Opening Session: Happy Holidays by Scandar Copti (PSE, DEU, FRA, ITA, QAT)
Closing Session: C' est Pas La Vie En Rose by Leonor Bettencourt (PRT)
COMPETITON
GOLDEN LYNX COMPETITION
This competition focuses on first and second feature films — fiction and documentary — from some of the most remarkable and daring new voices on the international scene.
Golden Lynx Fiction
Peacock by Bernhard Wenger (AUT, DEU)
Manas by Marianna Brennand (BRA, PRT)
Cactus Pears by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (IND, GBR, CAN)
Lesson Learned by Bálint Szimler (HUN)
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) by Joel Alfonso Vargas (USA)
The good sister by Sarah Miro Fischer (DEU)
Golden Lynx Documentary
Songs of Slow Burning Earth by Olha Zhurba (UKR)
To Close Your Eyes And See Fire by Nicola von Leffern & Jakob Carl Sauer (AUT)
A Place in the Sun by Mette Carla Albrechtsen (DNK)
SILVER LYNX COMPETITION
The Silver Lynx is a short film competition aimed at launching emerging filmmakers, covering four distinct formats: Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental Cinema.
Silver Lynx Fiction
The age of flowering plants by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo (MEX)
Diorama by Vida Skerk (CRO)
Favours by Agnes Skonare (SWE)
LUX CARNE by Gabriel Grosclaude (SWI)
Hippopotami by JJ Lin (CHN)
Dirty Talk by Oliver Herdberg (SWE)
Trees Painted In Tar by Casper Rudolf (DNK)
Family Sunday by Gerardo Del Razo (MEX)
WASSUPKAYLEE by Pepi Ginsberg (FRA)
Radikals by Arvin Belarmino (PHI)
Majonezë by Giulia Grandinetti (ITA)
Sheep and wolves by Alex Fischman Cárdenas (PER)
Karmash by Aleem Bukhari (PAK)
SAUNA DAY by Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash (EST)
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts by Rein Maychaelson (IDN)
Inflatable bear, hourly by Elisabeth Werchosin (DISTRIBU)
My Mother is a Cow by Moara Passoni (BRA)
Additional Scenes by Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk (UKR)
Silver Lynx Documentary
Sit.Play.Stay. by Cecilie Flyger Hansen (SWE)
What if we run out of stones? by Nora Štrbová (CZE)
Berthe is dead but it's ok by Sacha Trilles (FRA)
Who Loves the Sun by Arshia Shakiba (CAN)
Sixty-seven Milliseconds by Fleuryfontaine (FRA)
Common Pear by Gregor Božič (SVN)
The Stage We Are At by Marlena Matikainen (FIN)
102 Narra by Tatjana Fanny & Rafael Manuel (NLD)
Silver Lynx Animation
Dare to be fabulous by Zhen Zhou, Xinxin Qin, Carla Sampaio da Silva, Adam Meziane Philipps, Yangjia Chen, João Buosi (FRA)
Void Spaces by Marta Koch (POL)
Loss by Sonya Umanski, Alika Levinson (UKR)
When it comes (it will have your eyes) by Izibene Oñederra (ESP)
Plimovanje by Živa Divjak (CZE)
Larval by Alice Bloomfield (GBR)
Wormwood by Matthieu Dupille, Binlin Xie, Alexander Vanderplank, Ninon Quemener, Philémon Martin, Chenhe Liu
The Crooked Heads by Jakub Krzyszpin (POL)
Baby on Board. The Dark Web Catbot by Dog & Rabbit, Will Anderson (GBR)
Silent Panorama by Nicolas Piret (BEL)
Silver Lynx Experimental
How to be a ghost in Bangkok? by Jing Zhao (THA, GBR)
Medical Field Guide or Rules of engagement with native e-girls by Andran Abramjan, Jan Hofman (CZ)
I, Monster by Zofia Tomalska (POL)
The male gaze recipe by Joey Arand, Alma Weber (GER)
The Land of Abandonment by Eliška Lubojatzká (CZ)
Totally Cooked by Dian Joy (GBR)
Riga Crypto and Lapona Engiel by Vlad Cocieru (ROM)
December rumbles by Ziyang Liu (CHN)
Tooth & Nail by Francesca Roth (EUA)
NATIONAL GRAND PRIX COMPETITION
The National Grand Prix celebrates the best of new Portuguese talent and stands out as one of FEST's most prestigious sections. This year, we have selected 23 short films, divided across 4 sessions, which will take place during the final days of FEST’s 21st edition.
