Renate Ranzi
Coordinator Film Location
Ambitious and aspiring filmmakers as well as seasoned professionals can benefit from the programme. Its aim is to promote the voices and ideas of creative people and, by doing so, create a more open, colourful, and diverse film and TV landscape. MASO is a safe space to create films and, above all, aims to reach talented people from underrepresented communities and minorities. An Advisory Board comprising international short films experts will choose who makes the final cut.
During the first stage, creative duos – an author or director and producer (backed by a production company) – will send in their short film project.
In the next stage, the selected teams will work on their projects and bring them to life, from development through production to distribution. The process will be overseen by internationally renowned experts during two workshops and various mentoring sessions. The first workshop will take place in November 2025 at FilmCamp Norway in Øverbygd, Norway; the second workshop will take place in April 2026 at ZeLIG - Film School for Documentary (location TBC) in Bolzano, Italy.
The teams will also be supported when it comes to developing their financing plan as well as distribution and promotional strategy. They will receive professional advice across all phases of their project and can exchange ideas and network with other participating teams. Once the shorts have been shot, the teams are supported when distributing their projects.
The programme is implemented in cooperation with different international partners, which guarantee a scholarship to participate in MASO #2 if a project from their respective region or country is selected.
The regions and/or countries which have set up a scholarship will be announced here on 8th April 2025.
Enrico Vannucci is a member of the selection committee of Pardi di Domani at the Locarno Film Festival and of the selection committee of LIM - Less Is More, and the artistic head of the short film training programme of MASO. He has worked in film festivals and markets since 2010, in particular collaborating with the Venice Film Festival and Talents and Short Film Market - TSFM, which he co-founded in 2016. He also co-founded Varicoloured, a holistic short film agency, in 2018, Talking Shorts, an online film magazine dedicated to short films, in 2020, and Talents Generator Factory, a company dedicated to the development of new audiovisuals by emerging and established professionals, in 2022. In 2021, he became a member of the European Film Academy.
MASO - Short Film Training Programme is implemented in cooperation with different international partners.
The official partners of MASO #2 will be announced here on 9th April.
MASO #2 is organized by IDM Film Commission Südtirol.
Credits MASO Visual Identity: Gianbattista Ciabatti