The competition is one of the central spaces of Linea d’Ombra Festival: a meeting point for discovering and rewarding new forms of audiovisual production.
The 31st edition renews this vocation with four competition sections dedicated to new forms of audiovisual production: Passaggi d’Europa, CortoEuropa, OpenSpace and UniFest.
From European feature films to short works, from young filmmakers from Campania to university creativity, each section plays its own role in the festival’s story. Discover the PLAY — Let’s Get Involved project.
PASSAGGI
D’EUROPA
A section dedicated to first and second works produced in Europe between 2025 and 2026, across fiction, documentary and animation, with no genre restrictions.
Submission deadline: 01/09/2026
Prize: €3,000
CORTO
EUROPA
The festival’s historic section, dedicated to around twenty European fiction, animation and documentary short films.
Submission deadline: 01/09/2026
Prize: €2,000
OPEN
SPACE
OpenSpace — Banca Campania Centro Award is the competition dedicated to fiction, animation or documentary short films made in Campania by directors under 36.
Submission deadline: 10/09/2026
Prize: €1,500
UNIFEST
An international contest for university students, dedicated to short audiovisual works made with digital technologies and divided into the Italian Job and Stile Libero categories.
Submission deadline: 04/09/2026
Prize: €250 for each category
WHO DECIDES
The works in competition will be evaluated by an Expert Jury and by an Audience Jury composed of film enthusiasts who actively take part in the festival every year.