OPENING FILM (21st June 2026 | 5pm)
Yellow Letters by Ilker Çatak

CLOSING FILM (28th June 2026 | 5pm)
Complaint Nº. 713317 by Yasser Shafiey

FILMS IN COMPETITION

GOLDEN LYNX COMPETITION
This competition focuses on first and second fiction and documentary feature films by some of the most notable and daring new voices on the international scene.

GOLDEN LYNX FICTION
Girl by Shu Qi
A Fading Man by Welf Reinhart
Chicas Tristes by Fernanda Tovar
White Snail by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
Hangar Rojo by Juan Pablo Sallato
Truly Naked by Muriel d’Ansembourg

GOLDEN LYNX DOCUMENTARY
Silent Flood by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
The Ground Beneath Our Feet by Yrsa Roca Fannberg
Comparsa by Vickie Curtis, Doug Anderson
River Dreams by Kristina Mikhailova

SILVER LYNX COMPETITION
The Silver Lynx is a short film competition aiming to launch emerging filmmakers, covering four different formats: Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental Cinema.

Silver Lynx Fiction

Session #1
Communion by Pétala Lopes
The Orchards by  Antoine Chapon
Sueña Ahora by Gabriele Licchelli, Francesco Lorusso & Andrea Settembrini
Their Eyes by Nicolas Gourault
Pedro Tomás Explains the World by Kornelijus Stučkus

Session#2
Baisanos by Andrés Khamis Giacoman & Francisca Khamis Giacoman
Dance with me, Dad by Małgorzata Goździk
birth date by Janssen Ewaldo
in retrospect by Mila Zhlutenko & Daniel Asadi Faezi

SILVER LYNX ANIMATION

Session#1
Poor Marciano by Alex Rey
God is shy by Jocelyn Charles
My Good Boy by Sara Priorelli
KYIV CAKE by Mykyta Lyskov
Mother's Child by Naomi Noir
Widespread by Paz Bernstein
Paradaïz by Matea Radic

Session#2
Can you hear me? by Anastazja Naumenko
Ivar by Markus Tangre
Old White Tom by Emily Ufken & Alexander Conrads
Ostrich by Marie Kenov
Fačuk by Maida Srabovic
La Petite Reine Blanche by Théo Hanosset

SILVER LYNX EXPERIMENTAL

Session#1
People Live Here by Gabrielle Côté
ROOM174 by Maria Bernardi
Memory of a Mycelium by Lisa Yang & Ganaël Dumreicher
PANDORA by Margarita Ivanova
Water Sports by Whammy Alcazaren
Obey, obey by Akira Kawasaki
Going on Strike by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin

Session #2
Pupa by Antia Carreira
Magia comestibilis by Nazif Can Akçalı
Confession by Gianni Romeo
MyOPIA by Maria Lückerath
Abortion Party by Julia Mellen
Vertical Remains by Aadi Bhandari

GRANDE PRÉMIO NACIONAL

GPN #1
Best Friends with the Devil by Hugo de Sousa (PRT, USA)
Elisa by Ana Gennerich (PRT)
Consolatio by Pedro M. Afonso (PRT)
Inheritance by Mischa Andreski (PRT, GBR)
Couto de Flavio Ferreira (PRT)

GPN #2

Gonâve by Roza Duda & Michal Soja (PRT, POL)
A Hora do Chico! by Rafael Sá Carneiro & João Severo (PRT)
O Leite das Monarcas by Francisco Nuno Rodrigues (PRT)
Abril de Helena by Maria Moreira & Victor Hugooli (PRT)
Cama de Lavado de Maria Lima (PRT)

GPN #3

Clube de Tricot de Diogo Abrantes & João Rito (PRT)
Olhos, Olhos, Nariz, Boca by Sofia Santa-Rita 8PRT)
NABIA by Sabrina D. Marques (PRT)
Aprender a Ver by José Freitas (PRT)
Not Even The Sun by Andrea Marcelino (PRT, CAN)
TGX by André Senra Azevedo (PRT)
My bed is a prison by Joanna Nepheli da Silva Stamoulis (PRT, DEU)

GPN #4

MOFO de Carly Hanna (PRT)
Dog Day by David Bonneville (PRT)
Nunca escrevi uma carta a casa by Marta Bao (PRT)
Porta 66 by Bárbara Medinas (PRT)
Ultravioleta by Jose Magro (PRT)

NEXXT
NEXXT #1
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NEXXT #6

FESTinha
Originally a set of children’s screenings, FESTinha has become one of the fastest‑growing sections of our event, widening the festival’s reach and audience. Three different juries, composed of children and teenagers of different age groups, will evaluate several short‑film blocks and a series of feature films designed for each age bracket.

FESTinha sub6 #1
FESTinha sub6 #2
FESTinha sub10 #1
FESTinha sub10 #2
FESTinha sub10 #3
FESTinha sub10 #4
FESTinha sub12 
FESTinha sub16

NON-COMPETITION

FESTinha Non Competitive

BE KIND REWIND
BKR SHORTS Wadja School
Man of Marble by Andrzej Wadja (POL)
A Generation by Andrzej Wadja (POL)
Man of Iron by Andrzej Wadja (POL)

ECHOES
The ECHOES section once again brings together some of the boldest works of the year, as well as new pieces by filmmakers who have remained on our radar.
ECHOES: Out of Focus: When ego rewrites the world
ECHOES: Out of balance: Framing the collapsing world order
ECHOES: Out of our hands: Cinema at the limits of human control
ECHOES: Tales of womanhood I
ECHOES: Black Sheep: New genre cinema
ECHOES: Out of synch: Desperate for connection
ECHOES: Fast Forward
ECHOES: Running Joke: Comedic cinema for the end of times
ECHOES: Out of date: Masculinity in the modern age
ECHOES: Tales of womanhood II

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
CURT.AS FITAS
SCHOOL IN FOCUS: DFFB