ShorTS International Film Festival

ShorTS International Film Festival

Also known as: ShorTS IFF, Festival Maremetraggio
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ShorTS International Film Festival centres on short cinema in Trieste, Italy, with the international Maremetraggio competition alongside programmes for Italian films, very short works, environmental subjects and young audiences. Associazione Maremetraggio organises the festival, which also explores immersive cinema and connects film with comics through the ShorTS Comics Marathon.

Children and teenagers help select the Shorter Kids’n’Teens programme through film education and serve on its juries. The festival also offers masterclasses and development training for short-film projects. Its history includes the name Festival Maremetraggio, in use until 2013. The dates for the 28th edition are 26 June–3 July 2027 in Trieste.

Country

Italy

Categories

Short, Virtual Reality

Dates

26 June 2027 — 3 July 2027

Awards and prizes

Latest published awards: 2026 edition. Maremetraggio includes the best short film prize, the Shorts TV jury award and an audience award. Audience prizes also recognise ShorTS Express, Italia in ShorTS (Bazzara Caffè), Eco-ShorTS (Trieste Trasporti), ShorTS Horror Picture Show, Shorter Kids and Shorter Teens. Italia in ShorTS also includes the AMC Mauro Bonanni editing prize, Panalight awards for direction and cinematography, and Oltre il Muro, voted by inmates of Trieste’s Ernesto Mari prison. ShorTS Immersive includes an audience prize for a 6DoF VR experience. The MYmovies.it prize recognises an Italian premiere across the short-film sections. The festival also presents the Cinema del Presente, Interprete del Presente and Prospettiva honorary awards. Awards for the 2027 edition are not yet published.

Festival rules

Latest published film competition regulations: 2026 edition. Maremetraggio accepts films of any genre from around the world, up to 20 minutes including credits; ShorTS Express accepts films up to 5 minutes excluding credits; Italia in ShorTS accepts Italian films up to 20 minutes including credits; Eco-ShorTS accepts environmental films up to 15 minutes including credits. ShorTS Horror Picture Show accepts horror, fantasy, grotesque and gothic animation, fiction or experimental films up to 20 minutes including credits. Shorter Kids’n’Teens accepts films for ages 6–15 up to 15 minutes including credits. These sections require films produced after January 2025. ShorTS Immersive accepts VR shorts up to 20 minutes in 360-degree 2D or 3D H264 with stereo or embedded AmbiX audio, and standalone Meta Quest 3-compatible 6DoF VR or MR experiences (no PCVR). Submissions use Festhome or FilmFreeway. The artistic direction makes the final selection. Selected filmmakers must supply the requested screening and publicity materials. Participation accepts the regulations and allows non-commercial screenings from the festival archive for educational, research and related purposes. The Italian text prevails in interpretation. These are the 2026 conditions; film competition regulations for 2027 are not yet published on the submissions page.

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