Next screening on our own platform from Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th.
A NEW ART DIRECTOR EVERY MONTH.
A NEW IDEA OF CINEMA EVERY MONTH.
One submission stays valid for 12 months. If it’s not picked by one art director, maybe it will be picked by the next!
2020-2021 EDITIONS
The posters of the previous editions of this annual cycle. At the end of the 12th edition the $1000 cash prize will be assigned to the best short film.
VI EDITION @ ONLINE
Jan 26-29 2021, Online
Artistic direction by Giulia Di Battista
V EDITION @ ONLINE
Dec 18-22nd 2020, Online
Artistic direction by Tommaso Frangini
IV EDITION @ ROME
Oct 17th 2021, Roma
Artistic direction by Alain Parroni
III EDITION @ SCARIO
Aug 2nd 2020, Scario
Artistic direction by Tommaso Santambrogio
II EDITION @ ROME
Feb 24th 2020, Rome
Artistic direction by Marcello Di Trocchio
I EDITION @ ROME
Jan 3rd 2020, Rome
Artistic direction by Toni Trupia
2019 EDITIONS
The posters of the previous editions of this annual cycle. At the end of the 12th edition the $1000 cash prize will be assigned to the best short film.
CLOSING CEREMONY @ ROME
Dec 16th 2019, Rome
Hosted by Atelier Montez
X EDITION @ ROME
Nov 25th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Daniele Parisi
IX EDITION @ ROME
October 28th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Adriano Giotti
VIII EDITION @ ROME
September 30th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Paolo Strippoli
VII EDITION @ ATHENS
24th June 2019, Athens
Artistic direction by Konstantinos Stragalinos
VI EDITION @ PESCARA
8th June 2019, Pescara
Artistic direction by Lorenzo Berghella
V EDITION @ ROME
6th May 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Samuele Sestieri
IV EDITION @ ROME
25th February 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Rossella Inglese
III EDITION @ ROME
21st January 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Elio Di Pace
II EDITION @ ROME
19th November 2018, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Lilian Sassanelli
I EDITION @ ROME
8th October 2018 , Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Andrea Gatopoulos
STAFF
ANDREA GATOPOULOS
Andrea Gatopoulos was born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) in 1994. After school he moved to Rome and graduated in 2016 with a score of 110/110 cum laude in Modern Literature with a thesis entitled “Virtual reality and image culture in the civilization of entertainment”. During the university years, he founded his publishing house and production company called Il Varco with which he produced 12 short films and 2 feature films, the edition of 4 books and produced many events all throughout Italy. He shot a dozen films as a cinematographer including David and Nastri nominees films. His productions were featured in more than 100 festival in the world including Oscar Qualifying and European Film Awards Qualifying festivals. He’s the artistic director of Il Varco – International Short Film Festival, and supervisor of Short Days, its parallel screenings.
NICOLETTA CATALDO
Laureata in Scienze della Comunicazione, si specializza in Cinema, Televisione e Produzione Multimediale. Dal 2008 lavora a Roma facendo esperienza con realtà come Alba Produzioni, Indi Cinema Italia, CGS – Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali. Nel 2009 si trasferisce in Sudafrica e lavora per un anno a Città del Capo, iniziando ad incubare l’idea di sviluppare un hub creativo di produzione culturale. I suoi numerosi viaggi di studio, lavoro e formazione all’estero le hanno permesso di maturare una nuova visione sulle
dinamiche di settore del mercato attuale. Dal 2011 lavora come produttore ed esecutivo, per aziende di produzione cinematografica e audiovisiva in Italia e per tre anni fa parte dell’associazione culturale ZEN.movie. Dal 2015 produce progetti indipendenti investendo su registi e storie, nel 2018 crea Insolita Film, un centro di produzione cinematografico e creativo che punta a portare arte e cultura all’interno delle imprese.
