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For the first time, the festival features a competitive section dedicated to medium-length films. There is an exhibition based on the collection of promoter Vasco Granja and an animation initiative in support of Palestine.
The feature film competition is just the most visible section of a festival with nearly 500 films in the programme, as well as meetings, exhibitions, installations, masterclasses, theatre plays and the Monstrinha.
The Monstra Festival will propose “a transversal reflection on the planet” this year, according to the organisers. It will also feature a competitive section dedicated to medium-length films for the first time.
The 25th edition takes place at Cinema São Jorge, the Portuguese Cinematheque, and Cinema City Alvalade in Lisbon.
Paris hosts the second edition of the Olá Paris film festival. The programme includes seven Portuguese films, as well as 11 animated short films accompanying the feature film screenings.
The airline TAP Air Portugal has opened entries for the third edition of the Altitude Film Fest, a short film festival screened on board its aircraft. Filmmakers can submit entries until April 30th in the Fiction and Documentary categories, with a new category for film students introduced this year. The initiative gained prominence in Brazil last year when photographer Luís Dalvan won the documentary category. Selected films will be screened on flights during September and October 2026, with passengers acting as the primary jury.
The article reports on the conclusion of the 46th edition of Fantasporto, a notable film festival in Portugal, which awarded a prize to Argentine horror cinema. The event highlights Portugal's ongoing engagement with international genre films and its recognition of global contributions to horror.
The event will take place from 6 to 8 March at the Cinéma Club de L'Étoile, near the Arc de Triomphe, bringing together producers, actors and screenwriters from the current generation of Portuguese cinema in Paris.
Films by directors such as João Rosas, João Nuno Pinto and Regina Pessoa, who will give a masterclass, are part of the second edition of the Olá Paris! Festival, scheduled for March in the French capital.
It is a playful dive into the hardships and delights of artistic life and adapts a short story by Stevenson, set between an undefined past and present-day Lisbon. It had the honour of opening in the Netherlands.
Premiering at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the director's fifth feature — from the maker of Letters from War and the series Sul and The American — fictionalises the years of the FP-25 de Abril, caught between idealism and disillusionment.
The festival began at the start of the week and ends on Monday with a commemorative programme aimed at children and young people, but this year also for mothers and fathers.
The Huelva International Film Festival paid tribute to the institution for 'more than 75 years of history'.
Algarve Film Week, in Loulé, closed its fifth edition with the presentation of the Cinetendinha Awards. These honours recognise Portuguese cinema — the best work of 2025. The ceremony took place at the Cineteatro Louletano in the city centre.
There are short films from the Czech Republic and Portuguese cinema. One of the venues for this year’s edition is the planetarium, featuring films about the cosmos.
The 76th edition of the Berlin Film Festival has announced a programme full of promise but is almost devoid of stars. It opens on 12 February, with several Portuguese co-productions in the parallel sections.
Home News Film, Jazz, and Social Storytelling: Algarve Film Week Returns Film, Jazz, and Social Storytelling: Algarve Film Week Returns Algarve Film Week opened Friday night at the Auditório Solar da Música Nova in Loulé with a screening of Free Fish followed by a live Cinema Jazz Project perform
Kleber Mendonça Filho celebrates the achievement: “What an emotional moment.” The trophy was awarded by The New York Film Festival. The film is competing in three categories at the Golden Globes this Sunday.
Until 2 February, IndieJúnior will also be taking place at the Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, the Coliseu do Porto, the Sala Estúdio Perpétuo and the Rectorate of the University of Porto.
A Luso-Brazilian film project from Maranhão has been selected for a Lisbon film festival, highlighting cultural ties and collaboration between Maranhão (Brazil) and Portugal.
