Roma Cinema DOC is a Film Festival based in Italy, that features the best short films, documentaries and web series from around the world. All entries counts as Official Selections. Judges will select at least 15 best films of each category that will be given the distinction of an Official Finalist of the annual event. On January 31th 2019 will announce the Winners that will be screened during the Roma Cinema DOC 2019. The best film of the year will win 500,00€.
Important dates:
NOTIFICATIONS:
January 18, 2019 Notification Date FINALISTS
February 15, 2019 Notification Date WINNERS ROMA CINEMA DOC 2019
EVENT:
March 30, 2019 Event Date ROMA CINEMA DOC 2019
Official Selections – Roma Cinema DOC 2019
ANIMATION
- AILAN by Jubrail Abubaker Rahman , Iraq
- Big Pasta – The Jazzy, Cigar-Chomping, Honky-Tonk Musical by Charles Mandracchia , United States
- BLUE MOON by Andrea Moneta , Italy
- CUBAN QUEENS by Warren Bass , United States
- David And Goliath by C. A. MacFinn , United States
- Determination by Anna Tkebuchava , United States
- First Medicine; The long Man by Joseph Erb , United States
- Little Fiel by Irina Patkanian , United States
- Phantom Lover by Roberta Kavendek , Frank Cromer , United States
- Secret by Roberto Lopez Saavedra , Chile
- Slam Bang Blue by Zeina Barakeh , United States
- Supernaked by Fabian Lang , Austria
- Synchronicity by Michelle Brand , United Kingdom
- Thaa Shin Pyu by Edo Vader , Myanmar
- The Best Gift by Maria Niazmand , Iran, Islamic Republic of
- The Secret of Time by Ludovica di Biase , Italy
- Underwater Story by Lorenzo Pompei , Italy
EXPERIMENTAL
- “Chinese Angel” in two parts by Mimi garrard , United States
- [13.1-9+19+13] Vol.00 by Madam M.A , Japan
- Alice after Wonderland by Andrea Guerrero , Not Specified
- Cannot Predict Now by Kimberly Burleigh , United States
- DANCE IN PEACE by Massimo Moretto (in art Biancoleone) , Italy
- Dante’s Infernal Journey by Boris Acosta , United States
- Dead Language by Alexis Roitman , Spain
- Disconnections by Alberto Martín-Aragón , Spain
- Disha’s Boat by Amit Kapoor , India
- Dreaming in March by , China
- ENTRAÑA by Andrea Coombes , Peru
- Execution by Alberto Martín-Aragón , Spain
- Frame by Andres Ramirez , Canada
- Fun to Cook “World’s Best Food” by Donngjun Kim , United States
- Indigestion by Alberto Martín-Aragón , Spain
- Marrakech by Nigel Grimsditch , United Kingdom
- Mystic Coffee by Alberto Martín-Aragón , Spain
- Nena & Dave Stewart: “Be my Rebel” by Virgil Widrich , Germany
- PERCHTA by Anna-Maria Montonen, André Vauthey , Switzerland
- Retrocausalities by Fabian Forban , Germany
- Shadow by Sofia Kalogianni , Greece
- smart dress is absolutely essential by Slawomir Milewski , United Kingdom
- Sonja by Maroš Milčík , Slovakia
- stop remembering by Kirill Zhandarov , Russian Federation
- TOSYA by Alexis Barbosa , France
- Vous by Pari Antoniou , Greece
- Yes, You Should Expect Delays by Douglas Porter , Canada
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
- “Escape from Troy” (full length version) by Peter Dzogaba , Not Specified
- 9/8 ZENNE by Ragıp TARANÇ , Turkey
- A Day At A Time by Andrew Cheng , United Kingdom
- A Feeling for Leaving by Dan Boord, Luis Valdovino , United States
- Beyond the Rain by Sara Gjesdal , Norway
- Bikelantis by Manny Cervantes , United States
- BÎR (WELL) by Veysi Altay , Turkey