GPN #1
Fragmented by Balolas Carvalho, Tanya Marar (PRT)
Isle of Mia by Miguel Pinto, Francisco Morais (PRT, GBR)
Arriba Beach by Nishchaya Gera (PRT, BEL, NDL, USA)
Agente Imobiliário Sem Casa Para Viver by Filipe Amorim (PRT)
movimento. dim∑nsão. impacto. by MJ Sousa (PRT)
MAIO by Claudio Carbone (PRT)
GPN #2
Business as usual by Pedro Vinícius (PRT)
A Fronteira Azul by Dinis Miguens Costa (PRT, FRA, ESP)
Tu que o rio habitas by José Freitas (PRT)
Primeiro Encontro by Luís Filipe Borges (PRT)
Vista Sobre o Infinito by Henrique Prudêncio (PRT)
GPN #3
Daniella by Fuad Halwani (PRT)
O Espaço que Existe Entre Uma Coisa e Outra by Marina Leonardo (PRT)
O Tempo das Cerejas by Clara Frazão Parente (PRT)
Dentro, fora do Brasil by Marina Schneider (PRT)
Estéril by João Pais da Silva (PRT)
Tem Fé by Leonor Patrocinio Alves, ʜᴇʟᴇɴ ᴇsᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀsᴄʜᴀᴜᴇʀ (PRT)
GPN #4
Quinta Parede by Ana Martins Pereira (PRT)
Perpetual disorder by João Carlos Pinto (PRT, ESP)
TEMPESTADES by Luz Silva (PRT)
Prima ku Lebsi by Welket Bungué (PRT)
Os Ecos que Carregamos by Areeba Naveed (PRT)
My Ray of Sunshine by Laís Andrade (PRT, BRA)
NEXXT COMPETITION
A festival that aims to discover the latest talents in film production could never stray far from academic circles, where new creative voices are constantly incubated. In 2025, FEST once again shines a spotlight on academic cinema through the NEXXT competition.
NEXXT #1
PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle (USA)
Theater by Anastasia Lola (GRC, DEU)
Fuga Del Gato by Sélin Van Laethem (BEL)
Power of the Mirror by Ido Gotlib (DEU)
Retratos da Ajuda by Ana Rita Costa & André Vieira (PRT)
Dog days are over by Kinga Pudełek (POL)
NEXXT #2
Maria, Maria by Benjamim Quadros Costa (PRT)
Stranger by Jens Glomnes Hertzberg (NOR)
Ao deus-dará by Carolina Rebelo (PRT)
In Between Storms by Fran Zayas (PRI)
Cats by Danilo Stanimirović (SER)
ASSIST by Maria Tsioli (GRC)
Three by Amie Song (USA)
NEXXT #3
The Wait by Vilja Keskimäki (FIN)
SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE by Saurav Ghimire (BEL, NPL)
Echoes by Robinson Drossos (FRA)
01:10 by Sinan Taner (SWI)
Naufragia by Carolina Vaz Rebelo (PRT)
Up to date by Camille Britte (BEL)
Não Sei O Que Fazer Com As Mãos by Marta Delgado (PRT)
NEXXT #4
The dam by Giovanni Pierangeli (POL)
Walud by Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker (DEU, SYR)
Instructional Video No. 360 by Jakob Lebech Krog (DNK)
Blood-Red by Capucine Pinaud (BEL)
This is the Life by Andrea Tagliarini (GBR)
NEXXT #5
Karaokiss by Mila Ryngaert (BEL)
Our Own Shadow by Agustina Sánchez Gavier (DEU, ARG)
The Hateful by João Antunes (PRT)
Yet Another One by Karla Jelić (CRO)
We Beg To Differ by Ruairi Bradley (IRL)
NEXXT #6
Time sensitive characters by Coralie Hina Gourdon (FRA)
Girlfriend Experience by Ingvild Dahlgren (NOR)
CCSTOP by Hugo Gomes (PRT)
They Can Hear Your Smile by Michael Jiřinec (CZE)
FESTinha Competition
Originally a set of children's sessions, FESTinha has become one of the fastest-growing sections of our event, expanding the festival's reach and audience. Three separate juries, made up of children and teenagers from different age groups, will evaluate various blocks of short films and a selection of feature films tailored to each age range.
