Shadow Line Festival 2026 – XXXI edition

Shadow Line Festival 2026 – XXXI edition

I come toXXXI edition, Shadow Line Festivalcontinues his journey into the contemporary, exploring and investigating the works that characterize the creativity of our time through cinema and audiovisual arts. This year’s theme isPLAY – Let’s get started.

Idea byAssociation SalernoInFestival ETS, the festival was born with the aim of promoting the best international film and audiovisual productions and facilitating dialogue between the different forms of youth creativity, while enhancing the cultural riches of the territory.

From 09 to 14 November 2026you can live the emotions of the four movie sectionsIN CONCORSO. You’ll see:Transition of Europe, five feature films first or second works by european authors;CortoEuropa, 17 short films produced in Europe over the last two yearsOpen Space – Premio Banca Campania Centro, 11 short films made in Campania by giovanə registə under 36;UNIFEST, 10 short films made by studentə universitarə worldwide and presented in the dedicated section, conceived in collaboration with the University of Salerno. After each group of CortoEuropa and Open Space, theSUPPLEMENTAL TIMESopen a space of Q/A and debate with the popular jury and the public.

In addition to the screenings in competition you can follow the film proposalsFUTURE, with theSpecial projectionsand the historicalNight Cinema Marathon Animededicated to the masterpieces of japanese animation.

The festival program is enriched as always with: iRING, meetings with big and emerging ospitəs; performative eventsQUINTO ELEMENTO, the macro interdisciplinary section of audiovisual survey in its expanded form;LdO BOOK, the section that presents liminal editorial experiences in the audiovisual world in collaboration with Salerno Literature; ITalkand theMasterclassof deepening and reflection.

Among the novelties of this edition the fourSPECIAL PROJECTSmade with the contribution ofFondazione Cassa di Risparmio Salernitana: Paths of the Look – New Cinema Italy, five cinema matinées reserved for schools followed byThe Time of Game, a cycle of debates and testimonies with personalities of cinema and civil society; the three modulesLab/Hub Shadow Line, the new training project on the professions of cinema and audiovisual industry in collaboration with the Film Commission Campania Region;Out of camp, four cinema events in the outskirts of Salerno (Sant’Eustachio, Mariconda, Matierno and Rufoli/Ogliara) in collaboration with theTerritorial area S5of the Municipalities of Salerno and Pellezzano and the associations of the territory; the exhibitionDraw the screen. Cinema in the art of Gio Quasirosso, in collaboration withCOMMUNITY, at the San Michele Complex from 7 to 14 November.

Events scheduled as “also on demand” will be recorded live and visible later on the YouTube channel of the festival.

Full programme and mode of participation:www.lineadombrafestival.it