Corte dei Corti Film Festival

A touring festival between Acqui Terme and Monferrato

The Corte dei Corti Film Festival is a national film event entirely dedicated to short films, held every year in Acqui Terme and the surrounding municipalities of the Monferrato area, in the province of Alessandria, in the heart of Piedmont. Its distinctive feature is its touring nature: screenings and events are not concentrated in a single venue but move between Acqui Terme and the nearby villages, blending small-scale cinema with the land that hosts it.

Short films, animations, and documentaries in competition

The festival features a competition of Italian short-form works, divided into fiction shorts, animations, and documentaries. Each edition selects a shortlist of finalists competing for awards assigned by various juries. Awarded categories include Best Short Film, Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best Screenplay, Best Performer, Best Animated Character, and Best Cinematography, in addition to the Youth Jury and Audience awards, and a Directing Mention.

Juries and guests

Alongside the technical jury, composed of actors, directors, and producers from the Italian scene, the festival involves an audience jury and a Youth Jury formed by students from local institutes. Recent editions have seen the artistic supervision of industry professionals and the presence of prominent guests and speakers in panels dedicated to cinematic language, animation, and new technologies applied to directing.

More than just a film festival

In addition to screenings, Corte dei Corti offers meetings, panels, and workshops with authors and professionals, special out-of-competition events, and training moments. The goal is to create a bridge between short cinema and the local audience, while simultaneously promoting the small towns of the Acqui Monferrato area as a widespread stage.

A free event open to everyone

One of the most appreciated features of the festival is the completely free admission to all screenings and scheduled events. Promoted by the DiOgniArte APS Association with the support of public bodies and partners in the Piedmontese audiovisual sector, the Corte dei Corti Film Festival has established itself in just a few years as one of the most vibrant appointments on the cultural scene of Acqui Terme and the province of Alessandria, in Piedmont.