



A new film festival
in the biggest Charterhouse of Italy
EVENT
Padula Certosa Film Festival is an international competition with live screenings open to filmmakers from all over the world. It takes place in the town of Padula (Campania, 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
Charterhouse of Padula is the first in Campania, before the construction of Charterhouse S.Martin in Naples and Charterhouse of S.Giacomo in Capri. The complex is located in Padula (Vallo di Diano) and since 1998 is declared World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Padula Charterhouse Museum also preserves objects which were recovered in the Tanagro Valley, specifically in the areas between Padula and Sala Consilina.
PATRONAGES, SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Years Running
4
Opening Date
Dec 30, 2024
Nov 25, 2025
Final Deadline
Notification Date
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 28, 2025
Event Date
VENUE
Fattoria Alvaneta
c.da Alvaneta
Padula, Campania 84034
days
hours
minutes
seconds
Submit your project
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
Special Jury 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
2024
Best Narrative Feature, Self-fiction, Mao Fang Ning
Best Documentary, Autour de Lucio, Etienne Barrier & Pierre-Alain Delisse (ex aequo)
Best Documentary, Manufacturing Madness, Gary Null & Valerie Van Cleve (ex aequo)
Best Narrative Short, Few Steps, Carlo Bava
Best Director, Muted, Jenny Yu
Best Producer, Flavio Paolucci. From Guelmim to Biasca, Villi Hermann
Best Cinematography, Tutti, Alla Savytska
Best Editing, Hunt Of Heart, Hugo Studio
Best Original Soundtrack, Fascino d'altri tempi, Chiara Evangelista
Best First Time Director, Tutti, Alla Savytska (ex aequo)
Best First Time Director, Doomed Love or nanotech in central Russia, Alex SokolovBest (ex aequo)
Best Screenplay, Dido's Glow - Helena Neaira's song, Nol de Koning
Best Actor, Poyyamozhi, Jaffar Idukki
Best Actress, Sex Sells, Astrid van Eck
Special Jury Prize, Fight for Ukraine: For the Children, Karen Floyd
2023
Best Narrative Feature, The carpenter, Steven Renso
Best Documentary, Purebred Spanish: The Origin, Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada
Best Animation, The Swim Club: Making Mr. Tom Happy, Mark DeNoble
Best Narrative Short, A Night Of A Dancer, Simone Esposito (ex aequo)
Best Director, Arte, Stefano Scala, Simone Arcidiacono (ex aequo)
Best Director, One Heart Two Colors / Un Cuore Due Colori, Marco Maraniello (ex aequo)
Best Cinematography, Laila Nadene, Tomas Chedrese
Best Editing, Yard $ale, Andrew Huggins & Donna Whitmore-Sexton
Best Original Soundtrack, Scomparire, Marco Mancini
Best First Time Director, The Daddy of Ferike Herner, Gábor Attila Kovács
Best Screenplay, Bake Sale, Kirby Sloan
Best Actor, Un bacio di troppo, Gianluca Di Gennaro
Best Actress, Rare Land, Maria Georgiadou
Special Jury Prize, Family, Don Palathara
2022
Best Narrative Feature, Everything Will Be Fine In The End, Joseph Bartone
Best Documentary, (ex aequo), The Flame - The Art and the History of Lampworking, Emanuel Toffolo
Best Documentary, (ex aequo), Bucky #3: The World Game, Noel B. Murphy
Best Narrative Short, The Secret Life Of Jim, Emmet Kelly
Best Director, Are you sure that you love her?, Cristian Goffredo Miglioranza
Best Cinematography, Hypnotherapology, Muhammed Ibnunoordin & Soeren Addicks
Best Editing, The Quickie, Eileen Byrne
Best Original Soundtrack, Destiny (from the musical "This is Love"), Akisai M.
Best First Time Director, The boy and her, Xinyuan Li
Best Screenplay, Lajjawati: a love story from India, Sumathy Ram & Charles Leopardo
Best Actor, La terra promessa - Promised land, Manuel D’Amario
Best Actress, A Sweet Romantic Comedy, Alessandra Scarci
Special Jury Prize, (ex aequo), Go north, Kewei Liu
Special Jury Prize, (ex aequo), Dajla: cinema and oblivion, Arturo Dueñas Herrero
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