- Black Grass by Rachel Yurkovich , United States
- Camel Wrestling ; Women’s Victory by Serkan Uslu , Turkey
- Chiseled by Ram Alladi , United States
- Ciano: A fisherman’s tale by MARCO VITALE, ELENA GROSSO , United States
- Covered with the blood of Jesus by tommaso cotronei , Italy
- Craigleith Heritage Depot: The Apple Industry by Tom Strnad, Tracey Strnad , Canada
- Dante’s Inferno – Abandon All Hope by Boris Acosta , United States
- Easter Island by De Zaklika , Poland
- Equal by Melih Kosif , Turkey
- Escape from Troy by Peter Dzogaba , Russian Federation
- Filipina by Maribel Apuya , United States
- Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace by Patrick Long, Katsey Long , United States
- HOW MUCH… by antonio guadalupi, Fr. Francis Rozario , Italy
- Human Energy by Adam Dzienis , United Kingdom
- I promise to fail by Alberto Rocco , Portugal
- IKEA for YU by Marija Ratkovic Vidakovic, Dinka Radonic , Croatia
- Inside Lehman Brothers by Jennifer Deschamps , France
- Inside the Dog’s Head by Raquel Almeida Prado , Brazil
- La Flor Settlers by Florencia Bohtlingk , Argentina
- Leftovers by Erkan Tahhuşoğlu , Turkey
- Life is What You Make It by Jhett Tolentino , United States
- Like Gold, Like Grey by Zi Wei , China
- Listen To My Voice by Andrew Cheng , United Kingdom
- Mangrove, The sacrifice of a land by Alain Chaviano Aldonza , Ecuador
- Mata Hari, The Naked Spy by Susan Wolf, Machiel Amorison , France
- Midas by Victoria Babkina , Russian Federation
- Moving Canvas by Mridul Mamun , Bangladesh
- My Tourette’s by Alessandro Molatore , United States
- NEW CITY MAP by Giorgia Dal Bianco , Italy
- Nothing has to be Official by Irma Oldenburg , Netherlands
- Om Shanti by Holger Klussmann , Germany
- Omsk.The third capital by Vladimir Shakhbaz (Nesterov), Andrey Sentsov , Russian Federation
- Porque era ela by Luciana Vieira , Brazil
- Remake of a summer by Bragard Magali, Enjolras Séverine , France
- San Cipriano Road by Lea Schlude , Italy
- Searching for Abbas Kiarestami by MALAS TWINS , Syrian Arab Republic
- SEVEN WOMEN by Yvonne Scio , Italy
- Skygods by grant faint , Canada
- Sleepers in Venice by Steve M Choe, Stephanie Seungmin Kim (Art Director) , Korea, Republic of
- T R A N S M U T I S by Daniel Emanuel Mechoulam Castillero , Mexico
- The Battle of Jerash by Carlos Cabrera , United States
- The Long Road of Exile(English Subtitles) by The Church of Almighty God , Korea, Republic of
- The Monk from the Holy Land by Nizan Lotem , Israel
- The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything(60′) by The Church of Almighty God , Korea, Republic of
- The Tribal Scoop by beeswaranjan pradhan , India
- These Beds Together by Matthew Raudsepp, Alex McCooeye , Canada
- TIGERNUT (Homeland of the wholehearted women) by Antxon Monforte , Spain
- To the Brink and Back (English Dubbed) by The Church of Almighty God , Korea, Republic of
- TORE, THE SKY & THE SEA by Maria Mogren, Jens von Larcher , Germany
- Vote For Me – Italy’s Migrant Crisis Fuels Election Campaign by Claudio Lavanga , Italy
- We are not a nuisance! by Chan Chow Wah , Singapore
- We Are One – blood drum spirit by Sara Pettinella , United States
- We are soldiers by Svetlana Smirnova , France
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
- [3+20] by Madam M.A , Japan
- 25 by JAN PREDAN ZVONAR , Slovenia
- 7 Minutes by Baron Redman , United States
