The Versilia Film Festival (VFF), organized by APS Form.Art.E, is a film festival and competition with a strong cultural identity. It gathers the experience and legacy of the Camaiore Film Festival (of which it is the successor), proposing itself as a space for artistic expression and social reflection, promoting works that tackle highly current themes with original, innovative, and courageous cinematic languages.
The festival unfolds as a multi-stage journey, culminating in a final event featuring public screenings and collective participation.
It is also structured as a widespread festival across time and the local area, featuring cultural and educational activities that accompany the public throughout the entire year. The goal is to bring independent cinema back to the center of the region's cultural life and create opportunities for meetings, discussions, and participation among authors, the audience, and the community.
Notable guests from past editions (Camaiore Film Festival) include Steve Della Casa as the director of the technical jury, Alessandro Aronadio, Paolo Hendel, Saverio Guarna, Massimo Bonfatti, Ferruccio Marotti, GianMarco Tognazzi, Riccardo Rossi, Anna Pavignano, Salvatore Veca, and Franco Giubilei.
DATES AND DURATION
Event series: April – July 2027
Screening of competing short films and final ceremony: September 4-5-6, 2027
Medium-length or Arthouse Film series: Autumn 2027
COMPETITIVE SECTIONS
The Festival is open to Italian and international directors to submit short films of any genre produced after January 15, 2025, in accordance with the 4 designated sections:
FICTION SHORT FILM: Fiction short films of any genre from all over the world; maximum duration 20 minutes (credits included).
"CORTISSIMO" (Very Short Film): Short films of any genre from all over the world with a maximum duration of 5 minutes (credits included).
INCLUSION, LEGALITY, AND CIVIC SENSE: Short films of any genre addressing the themes of inclusion, disability, legality, and civic duty (reportage, investigations, community stories, portraits of people with disabilities, documentaries on legal proceedings, civic campaigns, material aimed at social change or raising justice issues...); maximum duration 15 minutes (credits included).
"HORIZONS OF KNOWLEDGE" (EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND GROWTH): Short films dedicated to educational outreach, education, science, culture, and personal growth (explainers, scientific or philosophical mini-documentaries, video lessons, research-based educational storytelling, educational products created for the web...); maximum duration 10 minutes (credits included).
