Motivation | “Champ de Bataille” impresses with its ability to merge technological language and human sensitivity, transforming the immersive 360° experience into a poetic and unsettling device. The direction employs formal innovation not as mere virtuosity, but as a tool to draw the viewer closer to the disorientation and absurdity of war. Through a staging attentive to sensory details and a fragile protagonist, the short film succeeds in conveying the loss of meaning and the perceptual drift of the human being when faced with conflict. “Battlefield” is a work that combines experimentation and emotional depth, capable of authentically conveying the sense of alienation and helplessness that accompanies every war.

 

RAI Cinema is actively presiding over the virtual reality content market by strengthening the national virtual space by supporting production, audience development, literacy, research, and distribution. RAI Cinema will award one of the VR Content showcased projects with an exclusive acquisition for the Italian territory on RAI Cinema Channel VR App, available on App Store, Play Store and Meta Store.

Motivation | We award Venus Carnivores for its striking, visionary way of weaving together human and natural narratives. By mirroring a young firewoman with the carnivorous plants shaped by recurring fires, it reveals destruction and renewal as deeply interconnected forces. With its poetic touch, strong sense of place, and mythic undertones, Venus Carnivores stands out as a bold and compelling cinematic proposal.

 

The award provides strategic, creative, and operational support from Advista for the development of materials that form the film’s identity. It offers €5,000 to be used for communication and promotion services for the short film within two years of winning.

Motivation | The Brussels CoProMarket Award goes to a powerful and deeply moving animation. A work that brings the memories of the past back into focus. It tackles an essential subject, one we must continue to speak about and never allow to fade into silence. The film is driven by remarkable research into the stories of woman prisoners, whose experiences inspired this project. It is also carried with great sensitivity and strength by two sisters, whose collaboration will, I’m sure, gives the film its unique emotional resonance. The award goes to “Who Is Singing?”

Thanks to the partnership between the Italian Short Film Centre and the Brussels Short Film Festival, one project from the Short Film Market 2025 will be awarded the Brussels CoProMarket Award. This award offers the opportunity to participate in the 2026 edition of the Brussels CoProMarket: Short Film Sessions, which is held during the Brussels Short Film Festival, pitching to this professional audience and benefit from one-to-one meetings. In turn, one of the ShorTO Film Market representatives will attend the 2026 Brussels CoProMarket, selecting one project for the “You Only Pitch Twice” pitching session at ShorTO Film Market 2026.

Radiator IP Sales offers a strategic consulting award for an effective festival journey to one of the projects presented during the Market pitching sessions. The award consists of one hour of film festival strategy consulting for the director/producer of the film.

Moreover, all ShorTO’s pitching teams across all sessions will receive a three-month complimentary subscription to the FilmConnector platform, along with a code to secure the remaining nine months at a reduced fee.

Thanks to the collaboration with the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry, one project pitched at ShorTO Film Market will be chosen to participate in the next year’s edition of SFC | Rendez-vous Industry at the Festival Cannes, benefiting from two accreditations and access to the industry events. Additionally, the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry teams provides the project-holders a personalized tutoring session with a mentor, in accordance with their needs.