List of film festivals in Portugal

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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
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

See also