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01 March | 21:00 Opening Session | +14 years

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Quase me Lembro

by Dimitri Mihajlovic, Miguel Lima

2023 | Animation | Portugal | 9 min. | Spoken in Portuguese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

2D image of a black and white drawing showing a flat surface with a round clock with hands on the left, an oval-shaped black vase with white flowers coming out of the nozzle in the centre and an oval-shaped light grey vase on the right. Arranged between these objects are round white balls of different sizes and some petals.

Best Film Award (National Competition) | CINANIMA
Best Animation Award | Caminhos do Cinema Português

01 March | 21:00 Opening Session | +14 years

Opening Session

Mal Viver

by João Canijo

2023 | Fiction | France, Portugal | 128 min. | Spoken in Portuguese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description and subtitles (audio guides)

Close-up of the face of a brunette woman with short hair, facing us. She is holding a small black dog on her lap, against her chest on the right. With her other hand, she hugs a person with long brown hair, who is facing away from us. The short-haired woman has her face against the long-haired person's head and has a hand on her head.

Best Portuguese Feature Film Award | IndieLisboa

02 March | 15:00 Shorts - Relaxed Session | +16 years

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The Birthday Party

by Francesco Sossai

2023 | Fiction | Germany, France, Italy | 17 min. | Spoken in Italian

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description and audio subtitles (audio guides)

In the foreground, in the center, is a dark-skinned boy, with his hair short at the front and tied in a ponytail at the back. Her hair reaches the middle of her back. His back is turned with his face turned to the left, in profile. In the background, out of focus, are two dark-skinned boys with short hair facing us. Behind them we see the blurred background of dry tree branches.

Grand Prix International Competition | Short Films Vila do Conde

02 March | 15:00 Shorts - Relaxed Session | +16 years

Mate

by George-Alex Nagle

2021 | Fiction | Australia | 33 min. | Spoken in English

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

Inside a bathroom, in front of a mirror, there is a young man with wet hair and a naked torso, with a green towel around his waist. His back is to us, but we see his face in the mirror. Do muscles with your arms raised. Behind him, with his back to us and in the foreground is the figure of a person looking at the young man.

Best Short Film Award | Avanca Film Festival

02 March | 15:00 Short Films - Relaxed Session | +16 years old

Our Uniform

by Yegane Moghaddam

2023 | Animation | Iran | 7 min. | Spoken in Persian

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

The background of the picture is a grey fabric with a beige button, positioned at the top and centre, sewn onto the fabric. Drawn diagonally across the fabric and occupying the bottom of the image are two rows of grey tables, one in front and one behind, with several girls sitting at them, with open notebooks in front of them and pens in their hands or on the table. The girls have white headscarves and are wearing bright blue uniforms. There are three in the front row and they are focussed. The ones in the back row are seven and out of focus. They all have brown hair coming out of their headscarves. In the centre, between the drawing of the girls and the button, are two pennants, each with a portrait of a man with a black turban on his head, sewn into the fabric.

CINANIMA Short Films Grand Prix | CINANIMA

02 March | 15:00 Short Films - Relaxed Session | +16 years

Hotel Kalura

by Sophie Koko Gate

2022 | Animation | United Kingdom | 5 min. | Spoken in English

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

A 3D drawing with a close-up of a woman's elongated face, facing us. She has orange hair down to her chin. Her eyebrows are also orange, on a prominent forehead. Her eyes are orange with black pupils. His nose is elongated. His mouth is ajar. His lips are orange and small white teeth are visible. To the right, he's holding a cigarette from which purple smoke is coming out. We can see the tops of her large, round breasts.

Best Animated Short Film Award | IndieLisboa

02 March | 15:00 Shorts - Relaxed Session | +16 years

The Diamond

by Vedran Rupic

2022 | Fiction | Sweden | 14 min. | Spoken in English

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description and audio subtitles (audio guides)

Sitting on a rooftop with a cityscape in the background is a man with white hair. He wears a blue shirt and a cream vest over it. She has beige pants, gray ankle-length socks and brown shoes. His face is profiled on the right and he looks at a tiny man sitting next to him on the roof.

Audience Award (Best Short Film) | IndieLisboa

02 March | 15:00 Shorts - Relaxed Session | +16 years

Dildotectónica

by Tomás Paula Marques

2023 | Fiction, Documentary | Portugal | 16 min. | Spoken in Portuguese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

Two people are lying on their sides, on a bed, with their faces facing us. The person in the foreground has short hair with bleached highlights. His eyes are closed and his eyebrows are thick. He has two tattoos on his visible arm. Behind her, hugging her, is a person with pink hair and an earring in one ear. His eyes are closed. They are covered by a white sheet and a red duvet. Next to the bed is a brown wooden bedside table.