- A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart, Brian Johnston , United Kingdom
- A Long Telescope by Xin Fan , China
- AB MUJHE UDNAA HAI – Let me soar high by Suujoy J. Mukerji , India
- Abrakadabra by Benedykt , United Kingdom
- Azzurro by Jeneffa Soldatic , Australia
- BETWEEN by Andre Ben Birken , Takis Panas , Portugal
- Boo-boo don’t go away by Fumito Fushi , Japan
- Bus for all by Gautier Blazewicz , France
- Casey229 by Nick Marshall , United States
- Damian by José Luis Anaya , Mexico
- Death Times Two by Yannis Harbatsis , Greece
- Definitely Soy by Ruben Zaccaroni , United States
- Detour by Tiago Afonso , Portugal
- DisAstro by Leo Metcalf , Greece
- Disclosure by T.J. Penton , United States
- Dream of Championship (2017) by Sophia Ehrnrooth , Finland
- Every minute alone by Patricio Mosse , Argentina
- Fine Dust by Austin G Mackell , Australia
- FLOATING by Artur Serra Araújo , Portugal
- Frame by Andres Ramirez , Canada
- Gaslighting by Tina Matzat , Germany
- Gloomy Sunday by Carlos Fabris , Brazil
- HALF ORPHAN by JUSTIN CHAKKALAKKAL , India
- How to become famous in the Internet by Vincent Eckert , Lukas Mohl , Germany
- In Dance. Italy: Renaissance by Anji Taratuta , Italy
- Jasmine throes by Alaa Al Sehnawi , Syrian Arab Republic
- Joyce the shortfilm by Nora Jaenicke , United States
- Just One Word by Jani Lauzon , Canada
- Kimono by John Castagna , United States
- Like Gold, Like Grey by Zi Wei , China
- Listek by Jonas Mohamadi , Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Luna by Chou Yu Cheng , Taiwan
- M1-KØ by Fahad Shaikh , United Arab Emirates
- Me And Daddy ( Main aur papa ) by RAJA RAM MUKERJI , India
- My Father and JFK by Jamison M LoCascio , United States
- NENYUKOV’S DREAM by Elena Vasyukova , Russian Federation
- Never Forget by Conor Quinn , Ireland
- Nola by Vishishta Ramanathan , Australia
- Off The Grid by Sarah Hassan , United Arab Emirates
- on Arbat street by Dmitry Grigoriev , Russian Federation
- Panettone by Roberto Minelli , United Kingdom
- Pinky Promise by Tam Sainsbury , Australia
- PRETTY PRETTY PRISON by Amanda Spencer , United States
- Ranapakhara by Swapna Kurup , United Arab Emirates
- Red Carpet by MALAS TWINS , Syrian Arab Republic
- Refutation by Ben CHEUNG , China
- Runner by Ellory Yu , United States
- Saved by Grace by Brandan Haskell , United States
- Sean’s Ideas by Bao Zhu , Ireland
- Shadow by Sofia Kalogianni , Greece
- Shattering by Keyan Miao , United States
- Shine by Rhett Bradbury , United States
- Silence, Before Rain by Jason Sklaver , Not Specified
- Smiley by Daniele Di Mauro , Italy
- Star Wars: Dresca by Jessica Champneys , United States
- Supernaked by Fabian Lang , Austria
- Ta gemista (Salted) by Bletas Ioannis , Greece
- Tale of the Kite by Michael Fallavollita , United States
- Tapferkeit by Joseph Quinn , United States
- The Bell by Balamurugan , Malaysia
- The Caterer’s Reckoning by Jonah Jones , United Kingdom
- The Chocolate Shop by Ian Walker , United States
- The Delivery by Yazan Al Ghazzawi , Jordan
- The First Timer by Dae Ryun Chang , Korea, Republic of
- The Four Loves by Stefan Meylaers , Belgium
- The Game of the Clock by Michele Olivieri , United Kingdom
- The Hit by Kieran Freemantle , United Kingdom
- The Inner Circle by Biplab Sanyal , Sweden
- The Intersecting Lines by 王明端 , China
- The Joy Block by Joanie Fox , United States
