Open
Space

Films in Competition 2026

List of selected films

Open Space – Banca Campania Centro Award is the Linea d’Ombra Festival section dedicated to new voices in Campania’s audiovisual scene.

With the 31st edition, Open Space becomes a competition section, presenting fiction, animation and documentary short films made in Campania by young female and male directors. It is a programme that looks at the region as a space for production, research and experimentation, giving visibility to emerging perspectives and different forms of cinematic storytelling.

Eleven short films have been selected for the 2026 edition, all made in Campania and produced between 2025 and 2026.

SELECTED
SHORT FILMS

Fenice
Domenico Pizzulo / 2026 / 10’

Il fornaio e il mare
Alessandro Montone / 2026 / 18’

In acqua
Marco Natella / 2026 / 13’

Mambo kids
Emanuele Tresca / 2026 / 20’

Marinella
Giuseppe Arena / 2025 / 20’

Olive
India Santella / 2025 / 17’

Qui va tutto bene
Maria Rosaria Scafuri / 2025 / 7’

Randaghi
Enrico Motti, Emanuele Motti / 2025 / 15’

Rewrite
Alfiere Podeia / 2026 / 6’

Solo il mare
Paola Beatrice Ortolani / 2026 / 17’

Titina
Giorgia Ciraolo / 2026 / 12’

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Linea d’Ombra Festival, 31st edition, is an initiative promoted and organized by the association SALERNOINFESTIVAL ETS, and realized with the support of the Campania Region under Regional Law 30/2016, in cooperation with the Campania Region Film Commission; with the funding and patronage of the Municipality of Salerno; with the funding of the General Directorate for Cinema and Audiovisual, Ministry of Culture; and with the backing of the Salerno Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture.
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