Awards
Maremetraggio section
- EstEnergy – Gruppo Hera Award – best short film
- Audience Award – best short film as chosen by the audience
- Shorts TV Award – best short film as chosen by the jury of Shorts TV
ShorTS Express
- Audience Award – best short film as chosen by the audience
Italia in ShorTS
- AMC Award Mauro Bonanni – best editing in an Italian short film
- Audience Award – best short film as chosen by the audience
Eco-ShorTS
- Bazzara Caffè Award – best short film as chosen by the audience
Shorter Kids’n’Teens section
- Shorter Kids Award – best Kids short film
- Shorter Teens Award – best Teens short film
ShorTS Virtual Reality section
- ShorTS Virtual Reality Award – best VR short film as chosen by the audience
MYmovies.it Award
best Italian premiere chosen by the audience of the Maremetraggio, ShorTS Express, Italia in ShorTS, Eco-ShorTS and Shorter Kids’n’Teens sections
Premio Cinema del Presente 2023
Stefano Savona
Premio Prospettiva 2023
Massimiliano Caiazzo
Premio Interprete del Presente 2023
Fabrizio Gifuni
Jury Maremetraggio

Valentina Otormin Dall’Oglio
Valentina Otormin Dall’Oglio
Born in Uruguay, Valentina lives in France, where she grew up. She has been collaborating for seven years with several festivals, infusing her programming contributions with a political and social perspective, often marked by activism. Seeing cinema as a bridge between different cultures, she worked with the Biarritz Festival Latin America, Festival Annecy Italian Cinema, and the ArteKino Festival among others. Moreover, she has contributed to the programming efforts of the Uruguayan cinematheque in Montevideo.

Yannis Sakaridis
Yannis Sakaridis
Yannis’ career has spanned thirty years in film production. His film Wild Duck premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2013. He is the director of Amerika Square, a multi awarded film and Greece’s official selection for Best Foreign Film for Oscars 2017; it premiered at the 2016 Busan International Film Festival and went on to play the prestigious 2016 Chicago Film Festival and 2017 Palms Springs Film Festival. He is the Artistic Director of Drama International Short Film Festival.

Leonardo Martinelli
Leonardo Martinelli
Leonardo Martinelli (1998) is a filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His films have been selected at more than five hundred film festivals worldwide, including Locarno, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs and Montreal. His film Fantasma Neon won the short film Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication and is currently developing his first feature film, which was selected for the Locarno Residency.
Audience jury
Once again this year you will be the judges!
All of the short films within the Maremetraggio, ShorTS Express, Italia in ShorTS, Eco-ShorTS and ShorTS Virtual Reality sections will be eligible for voting by the public.
Like last year, the festival continues to go green, and all voting will be done online.
You can express your votes by logging on to www.maremetraggio.com (by clicking the vota qui button) or by scanning the QR code on the program, assigning each individual title a rating from 1 (the minimum) to 5 (the maximum).
During the awards ceremony on Saturday, July 8th, the best short films will be revealed, and the audience prizes will be awarded.