Heroes International Film Festival 2025

From 9 to 11 December 2025 the Cinema The Space Moderno in Rome will once again transform itself into the home of artists and professionals who work behind the scenes of cinema, series and audiovisual.
The sixth edition of the Heroes International Film Festival (Heroes IFF) focuses on the theme “Cinema, Series & Videogames: storytelling and new technologies”, exploring the evolution of narrative languages and the growing impact of digital technologies in contemporary production.

A festival dedicated to the craftsmen: the invisible heroes of entertainment

Heroes IFF was born with a specific goal: to celebrate the technical and artistic professions that contribute to the magic of the big and small screen. From set design to costumes, from visual effects to sound design, from animations to video games, the festival wants to give voice to those who build the imagination of the most beloved genres: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action, thriller and crossover.

It is not just a meeting place, but a real creative community, supported by the main Italian associations of audiovisual arts and techniques. The program includes previews, masterclasses, international talks, awards, moments of celebration and an important competition dedicated to short films.

Heroes Stories: Independent and Academy Short Films

The international jury called to award the winners selected among the 10 finalists of the two sections Author Shorts and Academy Shorts is composed of Alex Rebb (Hungary), Jacopo Reale (Italy), Lucia Borgognoni (Italy), Isabelle Caillaud (France), chaired by the Artistic Director Max Giovagnoli. The winners of the competitions, to which 3164 works from 31 countries were submitted, will be awarded by Biunivoca/PolygonFlow with the Dash platform with World-Building tools for real-time production.

Event Speaker:

Victor Perez	Visual Effects & Storytelling
Carlo Tuzza	Keynote: Soundtrack and Sound Design for videogames and cinema
Livia Borgognoni	Production Design
Alessandra Korompai and Stefano Onofri	Dubbing for animation
Annarita Calligaris	Keynote: set design for animation
Andrea Cavalletto	Presentation Design: the new Italian western
Jacopo Reale	Keynote: direction & AI cinema
Tecla Zorzi	Keynote: soundtrack and sound design
Alex Rabb	Heroes “Studio Of The Year”: Digic – Keynote Movies & Games
Tiziano Palumbo	Keynote: Character Art for Cinematics
Max Montigiani	Direction for animation: Minieroi della Foresta
Anastasia Tolea	Keynote: Visual Effects for Storytelling