List of film festivals in Portugal
The list includes the names of the film festivals that take place in Portugal . The following are also mentioned: the year of the respective first festival edition, the place (city) in which the respective festival venue (s) are located, and the content specialization of the respective festival. The term international is used here if there are no geographical restrictions with regard to the production countries of the films. The list is arranged in ascending order according to the year of foundation, a change in color in the rows marks a change in the decade of the foundation date.
since | Name of the film festival | place | Alignment |
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1971 | FICA - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Algarve | Portimão u. a. | international short films (only 35 mm film ) |
1972 | Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz (until 2002) | Figueira da Foz | international (founded in 2014, see below) |
1977 | Cinanima - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação de Espinho | Espinho | international animated films |
1981 | Fantasporto - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto | postage | international fantasy films |
1985 | Festróia - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia | Setubal | Films from countries that produce a maximum of 30 feature films per year |
1988 | Caminhos do Cinema Português | Coimbra | Portuguese film |
1993 | Curtas Vila do Conde | Vila do Conde | international short film |
1995 | CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo de Ambiente da Serra da Estrela | Seia | international films on ecological topics |
1996 | Ovarvídeo | Ovary | Portuguese short films ( video only ) |
1997 | Encontros Internacionais de Cinema Documental | Odivelas | international documentaries |
1997 | Festival Avanca - Encontros Internacionais de Cinema, Televisão, Vídeo e Multimédia | Avanca | Short and feature films, TV documentaries, vlogs ; international |
1997 | Filmóbidos - Festival Internacional do Films Médico e Científico (until 2001) | Óbidos | Films on science and medicine |
1997 | Queer Lisboa - Festival de Cinema Gay e Lésbico de Lisboa | Lisbon | international fiction, documentary and short films with gay and lesbian themes |
1998 | Imago - International Young Film Festival | Fundão | international short films by young filmmakers |
1998 | ART & TUR - International Tourism Film Festival | Vila Nova de Gaia | international tourism films |
2000 | Monster | Lisbon | international animated films |
2001 | FIKE - Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora | Évora | international short films |
2002 | Famafest - Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo de Vila Nova de Famalicão | Vila Nova de Famalicao | international literary adaptations |
2002 | Festival Internacional de Cinema de Angra do Heroísmo (until 2004) | Angra do Heroísmo | Portuguese films, European cinema, American independent films |
2003 | aroucafilmfestival | Arouca | international short films |
2003 | Corta! - Porto International Short Film Festival | postage | international short films |
2003 | Doclisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental | Lisbon | international documentaries |
2004 | Festival Audiovisual Black & White | postage | international black and white films |
2004 | IndieLisboa | Lisbon | international independent films |
2005 | Faial Films Festival | Horta | Portuguese short films |
2005 | Funchal International Film Festival | Funchal | Films from the countries bordering the Atlantic |
2007 | Hola Lisboa - Festival de Cinema Ibero-Americano | Lisbon | Latin American films |
2007 | MOTELx - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa | Lisbon | Horror movies |
2007 | LEFFest - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival | Estoril | international feature films |
2009 | Douro Film Harvest | Alto Douro | international feature films |
2010 | FESTin - Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa | Lisbon | Films from the Portuguese-speaking area |
2013 | Festival Internacional de Cinema de Marvão | Marvão | international feature films and documentaries |
2014 | Figueira Film Art | Figueira da Foz | international feature films, documentaries, short films (successor to the film festival 1972–2002) |
2014 | PLAY - Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil e Juvenil de Lisboa | Lisbon | international children and youth films |
2014 | Leiria Film Fest | Leiria | international short films |