Introduction to the film festival

Awards

1. Awards

To the short film that best represents the festival’s poetics: an original gaze on reality, capable of questioning, diverting, opening.

• Visions from Campania Award
(Mounted plaque)

To the best short made by a Campanian author or set in Campania, for its powerful exploration of the territory in a contemporary key.

• Future Gazes Award
(Simple plaque)

To the best school short, for its originality and expressive sensitivity within an educational context.

• Interspaces Award: Stratifications of the Invisible
(Mounted plaque with unique design)

To the film that most embodies the liminal tension of the section: a short that inhabits the space of the invisible — that becomes a threshold, a clue, an intuition.

Special Prizes
• Special Mention by the Jury
(Simple plaque)

For works that stand out for a specific quality (screenwriting, editing, cinematography, sound, etc.).

• Audience Award
(Simple plaque)

Voted by viewers during the festival screenings, to promote active audience participation.

2. Juries

Art. 1 – Jury Composition

1.1 Technical Jury
Composed of 3 to 7 members, selected among filmmakers, film critics, curators, university lecturers, visual artists, and audiovisual professionals. Members are appointed by the festival’s artistic direction and remain confidential until the event begins.
Awards assigned:
• Best International Short – Beneath the Surface
• Best Short – Visions from Campania
• Interspaces Award
• Jury Special Mentions

1.2 Youth Jury
Made up of high school and university students, selected through a public call or in collaboration with educational institutions.
Members range from 5 to 15.
Award assigned:
• Best Short – Future Gazes

1.3 Audience Jury
All audience members attending in-person screenings of competition films may vote for the Audience Award. Voting is done via paper ballot distributed before the screenings and collected afterward. The film with the most votes receives:
• Inferenze 2025 Audience Award

Art. 2 – Voting Procedures

2.1 Technical Jury
Each member votes numerically or with a written motivation (at the artistic direction’s discretion). The award is granted by simple majority. In case of a tie, the jury president’s vote prevails.

2.2 Youth Jury
Members gather after screenings to deliberate together. The award goes to a short deemed especially meaningful to the young audience.

2.3 Audience Jury

Each viewer may vote for their favorite short screened in the session. Votes are anonymous and counted by the organizational staff. The film with the most total preferences wins the Audience Award.

Art. 3 – Evaluation Criteria

All juries are encouraged to consider the following, with varying sensibilities:
• Originality of the idea
• Technical and stylistic quality
• Expressive power and evocative capacity
• Thematic relevance to the spirit of the festival
• Innovation in cinematic language

3.1 Evaluation – Intercapedini Section
Assigned by the Technical Jury

The short films selected for the “Intercapedini” section will be evaluated according to a dedicated rubric that considers their hybrid, conceptual, and experimental nature.
Specific Criteria:
1. Conceptual Power
– The short film’s ability to articulate an abstract, philosophical, or enigmatic idea through audiovisual language.
2. Atmosphere and Poetic Tension
– How the work constructs a suspended, sensorial, emotional, or symbolic dimension.
3. Linguistic Transgression
– The originality and boldness in the use of form, structure, editing, voice, sound, and image.
4. Relevance to the Spirit of “Intercapedini”
– Coherence with the themes of the invisible, the liminal, and the unspoken.
5. Visual Impact and Memorability
– The lasting impression the work leaves on the viewer’s eye and mind.

Rules

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