Dieciminuti Film Festival

Dieciminuti Film Festival

Also known as: DFF
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Ten-minute storytelling anchors Dieciminuti Film Festival, an international short-film competition created in 2005 by IndieGesta in Ceccano, in Italy’s province of Frosinone. Its competitions cover fiction, animation and documentary, with ExtraLarge allowing longer shorts and Visti da Vicino focusing on filmmakers from the province. Alongside screenings, the Dieciminuti Academy offers film and visual-arts education; its Futurama activities include workshops, meetings and screenings for school students.

The 22nd edition runs from 4–8 May 2027 in Ceccano. Its Official Selection and Visti da Vicino accept films up to ten minutes, ExtraLarge accepts films between ten and twenty minutes, and Animations and Doc10 accept works up to fifteen minutes. IndieGesta APS organises the festival through a volunteer team.

Country

Italy

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Short

Dates

4 May 2027 — 8 May 2027

Awards and prizes

22nd edition (2027): Official Selection winner: €2,000 and a festival statuette. ExtraLarge, Animations and Doc10 winners: €800 and a statuette each. Visti da Vicino winner: €500 and a statuette. The official jury also awards statuettes for directing, screenplay, editing, cinematography, original score, actor and actress. The organisers may withhold a prize if no entry in a category merits recognition, or if the winner or a delegate does not attend the awards ceremony.

Festival rules

22nd edition (2027): One film per filmmaker in each competition category, completed after 1 January 2026. Running times include opening and closing credits: Official Selection and Visti da Vicino, up to 10 minutes; ExtraLarge, 10–20 minutes; Animations and Doc10, up to 15 minutes. Visti da Vicino is for filmmakers from the province of Frosinone. Films previously entered in the first 21 editions are ineligible. Non-Italian films require Italian or English subtitles; all entries require a dialogue list. Submissions must be downloadable MP4 files at a minimum resolution of 1920 × 1080. Selected filmmakers must provide an unsubtitled screening copy within ten days of notification. The organisers reserve the right to reject works with excessively invasive use of artificial intelligence. Submission deadline: 30 November 2026.

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