Festival internazionale Segni della Notte / Urbino-Italy

ITALIAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION

STUDENT JURY

MAIN AWARD

Miracle in Maiori

Miracle á Majori

Anouk Phéline

France, Italy / 2025 / 0:30:00

An inquiry on the traces of Roberto Rossellini in Maiori, where the final miracle of "Journey to Italy" happens. Extras and witnesses of the film describe the scene the way they lived it, the way they see it. From within. Their words are resurrecting a bygone world.

:JURY DECLARATION

The jury has decided to award this film as it fully fits within the Focus Italy category, representing history, culture, religion, and roots, while authentically portraying the reality of a small town and the classic sense of community in Italy.

SIGNS AWARD

The Signs Award honours films, which treat an important subject in an original and convincing way

B33

Sabrina Paravicini

Italy / 2025 / 0:29:13

In a coastal town in Calabria, southern Italy, a woman who prefers to remain anonymous breaks the silence surrounding the issue of abortion in the region. Denouncing the abuses of medical institutions through a poetic and experimental lens, Il silenzio dei melograni is a creative short documentary that attempts to highlight the privilegequalities women face in accessing their own reproductive rights.

JURY DECLARATION

The jury awards this short film for the way the screenplay and editing are interwoven, presenting the perspective of someone who has lived through what is being told in a simple, impactful, and far from trivial manner.

NIGHT AWARD

The Night Award honours films, which are able to balance ambiguity and complexity characterized by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness, which keeps mind and consideration moving

Update

Luca Violante

Italy / 2025 / 0:15:00

Year 2039. The jobs of the twenty-first century no longer exist. UPDATE, a revolutionary AI, has replaced the entire human workforce, giving people back the time they have always wished for — time to do whatever they want. And yet, for many, that time feels empty. Without a role in society, people feel lost. To solve this growing existential crisis, ADAPTiQ™, the company behind UPDATE, launched the Career Recovery Program: a promise of reintegration for those who want to return to work, feel useful again, and find a renewed sense of purpose. Among them is Mark Erwin, a seasoned expert in his field, who agrees to join the program. But what Mark discovers inside ADAPTiQ™ is something no one was meant to know. A secret that could upend not only his future — but the very idea of humanity.

JURY DECLARATION

The jury awards this short film for presenting a contemporary theme in an allegorical and metaphorical way, immersing the viewer in a new and intriguing environment while creating a sense of alienation.
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EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD

The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensitive (mostly) unknown information, facts and phenomena
of eminent importance, for which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future

Aeolus

Niccolò Donatini

Italy / 2024 / 0:10:40

In 2022a film production shoots a movie in Stromboli, an island in Sicily . For one scene special effects light a fire on the montain. The wind fueled the flames and 49 üercent on the entire vegetation burned. To date, no one has compensated the island and its habitants.

EUROPIAN PREMIERE

JURY DECLARATION

The jury awards this short film for bringing to light an issue that is invisible to most, yet has deeply affected a community. It achieves a strong balance by combining animation with real interviews of people who experienced the event firsthand.

JURY AWARD

for empathizing with a situation remaining sensitiv

The Silence of Pomegranates

Il Silenzio dei Melograni

Clara Baj

Italy, France / 2025 / 0:09:20

In a coastal town in Calabria, southern Italy, a woman who prefers to remain anonymous breaks the silence surrounding the issue of abortion in the region. Denouncing the abuses of medical institutions through a poetic and experimental lens, Il silenzio dei melograni is a creative short documentary that attempts to highlight the privileges and inequalities women face in accessing their own reproductive rights .

JURY DECLARATION

The jury awards this short film for the narration delivered by the protagonist, which allows the viewer to empathize with a situation that remains sensitive even today.