FESTinha Sub6 #1
Hoofs on skates by Ignas Meilūnas (LIT)
Animanimusical by Julia Ocker (DEU)
The shadow of a second by Fabien WEIBEL (LUX)
The final by Álvaro Parrilla Álvarez (DEU)
Playing Possum by Sky Stephenson (GBR)
A Cada Dia Que Passa by Emanuel Nevado (PRT)
UPS! by Galvão Bertazzi & Luís Canau (PRT)
FESTinha sub6 #2
Flocky by Esther Casas Roura (ESP)
Amen by Orphee Coutier, Bettina Demarty, Kimie Maingonnat, Laurène Perego, Louise Poulain, Avril Zundel (FRA)
Miracontos by Catarina Pisco (PRT)
Dancing in the rain by Chao-chun Yeh (TWN)
Rise Age by Tatjana Theuer (DEU)
Weave a dream by Bing-Han Chen (TWN)
Kukeleku by Jelle Janssen (NLD)
CIAO PESKAO by Andrea García García & Guillermo González Fidalgo (ESP)
FESTinha sub10 #1
Make money by I-Chieh Teng, Tzu-Chin Chou & Yu-Fen Chen (TWN)
Pader by Jean Vergé (FRA)
Rushmore by Oriane Azzhiri, Sarah Balanger, Alex Bruneau, Eva-Luna Delmas, Emeline Guidé, Clara Maynard, Tom Perrony & Elie Plisson (FRA)
The Odd Carrot by Inese Pavēne (LTV)
Broken Flight by Arthur Jouanny, Jaana Berthelot, Emie Rolland, Sebastien Le Gallic, Aliénor Poignand du Fontenioux & Younes Ayani (FRA)
I am Akiko by Damir Romanov (SRB)
Bioshorts – Regeneration Tricks by Daniela Hýbnerová (CZE)
ALUADO by Cláudio Jordão (PRT)
Nwavu, the Blind Man by João Petit Graça (PRT)
FESTinha sub10 #2
Rajas & the Wolf Girl by Nidhi Reddy (USA)
The Visits of the Tooth Fairy by Lysa-Rose Zaoui (ISR)
Paddle Boat by Samppa Kukkonen (FIN)
COO-RAGE by Alina Milkina (NLD)
Freak of nature by Alexandra Lermer (DEU)
Reven by Hugo Babey, Victor Barreau, Line Bossard, Chloé Hurard, Coralie Monnier, Mathilde Morin, Lèna Ripoche & Tanguy Salaün (FRA)
FESTinha sub10 #3
The Little Ancestor by Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur (CAN)
Hello Summer by Martin Smatana & Veronika Zacharová (SLK)
Slipper Keeper Kitty by Rok Predin (SLN)
Filante by Marion Jamault (FRA)
Crescendo by Eugen Constantin Munteanu (ROM)
Ask Albert by Szandra Pataki (HUN)
ProCura by Joana Carvalho & Joana Rodrigues (PRT)
Potatoes by Marcin Podolec (POL)
Dolores by Cecília Andalón Delgadillo (MEX)
The Refusers by Wiep Teeuwisse (NLD)
FESTinha sub 10 #4
Down In The Dumps by Vera van Wolferen (NLD)
No Room by Jelena Oroz (CRO)
Knitted by Pierre-Marie Bavay, Laurie Beldent, Joan Haubois, Maëlle Le Bris, Camille Lequeux, Malo Lescop, Clara Navoizat, Emma Rateau (FRA)
The Alchemist’s Apprentice by Erfan Parsapour (IRN)
Family Portrait of the Black Earth by Ivan Popov-Zaeka (BUL)
Muscle Man in: Metal Mayhem by Nicolas Gemoets (BEL)
FESTinha sub12
Flying From War by Ciara Borgards (USA)
