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All the winners of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 15

3MWh by Marie-Magdalena Kochová (Czech Republic) is the winner of the International Competition of Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival 2025.

The Brazilian animation The Worst Kind of Pain by Ana Clara Miranda Lucena receives the “National Cinema Museum” special mention, for the work that provides the…

Fourth day of the festival: Roberto Cavani's handcrafted animation, the latest shorts in competition and Marco Bellocchio's free cinema

Venice, March 22nd, 2025. The eagerly awaited masterclass of Roberto Catani, an illustrator and animator from the Marche region who was interviewed on the Auditorium stage by Andrijana Ružić, took place yesterday as part of the 15th edition of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival. During the meeting,…

The world of Casanova and Fellini: the meeting with Gianfranco Angelucci

Venice, March 22nd, 2025. “Fellini is present, embodied by one of his closest collaborators”: these were the words used by the professor and film critic Anton Giulio Mancino to open the special program designed to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Giacomo Casanova's birth, The World of Casanova and…

At the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival Roberto Cavani and his hymn to disobience

Venice, March 22nd, 2025. Among the guests at this year’s Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival is Roberto Catani, animator and illustrator from the Italian region of Marche, Catani was the main speaker for a masterclass on the Festival's third day. During the talk, moderated by Andrijana Ružić, the…

Third day of the festival: a tribute to Casanova and the short films talking about war and social issues

Venice, March 21st, 2025. Yesterday, at the 15th edition of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, the traditional Special Jury Program took place. The jury of the International Competition – composed by Alessandra Infascelli, Malou Lévêque, and Barbara Biddulph – came on stage to tell the public in…

The programme of Saturday, March 22nd

Venice, March 21st, 2025. For the last day of the 15th edition of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, the last short films in the Internation Competition will be presented at 2 pm in the Auditorium Santa Margherita. This showing will include: Waterline by Lucila de Oto and Gastón Bonalve from…

Jury's special program: the jurors talk about themselves to the public

Venice, March 21st, 2025. Yesterday, at the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, the Jury’s Special Program was held and the three jurors of the international competition talked about their experience in the cinematographic field.

The event was opened with a conversation between Maria Roberta Novielli,…

Second day of the festival: Pablo Berger's "punk era" and the short films of the International Competition, from thriller to animation

Venice, March 20th 2025. Yesterday, the first day of Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival reached its peak with Spanish director and screenwriter Pablo Berger’s masterclass, revolving around a conversation with John Bleasdale. The first part of the interview focused on what the director described as his…

The programme of Friday, March 21st

Venice, March 20th, 2025. Friday, March 21st, 2025, will mark the third day of the fifteenth edition of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival. The day's program will begin at 11:00 AM at the Auditorium Santa Margherita with the "Francesco Pasinetti" VideoContest featuring a selection of short films…

The meeting with Pablo Berger

Venice, March 20th, 2025. Yesterday, Pablo Berger took center stage at the first masterclass of the fifteenth edition of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival. Interviewed by John Bleasdale, a member of the festival’s scientific committee, Berger captivated the audience with his warmth and engaging…

The programme of Thursday, March 20th

Venice, March 19th, 2025. The program for the second day of the fifteenth edition of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival on Thursday, 20th March, begins at 11:00 AM at the Auditorium Santa Margherita – Emanuele Severino with the High Schools' Competition, where a jury of Ca' Foscari students will…

First day of the festival: family drama and teenage struggles in the first competing short films

Venice, March 19th 2025. The first day of the Ca’ Foscari Film Festival begun at the Auditorium Santa Margherita – Emanuele Severino with a special program dedicated to four of the festival partners, starting with Venezia Comics, the comics festival, which awards the prize of best short animation in…

immersiVenice: Beyond Cinema

Venice, March 18th 2025. The pre-opening of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival, dedicated to the world of animation with the event Anymation, concluded with the presentation of immersiVenice, the new research center of the university for supporting and stimulating technological and scientific…

The programme of Wednesday, March 19th

Venice, March 18th, 2025. After the pre-opening, the programme of the Auditorium Santa Margherita, the main venue of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, will begin on Wednesday 19th March at 2 p.m. with the presentation of the  Venezia Comics and WeShort projects (with a preview-screening of 154…

Tomorrow kicks off the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 15 with a pre-opening dedicated to animation

Venice, March 17th 2025. Anymation is the title for the Pre-opening Special Event of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival which will be held tomorrow: any animation form will be represented and valorized.

Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, the first film festival in Europe to be entirely developed,…

The 15th Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival kicks off

Trauma and adaptation difficulties in dysfunctional families emerge as the main themes in many of the 30 works in the international competion, from 26 countries. Two italian short films and five animated works are competing.

International jury: producer Alessandra Infascelli, british stop motion…