- The Singer by Steven Swancoat , United States
- The Sorrow of our House by Kirsten Gainet , Russian Federation
- The Wolf by , Canada
- Third Day by Febin Ninan Mathew , India
- Tokyo Sava Doll by Fumito Fushi , Japan
- Triggered by christophe le jeune , Canada
- Ukraine. Standing tall by Andrey Sentsov , Russian Federation
- Unspoken by Samia Badih , United Arab Emirates
- Unspoken thoughts by Edvin Eriksson , Sweden
- Üus Wejxia. Land and Oblivion by Mauricio Acosta , Colombia
- VIEW by Rui Wang , Canada
- Vlad by Andrew Dobson, Roger Oldham , United Kingdom
- Vultur by Baris Fert, Hikmet Guler , Turkey
- Whales the shortfilm by Nora Jaenicke , Italy
- What wouldn’t I give for the memory by Tino Pereira , Argentina
- What’s the way by Mariia Semenova , Russian Federation
- Wishful Thinking by Dennis Nap , Netherlands
ITALIAN DOCUMENTARY
- “Pedaling the island” a bike trip in Iceland by Eric Tornaghi , Italy
- “The African” by Laura Mandolesi Ferrini, Gaetano Del Mauro , Italy
- Arthur Uncovered by Simonluca Renda , Italy
- Bliss by Irene Felici , Italy
- EDO by tommaso montaldo , Italy
- Linfa by Carlotta Cerquetti , Italy
- My war is not over by Bruno Bigoni , Italy
- Nocturne by Fabrizio , Italy
- Oro Bianco by Damiano Monaco , Italy
- The Canvas by Salvatore Garau , Italy
- The Choice by Gabriele Rossi – UNOZEROZEROUNO, Giorgio Viscardini – UNOZEROZEROUNO , Italy
- The Detachment by Andrea Piretti , Italy
- The invisible player by Matteo Tortora , Italy
- The Recipe by Giordano Acquaviva , Italy
- Tobaccoland by Lucia Braccalenti , Italy
- Tobo. Four Wodaabe girls at Niamey. by Francesco Sincich , Italy
- URBANO by Giuseppe Di Renzo , Italy
- Voices from the inside by Michele Imperio , Italy
- Watch The Tempo by Daniele Lince, Elena Beatrice , Italy
- Waves: L’altro volto della musica italiana by Francesco Ferraris, Marco D’Almo , Italy
ITALIAN SHORT FILM
- The deserter by Daniele Ricci, Federica Bertellotti , Italy
- Today is a beautiful day by Carmine Faiella , Italy
- A Day at a Time – Un Giorno alla Volta by Carmelo Segreto , Italy
- Addicted by Federico Falcioni , Italy
- AQUAPARK JUMBO by Mauro Falsini , Italy
- BALO by Marco Di Gerlando, Ludovica Gibelli , Italy
- Christmas Eve by Mattia Uggeri , Italy
- Chrysalis by Davide Como , Italy
- COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN (OBLIO) by GIUSEPPE CELESIA , Italy
- Consequences by Giulio Maria Cavallini , Italy
- Corduroy by Francesco Mucci , Italy
- domus amoris by Maria Verde , Italy
- DOUBLE EYE by Michele Catelani , Italy
- Eudaimonia by Giacomo De Bello , Italy
- EYES by Maria Laura Moraci , Italy
- Hold on to me by Luca Arcidiacono , Italy
- Il natale di Greta by Lorenzo Trane , Italy
- In the Clear Air by Miriam Gregorio , Italy
- IN…COSCIENZA (UN…CONSCIOUSNESS) by Gennaro Iago Esposito , Italy
- La Cura by Angelo Frezza , Italy
- La mano del diavolo by Felice Diego Licopoli , Italy
- La premiata compagnia Mastrosimone by Giovanni Battista Origo , Italy
- LaFratellAnsia – You Have to Go and Visit Mum by Lorenzo Lombardi Dallamano , Italy
- Lion by Davide Melini , Italy
- Lypso by Vincenzo Capaldo , Italy
- Notturna (Nocturne) by Giuseppe Onelia , Not Specified
- One day One Man by Nuanda J Louie , Italy
- Orbite Tangenti by Niccolò Valentino , Italy
- Panic Love by Cristian Patanè , Italy
- Persona by Dan Blasterio , Italy
