Short Weekend film festival
WARNING:
the final steps of June 2026 edition has been held in Lecce
on Saturday, June 20th, along with
Corto Weekend contest.
It's an international short film festival that stands
out for its socially oriented themes.
The short films participating in this festival have
only one admission category related to social and solidarity
themes. Since 2018, we've been using the
FilmFreeway
platform.
In all these editions, the awarded short film
categories have been:
- Best Social Movie
- Best Actor under 17
The first edition took place in September 2017, in the
evocative location of the Santuario del Sacro Monte in
Varese, with Silent Movie
projections via headphones, directly in front of
the church.
In the editions from 2018 to December 2025, we received
more than 2,500 short films from approximately 50
countries around the world.
2025 editions has been held in Lecce, at the Biblioteca
Ogni Bene, former Augustinian Convent.
Here are the winners of the latest edition.
Best social movie
A retired policeman who has chosen to live in a forest
not far from the border between two European countries
learns that the police are looking for fleeing illegal
immigrants.
He undertakes a personal search in the woods and,
when he comes across one of them, he will act according
to his conscience.
Best Actress Under 17
Best documentary
Sunday is a 14-year-old girl with cognitive and
physical disabilities, living in a rural area of
northern Uganda.
In a place where disability is seen as a stigma
and "mercy killing" persists, she inhabits a world
of her own.
Beneath the weight of glances that judge her as
strange, uncoordinated, out of time, she does not
see it.
And she dances.
Additional prizes awarded in this edition were:
OgniBene Library special prize
In the gray reality of Żoliborz's apartment blocks,
the door to infinite imagination opens. A humble man,
a long-time librarian, weaves stories and colors the
world of children, infecting them with his passion
for books.
Does the world in the digital age still value analog,
colorful books? Do parents find time for the joys of
reading with their children? A short film about the
condition of a small human being and the connection
a person can forge with their true calling.
Audience special award
While packing up the belongings of her husband,
a writer who has just passed away, Carmen tries
to finish one of the bedtime stories he had been
writing for their daughter.
To do that, she begins relying on...
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Short weekend film festival pictures.
Here you can find the winners of all
Short Weekend
film festival previous editions.