Massa Martana
Soulplace Film Festival

The starting point for exploring the amazing nature of Umbria (Italy).

EVENT

Massa Martana 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 Massa Martana (Umbria, 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

Massa Martana is a charming town located in Umbria, known for its historical and cultural heritage. Surrounded by the green hills, it offers breathtaking landscapes and a rich culinary tradition. The historic center preserves medieval traces, such as the city walls and the Church of San Sebastiano. Massa Martana is also an ideal starting point for exploring the surrounding nature, with numerous trails and picturesque villages nearby.

PATRONAGES, SPONSORS & PARTNERS

Years Running

1 Opening Date

Mar 1, 2026

Mar 10, 2026

Final Deadline

Notification Date

Mar 10, 2026

Mar 14, 2026

Event Date

VENUE

Teatro Comunale Consortium
Viale Roma, 4, 06056 Massa Martana PG

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Submit your project

Category *

€ 19,90

Awards & Prizes

Rules & Terms

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
Partecipation Prize

Soulplace Film Festival is an international competition with live screenings open to filmmakers from all over the world and its purpose is to help independent cinematography talents and filmmakers to improve their career.

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.
The 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.

Winners

2026

Best Narrative Short, Te L(e)o Comando (int title TV Man), Leonardo Valenti (ex aequo)

Best Narrative Short, Delete after screening, Dominick Ross (ex aequo)

Best Narrative Feature, Shard, Pablo Cabel (ex aequo)

Best Cinematography, Fragments Of A Journey, Melih Bahaddin Küçük

Best Director, BETTER TOMORROW, SHARVI (ex aequo)

Best Documentary, Becoming aNader, Hanita Atoun (ex aequo)

Best Documentary, Prustis Istoria kai Niwidan, Tomasz Potejko (ex aequo)

Best Narrative Feature, Una questione di cuore, Cristian Frigo (ex aequo)

Best Screenplay, THE STRATUM OF ERRORS, Nilson Bernardi Ferreira

Best Music Video, MIQAT, hassanein

Best Editing, The List, Nicola Bedont

Best Director, Rincontro, Baltazar Zúñiga (ex aequo)

Special Jury Prize, Som e Prosa Where Music Lives, Rene Lopez

Participation Prize, shadow-like, Movie Broadcast

Participation Prize, The Heart Smiles, Aftab Abbasi

Participation Prize, WALOU, Kheireddine Malti

Participation Prize, Vasomotor Rhinitis, Mikheil Gabaidze

Participation Prize, Home, Sattar Chamanigol

Participation Prize, The Guest, Chapour Haghighat

Participation Prize, Mother country, Moges Ababu Belachew

Participation Prize, God As My Witness, John Alexander

Participation Prize, The Liars of Black Mountain Road, Angela Gould

Participation Prize, Las Fieras, Juan Agustin Flores

Participation Prize, Pandora's Butterfly, Shady George (Michael Nasr)

Participation Prize, Cordão de Prata / Silver String, Getulio Ribeiro

Participation Prize, Woman Unchained, Guadalupe Yepes

Participation Prize, HOME, Mela Hilleard

Participation Prize, The Ditch, Mahmood Arib

Participation Prize, Two Thousand II World Cup, Eren Ugur

Massa Martana

Massa Martana
Soulplace Film Festival