Little Rebels Cinema Club by Khozy Rizal (IDN)
Picky eater by Ewa Japola (POL)
Les Lucioles by Loïs Angilella, Léa Faynel, Ambre Fournier, Clémentine Gabard, Hannah Gozlan, Claire Represa, Emilie Richard, Mathieu Staropoli & Maïa Xueref (FRA)
There once was-There is no more-There is by Karina Paciorkowska & Łukasz Kamil Kamiński (POL)
Maybe Elephants by Torill Kove (CAN)
The Second-to-Last Time I Pooped my Pants by Sébastien Landry (CAN)
FESTinha sub16
Ben's Birthday by Robert Decani (DEU)
Passarinho by Natalia García Agraz (MEX)
AMARELA by André Hayato Saito (BRA)
Dream on Nykvarn by Vera Hamnebo & Sofia Edén (SWE)
There will be no other end by Piotr Milczarek (POL)
Gravity by Robotina (ITA)
NON-COMPETITION
BE KIND REWIND
Georgia is quickly becoming a powerhouse in world cinema. A new generation of talent is breaking through, just as the nation is deeply entrenched in political turmoil between those who look to the west for inspiration and those who cling to the past and the influence of the empire next door. The time
has come to put Georgia under the spotlight.
BKR Shorts
Elene Dariani by Elene Tavadze (GEO)
Nine years of displacement by Tornike Koplatadze (GEO)
Songs of Duolan by Sakhamin Trofimov (GEO)
Ogasavara by Tato Kotetishvili (GEO)
Where Time stood still by Nina Benashvili (GEO)
The Fish that drowned by George Sikharulidze (GEO)
The antique by Rusudan Glurijdze (GEO, FIN, DEU, CHE)
Blueberry dreams by Elene Mikaberidze (GEO, BEL)
Holy Electricity by Tato Kotetishvili (GEO)
ECOHES
The Ecos section returns to showcase some of the boldest works of the year, as well as new pieces by filmmakers who have remained on our radar.
ECOHES - Where did all the love go
Kafka. In Love by Zane Oborenko (LTV)
A Perfect Night by Angelo Raaijmakers (NLD)
Les belles cicatrices by Raphaël Jouzeau (FRA)
Dreams like paper boats by Samuel Suffren (HTI)
Greek Apricots by Jan Krevatin (CRO)
Borealis by Jo Monteiro (PRT)
ECOHES - Tales of Womanhood #1
Moi aussi by Judith Godrèche (FRA)
Fuck-a-Fan by Muriel d'Ansembourg (NLD)
Machines by Sigurd Bleken (NOR)
Mrs. Faiza & Dr. Love by Anissa Daoud (FRA)
A Move by Elahe Esmaili (IRN)
ECOHES - Tales of Womanhood #2
Bitter Chocolate by Sahar Sotoodeh (DEU)
Mum by Julia Patey (DEU)
Penélope by Margarida Vila-nova (PRT)
Confrontation by Marie Abbenanti & Sandy Pujol Latour (FRA)
Mensch by Luca Lellouche (FRA)
Kerberos by Hazel Dupont (BEL)
Barlebas by Malu Janssen (BEL, NLD)
ECOHES - New Comedy
We the monkeys by Clarence Larrivoire (FRA)
SELFTAPE by Valentin Coste (FRA)
I am the fire by Patrik Eklund (SWE)
