Universo Corto awards assigned and announced a special edition of the Festival in September 2022 in Pisa

The 15th edition of Universo Corto, the international short film festival, ended on Saturday evening 23 July 2022.

The following prizes have been awarded:
Audience Award
Artistic Direction Award
Best director Award
Grand Jury Prize
Best Short Film Award

19 works in competition, coming from 15 different countries. The works were selected from over 400 candidate works.

The Universo Corto 2022 Jury was made up of:

Maria Elena Bianchi Bandinelli, architect and president of the Young People Cultural Circle,
Marianne Catzaras, poet and photographer,
Meryam Jobbeur, director and president of the jury
Flavia Monceri, university professor,
Salvatore Zappia, actor.

After 3 evenings of screening, Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 and Friday 22 July 2022, in the Torre di Lavello park in Tuscania, the jury awarded her the following prizes:

… DRUMROLL…

Audience Award
HOMELESS – Luca Esposito (ITA, 2021 – 5)

Artistic Direction Award
ON MY MIND, Martin Strange-Hansen (DAN, 2021 – 18 ‘)

Best director Award
FREE FALL, Emmanuel Tenenbaum (FRA, 2021 – 19 ‘)

Grand Jury Prize
ROY, Tom Berkeley, Ross White (UK, 2021 – 16 ‘)

Best Short Film Award
THREE MEETINGS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE, Max Barron, Jones (BUL, 2021 – 18 ‘)

We thank all the directors who sent their works, we thank the members of the Universo Corto 2022 Jury, we thank the spectators and citizens of Tuscania who, with their vote, contributed to assigning the audience prize and animated all the evening with their presence, we thank the Municipality of Tuscania which for the fourth consecutive year has made Universo Corto possible, we thank all the guests of the Universo Corto afternoons at the Caffé del Duomo, who animate the program of this edition, we thank all the people of the organization and the technicians who supported the projections and communication, we thank the presenters of the 4 evenings and we thank, last but not least, all the sponsors.

We should give you the appointment next year, but this year there is a surprise: we will do a special edition of Universo Corto in September. All the details soon! Stay tuned