MalatestaShort Film Festival
12th - 21th November 2021
MalatestaShort is an international short film festival based in Cesena - Italy.Our programme includes a selection of films from all over the world, divided into seven competitive categories:
Best Fiction * Best Animation * Best Documentary * Best Experimental * Eastern Asia Focus * Ultra Short * Best Extended Cinema.
The festival is made up not only of film screenings, but also of meetings and collateral events.
This project was born out of some friend’s love for cinema, we are passionate about its most essential form: the short film. Our goal is to promote cinema culture and cinema “in short” in particular, to show it as a versatile instrument for young talents to express themselves and make themselves known.
Submissions
MalatestaShort Film Festival aims to show the very best of new cinema, especially international previews and the works of emerging directors.
The Festival accepts short films lasting less than 30 minutes. Projects of all genres are welcome. MalatestaShort Film Festival is committed to the screening of the boldest and most innovative works and of films that challenge the boundaries of filmmaking.
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MalatestaShort Film Festival invited producers and filmmakers to submit their films to its 4st edition that will be taking place from 22th August to 30th August 2020 in Cesena - Italy. The winner of this edition are:
- Best Animation: "Udahnut zivot" by Ivana Bosniak and Thomas Johnson, Croatia
- Best Fiction: "Nefta Football Club" by Yves Plat, France
- Best Documentary: "Ferroada" by Adriana Barbosa and Bruno Mello Castanho, Brazil
- Best Experimental: "Con te o senza di te" by Angela Prudenzi, Italy
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MalatestaShort Film Festival invited producers and filmmakers to submit their films to its 3st edition that will be taking place from 25th March to 27th March 2019 in Cesena - Italy. The winner of this edition are:
- Best Animation: "MASCARPONE" by Jonas Riemer, Germany
- Best Fiction: "WAVE" by Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton, Ireland
- Best Documentary: "TOO-TASH" by Dariusz Sipowski, Poland
- Best Experimental: "The Divine Way" by Ilaria Di Carlo, Germany
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MalatestaShort Film Festival invited producers and filmmakers to submit their films to its 2st edition that will be taking place from 12th March to 14th March 2018 in Cesena - Italy. The winner of this edition are:
- Best Animation: My Grandfather was a cherry tree - Olga & Tatiana Poliektova - Russian Federation
- Best Fiction: CUBEMAN - Linda Dombrovszky - Hungary
- Best Documentary: Ninnoc - Niki Padidar - Netherlands
- Best Experimental: CLOUD KUMO - Yvonne Ng - United States
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MalatestaShort Film Festival invited producers and filmmakers to submit their films to its 1st edition that will be taking place from 13th March to 15th March 2017 in Cesena - Italy. The winner of this edition are:
- Best Animation: Arkhe - Batuhan Köksal - Turkey
- Best Fiction: AKITA - John Hickman - Alastair Cummings - United Kingdom
- Best Documentary: My Deadly Beautiful City - Victoria Fioravante - United Kingdom
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The short films in competition are divided into the following categories:
- Best Fiction
- Best Animation
- Best Experimental
- Best Documentary
The winner of each category will receive an award.
