Florence Short Film Festival

Overview

Born as a limelight for young independent directors, it quickly established itself as an international festival, counting among its guests and jurors great personalities from the world of academicism and film criticism, as well as renowned actors, dubbers and producers. Every year hundreds of directors from all over the world have submitted their works to be selected and run for the three categories of “Fiction”, “Animation” and “Documentary”, and thus compete for the Jury Prize (with cash prize) and for the Audience Award. Throughout its tenth editions, Florence Short Film Festival has received the patronage of the most important local institutions (the Municipality of the City of Florence and the Tuscany Region) and, more importantly, has been able to intercept a large transversal audience that has voted its loyalty to the festival every year: the audience of FSFF numbers hundreds of people and embraces both the university student who wants to live the cultural life of the city, and to the cinephile who wants to discover the directors of tomorrow, thanks to the varied proposal that the festival can offer. Since the 8th edition Florence Short Film Festival is proud to offer masterclasses by guests of the caliber of Alessandro Roia, Giovanni Veronesi, Gianfranco Pannone and Alessandro Rak, demonstrating that teaching is a fundamental point for training the new directors of tomorrow and that the dissemination of cinematographic knowledge is at the basis of the intentions of the festival. The 12th edition of the Florence Short Film Festival (4th, 5th and 6th of February 2027 - Cinema La Compagnia, Firenze) aims to bring the event to a further level by strengthening the internationality of the proposal, consolidating and expanding the public and involving famous personalities of Italian and international cinema. Guests and jurors of previous editions: Ugo Chiti, screenwriter Ugo Pagliai, actor, dubber Alessandro Roia, actor, director Paola Gassman, actress Francesco Pannofino, dubber, actor Paola Randi, director Carlo Sironi, director Valentina Bellè, actress Duccio Chiarini, director Tommaso Santambrogio, director Svevo Moltrasio, actor, director Daniela Morozzi, actress Cosimo Calamini, screenwriter Omar Rashid, producer, author Antonio de Matteo, actor Gaia Nanni, actress Marco Cocci, actor Cinzia Th Torrini, director Gianna Giachetti, actress Antonio Frazzi, director, juror for the David di Donatello and European Film Academy Alessandra Acciai, actress, producer Cosimo Calamini, screenwriter and writer Luigi Nepi, professor of Film Criticism at the University of Florence Stefano Socci, Professor of History of Cinema at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence Elisabetta Vagaggini, journalist Donatella Pascucci, Mibac - Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities Simone Bartalesi, artistic director of OFF Cinema Marta Innocenti, director Caterina Liverani, journalist Manfredi Lucibello, director

Last updated Oct 1, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  Communications with the Festival was great even though I couldn’t be at the festival. The line up of films wasof the highest quality. I felt honored to be a finalist at this prestigious festival.

• Filmmaker

  It is a charming film festival and I love it very much!!

• Filmmaker

  I was lucky enough to be able to attend in person this year and was truly blown away by the hospitality of the festival team, the passionate audience, the beautiful theater, the outstanding quality of every single film in the program, and just how much love and care went into making this live edition a safe and memorable one.

• Filmmaker

  It was a great time in Florence. Good Festival, with nice vintage venue, showing a strong list of documentary section films, where we presented our project as well and where we were lucky to receive the 'Fabrizio Borghini' Special Prize Award. Also, it was an amazing time, having a deep conversations with festival jury and founders. Thank you FSFF team. Hope to see you again!)

• Filmmaker

  Thank you for the Florence Short Film Festival. The process was well organized and professionally run—smooth, clear, and well managed.

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