NaNo Film Festival concludes with awards in Naples

The seventh edition of the NaNo Film Festival concluded with an awards gala at the Teatro Area Nord (TAN) in Naples. Artistic director Vincenzo Lamagna presided over the ceremony, which recognized various achievements across multiple cinematic categories.

Alessandro Rak’s animated film ‘Rukeli’ earned the top honor for Best Film of the 2026 edition, as well as the award for Animation Short. Other notable winners include Jacopo Santambrogio, who won both Comedy Short and the Audience Award for ‘Taste of India’, and Antonio Passaro, who received the Campano Short award and the Rai Cinema Channel Prize for ‘Appuntamento a mezzogiorno’.

In the documentary categories, Francesco Del Grosso won Documentary Feature for ‘Nyumba’, while ‘Martyrion’ by Luca Ciriello and Teresa Antignani took the Documentary Short prize. Additional awards were presented for Drama Short, Music Video, and several special categories including the Punx Film, Iris, and ‘We World’ prizes.