#BREAKTHESURFACE / FROM 13 TO 15 APRIL 2023 IN ROME

TEAR YOUR HEART APART AND SHOW IT TO OUR AUDIENCE

Since its birth in 2017, our festival committed to a deep and thoughful sifting of the international short film panorama, trying to showcase a selection that is able to portray the actual variety in languages, forms, innovations and genre films that is today independent cinema. We look for films that are able to release a very strong and deep emotional and intellectual pull in the spectator and show signs or premonitions of an author to come.

BE JUDGED, BE PART

Our jury is made of both award winning professionals from the italian film industry and from independent film directors from all around the world that form our Board of Directors. All the selected in our festival and in its parallel screenings Short Days are invited to stay in the board forever.

Rewatch our previous winners

Enjoy a recap of all the short films that have been featured in our previous editions and are now online and a selection of all the extra materials, interviews and award ceremony available.

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Join the second edition of our screenwriting competition for both feature and short films. The 20 finalists will be going through a dossier and pitch deck design workshop and present their work to a jury of italian producers.

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CONTACTS / filmfestival@ilvarco.net

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