A festival to rediscover
an historic medieval village in Molise

EVENT

Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival is an international competition with live screenings open to filmmakers from all over the world. It takes place in the small town of Castelpetroso (Molise, Italy) and its purpose is to help independent cinematography talents and filmmakers to improve their career.

We accept films of all genres and also shorts. Award-winning films will be screened in public before the award ceremony.

PLACE

The medieval village was built around Norman times. Nothing remains of the old castle, except parts of shoal masonry around the medieval village. The parish church was that of San Martino, which underwent Baroque influences in the seventeenth century. The moments of aggregation in the various hamlets are many and preserve the spirit of the ancient local festivals, also of peasant heritage.
The event is patronaged by the Municipality of Castelpetroso.


 

Years running

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  • FEB 19, 2024Opening date

  • JAN 14, 2025Final deadline

  • JAN 24, 2025Notification date

  • FEB 16, 2025Event date

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Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Narrative Short
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Original Soundtrack
Best First Time Director
Best Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Music Video
Special Jury Prize
Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival aims to spread the culture of cinematography and promote, at the same time, to promote the discovery of Castelpetroso, located in Molise (Italy): medieval village built around Norman times.

We want to support as many filmmakers as possible, all over the world, motivating them to always improve, always give their best and never stop dreaming.
Th event involves not only filmmakers and the public, but also the whole territory as well.

We accept films of all genres and also shorts, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction) or animation.

Award-winning films will be screened in public before the award ceremony. *All winners will receive an official laurel and a free ready for print certificate.

By submitting your film, you declare to know and accept that we can promote some of the films by uploading the trailers and/or teasers or posters and production stills and so you allow us to use them for free, for promotional purpose. However the films will never be available online.

Submission fees cover administration costs and therefore they are non-refundable. Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.

We do not accept:
- poor standards or amateur movies (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD);
- movies involving politics or promoting political agenda;
- extremist or propaganda content movies, either religious or political organizations.

Latest news

  • Castielle 2024: what a great day!
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  • All the winners for Castielle 2024
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  • Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival is passed
    The first edition of Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival has come to an end. The beautiful framework of the Gothic Basilica. We have received applications from all […]
  • Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival has six beautiful winners!
    We are so happy to announce winners for our first edition of Castiellë Soulplace Film Festival. Applications have been from all over the world and that’s […]
  • Castiellë: our new soulplace!
    Castelpetroso (or as they say in the local language Castiellë) is our new soulplace.The medieval village was built around Norman times. Nothing remains of the old […]
  • Our adventure starts: Soulplace Film Festival is born!
    Soulplace Film Festival means Live Screenings, Awards, Masterclasses: a network of events all over the world, promoting cinematography talents and local territories. Our aim is to […]

Winners

2024

Best Narrative Feature, Wolfpack, Cédric Peyster - Le Roux
Best Documentary, The 4 kings, the sanctuary in Halmahera sea, Karlos Simon
Best Animation, The Muralz, Jeremy Lee
Best Narrative Short, Remains the wind, Rocco Sestito
Best Director, L'Anima Della Croce (Soul of the Cross), Skar Singh & Emma Mays
Best Cinematography, Stop at Ziccherville, Matteo Ballarati
Best Editing, Glimpse of My Soul, David Brower
Best Original Soundtrack, I Saw Myself Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Jordan Paul Rousseau
Best First Time Director, Sono Lino, Jacob Patrick
Best Screenplay, On the monster's trail (Sulle orme del mostro), Luca Giaggiolo
Best Actor, Rumi's Rumba, Greg Amici
Best Actress, Big Noise, Carlotta Parodi
Special Jury Prize, A Refugee's Guide to Rome, Ted Efremoff

2023

Best Narrative Feature, DARKING WAY, Zsolt Pozsgai
Best Documentary,
THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking, Emanuel Toffolo
Best Narrative Short,
The Librarian, Serkan Aktaş
Best Director,
Drinking a Dream, Mahmood Arib
Best Original Soundtrack,
THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking, Emanuel Toffolo
Best First Time Director,
Swallow, Hosein Torkjoosh
Best Screenplay,
Bad Love Tigers, Kevin Schewe