 2023 can participate in the selection. Foreign works, in order to be admitted, must be imperatively subtitled in Italian.

This is just an excerpt of the regulations, carefully read the complete regulations before submitting.