“You know I’m gonna be 25 in June.

That’s a quarter of a century. Makes a girl think”

Zucchero Kandinsky, “Some Like It Hot”

Submission Deadline

31 august 2018

Monetary Prize

Euro 2.000,00

The Dates of the Festival

The Festival will take place from the 10th to the 17th of November 2018 in San Gimignano (Siena).

Competition—Contest sections

— International Competition (25th edition)

This is the oldest section of the Festival, for which short fiction films, documentaries, docu-fiction films and cartoons can be presented. There is no set theme and it’s possible to submit short films in any language, as long as they are subtitled in English or Italian, with a maximum duration of 15’ (fifteen minutes).

— Vision Art, visual arts in motion (11th edition)

The section is restricted to works of video art, digital experimentation, computer animation, etc… Submitted short films should be dedicated to the theme “The Holiday”.

Works will be evaluated by a panel of experts in contemporary artistic languages; those selected will be included in an exhibition in the 2018 Festival.

The best selected work in this section will receive a special mention (no monetary prize).

Short films in any language are accepted, as long as they are subtitled in English or Italian, with a maximum duration of 15’ (fifteen minutes).

— Special section: “Comedies and grotesque films”

To celebrate the 25th edition of the Festival, Visionaria launches a special section for short films in the Comedy and Grotesque genre. Short films can be submitted in any language, as long as they are subtitled in English and Italian, with a maximum duration of 15’ (fifteen minutes).

- Special section: "Food and Water New Generation"

Children-oriented short documentaries and fiction films on the theme of environmental sustainability and the exploitation of natural resources can be submitted to this special section created with the collaboration of the Siena Art Institute Onlus.