Gender Reveal by Mo Matton (CAN)
Cucumber by Harald Furuholmen (NOR)
How much for this? by Johanna Viskar (EST)
Island by Branko Kosteski (MKD)
FUCKING YUPPIES by Thorn de Vries (NLD)
Oldtown by David Vermander (BEL)
ECOHES - AI
Atlantropa by Nils Eberwein & Julian Gilbert (DEU)
Where are you, Samuel? by Samuele Leogrande (ITA)
Sine Anima by Antanas Skucas & Julius Zubavičius (LIT)
In the Shadow of The River by Emiliano Reyes & Jesús García Nuño de la Rosa (ESP)
La Fenêtre by Lucas Ortiz Estefanell (ESP)
MyDear by Sohee Kim & Dohee Jeon (KOR)
I Accidentally Stepped on a Flower by Eneos Çarka & Stivi Imami (ALB)
ECOHES - Fast Forward
It shouldn't Rain Tomorrow by Maria Trigo (PRT)
Durian, Durian by Nelson Yeo (SGP)
HABĀ by Helin Çelik (AUT)
Shoes and Hooves by Viktória Traub (HUN)
Skin on Skin by Simon Schneckenburger (DEU)
Fall into Each other by Vivian Bausch (AUT)
O Cais by Henrique Brazão (PRT)
Porcelain by Annika Birgel (DEU)
Mercenaire by Pier-Philippe Chevigny (CAN)
The Cascade by Pablo Delgado (MEX)
Aux armes, Christopher by Elise Amblard (FRA)
ECOHES - Post Millenium Tension
Existence, Fragmented by Gustav Wärn (SWE)
Du Bist So Wunderbar (Paradise Europe) by Leandro Goddinho (DEU)
The Man of Shit by Sorel França (FRA)
The man who could not remain silent by Nebojša Slijepčević (CRO)
ECOHES - Black Sheep: New Genre
IMMACULATA by Kim Lêa Sakkal (DEU)
Voyager by Pablo Pagán (ESP)
Zoé by Rémi St-Michel (CAN)
The Fish Tank by Victoria Garza (MEX)
Thin Walls by Robert Armanyous (CAN)
Apocalíptica by Diego Oliva Tejeda (DEU)
Estranhos by Carolina Afonso (PRT)
FESTinha Non-Competitive
FESTinha Non-competitive #1 (7-8 years)
Upside down by Dace Rīdūze (LTV)
Wing It! by Rik Schutte (NLD)
TALAIAS by Maria Raquel Atalaia (PRT)
Joule by Jiawen Cheng (AUS)
The Hip Hops by Sandra Vivas (DMA)
Everything we missed by Marta Prokopová (SLK)
Mr. Bird by Ricardo Villavicencio (CHL)
FESTinha Non-competitive #2 (9-10 years)
In The End by Linda Stūre (LTV)
Son by Zhanna Bekmambetova (KAZ)
Yuck! by Loïc ESPUCHE (FRA)
ALLEGIANCE by Alex Bajon, Lucie Coste, Charlie Coucoureux, Hindha Koné, Anne Le, Aurore Meyer, Mariette Pons & Éloïse Vacher (FRA)
Nun or Never! by Heta Jäälinoja (FIN)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
SHORTCUTZ AMSTERDAM presents “AMSTERTHEM”
Abi Patat by Janna Grosfeld (NLD)
De Boys van De Barbara by Fabienne Boekel (NLD)
Gaya was here by Finn Szumlas (NLD)
Maester Kwame – Lead by Example by Yve Baya (NLD)
Chico by Sophie van Bree (NLD)
God is Light by Nissim Khalifa (NLD)
Delicious Solitude by Masha Gurova (NLD)
Curt.as.Fitas
UNATC - Film Session