- Practices from Beyond by Francesco Santoro , Italy
- Ray of Light by Romolo Pompa , Italy
- Risorse umane by Giovanni Conte , Italy
- Ronald the clown by Silvia Bisordi , Italy
- Sachertorte by Leopoldo Medugno , Italy
- Sam by Rosanna Reccia, Alberto Vianello , Italy
- Settimio Bentivoglio, garibaldino by Francesca Draghetti , Italy
- Stairs by Angelo Giordano , Italy
- Subliminal by Mario Imparato , Italy
- TangoX by Alessandra Guarino , Italy
- Teatro a Palazzo by Roberto Caldi , Italy
- The Burraco’s Game by Riccardo Cerolini , Italy
- The Demon Of The Water by CRISTIAN TOMASSINI , Italy
- The Five Fingers Of The Devil by Lucia Braccalenti , Not Specified
- The Great Ride by Filippo Cinotti , Not Specified
- The Marvellous Story of the Thrown Potato by Edoardo Nepote , Italy
- The Secret of Time by Ludovica di Biase , Italy
- The trench by Giulio Donato , Italy
- They will come to you (short) by Martina Tormena , Italy
- Time Lapse by Pietro di Bari , Italy
- Tractor at First Sight by Gianmarco Rotondo , Italy
- Under your skin by Felice Antignani , Italy
- We listen by Roberta De Paoli , Italy
ONE MINUTE FILM
- 2FACES by Amingo THORA , Martinique
- A Fool and His Money by Jeff Vande Zande , United States
- A Little Beetle by Elene Sebiskveradze , Georgia
- As The Sun Sets by Christopher Michael Dailey , United States
- Bringing schools where there are none! by Gianmarco D’Agostino , Italy
- CIUDADES by ILEANA ANDREA GÓMEZ GAVINOSER , Argentina
- Cousins of clouds by Romain Claris , France
- Devil’s work by Višeslav Radić , Croatia
- Eleven Eleven by Jeff Vande Zande , United States
- GROW by Stefano Barci , Italy
- Memoirs by , Italy
- MI DI WORM no. 10 by Barbara Peikert , Switzerland
- Nothing Gold Can Stay by Maree Railton , Australia
- State of Stillness by Camiel Zwart , Netherlands
- Stood Up by Jeff Vande Zande , United States
- TEXAN SUNDAY MORNING by Ian Johnston , Canada
- The choice by Alberto Vianello , Italy
- The Law of Retribution by ALDIVAN TEIXEIRA TORRES , Brazil
- The Monster by Javier F. Espadas , Spain
- The time has gone. by Tisya Sharma , Australia
- Transference by Chris May , United States
- traum(A)novelle by Francesco Faralli , Italy
- Twisted Sister by Jeff Vande Zande , Not Specified
SHORT SHORT
- Adult Supervision by Daniel Castro, Rinee Shah , United States
- Awakening – as told by Roman Toi by Kalli Paakspuu , Canada
- CARGO by Kelly Hargraves , Canada
- CORDELIA by Tommaso Cuneo, Lorenzo Lattanzi , Italy
- Digital Age by Piripinghi (Sonia De Nicolo) , United States
- Ferocia by Nunzio Santoro, Carlo De Santis, Maria Pia Ferrante , Italy
- Gay Thoughts by Derrick Dryles , United States
- Goat on a Scooter by Louis Benoit, Chermagne Barnachea , United Kingdom
- Guidelines to hikers by Pekka Honkakoski , Finland
- Happy Birthday by Ji-Hoo Ham , Korea, Republic of
- HOME by Gianluca Brutto , Italy
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Thieves by Lorenzo Follari , United Kingdom
- In a Beat by Tullio Imperatore, Francesco Mucci , Italy
- INSIDE THE FEAR by , Italy
- INSOMNIA by Andrii Andreiev, Olga Andreieva , Ukraine
- limbo by gokce erenmemisoglu , Turkey
- Owl by Cédric Friedli, Yann Moeckli , Switzerland
- Paddling for Happiness: A documentary short by Michael Durban , United Kingdom
- PLANET 50-50 by Natasha Dematra , Indonesia
- Rise by Darcy Miller , United States
