Every year Fantafestival organizes a competition among the screened works with at least two categories: Best Feature Film and Best Short Film. The categories may vary from year to year and are indicated for each edition. Starting from 2012, the award of the Fantafestival is the Golden Bat. Find all the details and the regulation here.
Feature Films and Short Films competition
Fantafestival also organizes the Fantapitch, the first Italian pitch entirely dedicated to the fantastic genre. Fantapitch offers authors, screenwriters, and directors the opportunity to personally present their unpublished projects to a selection of production companies interested in the genre. Find all the details and the regulation here.
Please note that the Fantapitch are only in Italian language and are reserved for Italian authors only.
Fantapitch
Why choose Fantafestival
1. Thanks to numerous international collaborations, in 1986 Fantafestival was among the founding members of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation, created together with the Brussels, Sigtes and Porto Festivals.
2. Fantafestival is among the most important international events of its kind and it’s among the ten major film festivals in Italy recognized by ANICA, listed in circular no. 147 of 12/12/1988. Fantafestival has also been recognized as a Historical Festival by the Municipality of Rome.
3. Fantafestival has always valorized the work of technicians and artists, now recognized as international masters. Over the years, Sergio Stivaletti and Oscar winners Dante Ferretti and Carlo Rambaldi have participated to the festival, among others.
4. Fantafestival proposes itself and it is recognized as the center of a network of creatives, artists, professionals and enthusiasts of the horror, fantasy and science fiction genre culture. In addition to cinema, it includes creators and authors of literature, comics, music and video games.
5. Fantafestival has always been an important showcase for young fantastic genre artists looking for recognition. In recent years, now recognized directors such as Luna Gualano and Vincenzo Alfieri have had the opportunity to show their first works at the festival.