- Saba Dolls ’19 by Fushi , Japan
- Silent Ruin by Jonah Jones , United Kingdom
- Stage Fright by Jamie Gyngell , United Kingdom
- Sunny With a Chance… by s/n , United States
- The flying of Leaves ( IL VOLO DELLE FOGLIE) by FABIO TERIACA , Italy
- The Hunt (La Chasse) – 5 minute cut by Bensalem Mitchell , United Kingdom
- The Repair Job by Inshra Russell , United Kingdom
- The Unattended by Paul Kelly , United States
- Threat Count – Tao of Bobo by Daniel Appleby , United States
- Timing by Anna Tyko , United Kingdom
- Tunnel Vision by Roberto DALMONTE , Italy
- Venus’ Dream by Ciro Scognamiglio , Italy
- VOICE IN THE ATTIC – Biz by BC Bogey , Germany
- Wash It! (Leang Sam Art!) WaterAid Cambodia Music Video by Darren Teale (Junction 15 Productions), Suzanne James (Junction 15 Productions) , Cambodia
- Wlodzimierz Sierpinski by Adam Bartoszewicz, Paweł Dudko , Poland
STUDENT FILM
- 14:26 CEST by Florinda Ciucio , Italy
- A Table Set For Six by Fabio Thieme , Germany
- ABALON by Vahid Keshavarz , United Kingdom
- Actor by Çağatay Çelikbaş , Turkey
- AFFOGARE (Drown) by Marco Berton Scapinello , Italy
- Butterflies by Abby Boyce , United States
- Chrysalis by Davide Como , Italy
- COORDINATES by Leo Santos , Brazil
- Departures by Nicolas Morganti Patrignani , Italy
- Do you care? by Dannes Zhang , China
- Embers by Marnix Sixma , Netherlands
- First Love by Jules Carrin , Switzerland
- Frame by Andres Ramirez , Canada
- LAX–>TYO, JAPAN with lachsa logo by Kohryu Lippit , United States
- Like in that Movie about Love by Sara Rosati , Italy
- Love Letters to Death by Simon Ray , New Zealand
- Lucas’ World by Thomas Hirgorom , France
- Mission Ouroboros by Xingyu Li , United States
- Nativity of Me by Ava Blakeslee Carter , United States
- Our Horizon by Jack Szynaka, Nikki Conero , United States
- OVERDOSE by Emre Yapici , Turkey
- Parted by Benjamin Nimac , Austria
- Scale 6 by Danilo Corbellini Scarcia, Antonio Genovese, Cristian Gazzanni, Rinaldo D’Incecco, Sara Vitale , Italy
- Swift by Byeo Ri Kim, Hae Deun Woo and Ye Bin Ahn , United States
- Tastes Like Chicken by Solomon Wasko , Austria
- The last scene by Tommaso Santambrogio , Italy
- The lion of the Tiber by Giuliano Cipollone , Italy
- The Secret of Time by Ludovica di Biase , Italy
- TIABD – TODAY IS A BAD DAY by Samuele Picarelli Perrotta , Italy
- Un Piéce by Kennedy Salloum , Canada
- With Love, Joey. by Joey Ooi Bee Law , Malaysia
WEB SERIES
- Anxiety & I by Christopher Sampson , Australia
- Blackbetty by Marco North , Russian Federation
- Blue collar by Mara Joly , Canada
- Bukowski – Web Serie by Giuseppe Violano , Italy
- Credici- 13 Reasons Guai by Alessandro Fabrizio , Italy
- Diva’s Perfect Posse: Perfect Pasqua by Tim Nenninger , United States
- Fuori sede (webserie) by Marco Latour , Italy
- Fuori sede (webserie) by Marco Latour , Italy
- Gina by Alberto Olivieri , Italy
- Heart Burn by Christina Corcoran , United States
- Life of Jess by Laura Clelland , Australia
- Little Sista by Charmaine Bingwa, Reece A Jones , Australia
- My Little Boys- The Lucky Cockroach by , Taiwan
- One Bird at a Time – Teamwork by Darcy Miller , United States
- One minute by Cynthia Kasparian , Lebanon
- Rudi (episode 1) by Piernicola Arena e Lillo Venezia , Italy
- Skampia – The Series by Andrea Rosario Fusco , Italy
- Tales From Pussy Willow – Parents Chat by Kate Jessop , United Kingdom