Best Portuguese Short Film Award | IndieLisboa
Best Documentary Award | Paths of Portuguese Cinema

02 March | 15:00 Short Films - Relaxed Session | +16 years old

Dog-Apartment

by Priit Tender

2022 | Animation | Estonia | 14 min. | No dialogue

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description and subtitles (audio guides)

Clay animation. In the centre is a man with brown hair, a scraggly beard and dark, wide-set eyes. His gaze is fixed slightly to the right. He is wearing a beige turtleneck jumper and a brown jacket buttoned up with pockets. He has a cigarette stuck in his mouth. Behind him, with the driver's door open, is an old, rusty, cream-coloured car. In the background, the sky is grey and it's raining.

Best Animation Award | Avanca Film Festival
MONSTRA Grand Prize - Short Films | MONSTRA

02 March | 15:00 Shorts - Relaxed Session | +16 years

The Veiled City

by Natalie Cubides-Brady

2022 | Documentary | United Kingdom | 13 min. | Spoken in English

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description and audio subtitles (audio guides)

Black and white image very blurry and unclear. In the center is a person with a brimmed hat profiled to the left. In the background, on a wall, there are several birds.

Best Documentary Award | Short Films Vila do Conde

02 March | 18:00 Short + Long

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Natureza Humana

by Mónica Lima

2023 | Fiction | Portugal, Germany | 25 min. | Spoken in Portuguese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
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On a floral fabric in shades of pink, blue and pale green, a foot and shin are lying in close-up on the left and half of a man's face, upside down, on the right. The foot and shin have colourful designs on them. We can see a bird, a strawberry, various flowers and a snail. The man is dark. He has brown eyes and curly brown hair. He has a full beard. He's wearing a burgundy shirt.

Best National Film Award | Curtas Vila do Conde
Audience Award | Curtas Vila do Conde

02 March | 18:00 Short + Long

Paradise

by Alexander Abaturov

2022 | Documentary | France, Switzerland | 89 min. | Spoken in Yakut

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

Amongst an abundance of green and yellow vegetation is a small child. The image is dull and not very brightly coloured. The child is standing to the left and looking slightly upwards, with a fixed gaze. He has short brown hair and is wearing a black t-shirt.

Best Documentary Award | FEST

02 March | 21:00 Horror | +18 years

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Gangrena

by Gil-Toresano Fernández

2022 | Fiction | Spain | 10 min. | Spoken in Spanish

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

A man with deep wrinkles around his dark eyes and clenched mouth. He wears a black beret and a checked shirt under a grey jacket. A brown patch runs up from his neck to eye level, taking in his entire left cheek. The collar of his shirt on the same side has a blackish colour.

MOTELX Award - Best European Horror Short Film / MOTELX

02 March | 21:00 Horror | +18 years

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Megalomaniac

by Karim Quelhaj

2022 | Fiction | Belgium, Norway | 118 min. | Spoken in French

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

In the foreground, on the left-hand side of the picture, a girl is facing forward. Her dark eyes are fixed on infinity, her nose is large and her thin-lipped mouth is closed. Her long, straight hair is parted in the middle. In the background, in a window, the vegetation is illuminated by a white light.

Grand Prix Best Film | Fantasporto

03 March | 11:30 Children's Shorts - Relaxed Session | +7 years

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O Carrossel

by Augusto Schillaci

2022 | Animation | Argentina, USA, Canada | 9 min. | No dialogue

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

3D design image with well-defined lines and vibrant colours. On the left, a wheeled cart has colourful balloons attached to it. With his back to the trolley and in profile to the right, a man with a cap and moustache smiles as he bends down to hand a red balloon to a girl with a full head of curly hair. The girl also smiles as she reaches out to hold the balloon. Next to her, a boy with a large pouf watches them. On the right, two children look at the same open book, which they hold between their hands. In the background, a carousel of white horses, flanked by greenery.

Best Film Award Curtinhas Section | Curtas Vila do Conde

03 March | 11:30 Children's Short Films - Relaxed Session | +7 years

A Cookie's Adventure

by Jérémie Amicone, Alexis Bleusez, Iléana Borzan, Myriam Lecomte, Zoé Rivera, Margot Lemasçon, Camille Triponney, RomainTersigni, Alexis Bleusez

2022 | Animation | France | 7 min. | Spoken in French

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

3D design image in which the shapes and textures are inspired by cookies and sweets. On an arched bridge, a cookie with legs and arms smiles. He has a blue and orange helmet, boots and elbow pads. His big eyes look at a horse to his left. The horse has a blue saddle and muzzle and an orange mane and tail. In the background, a landscape made up of several hills covered in green grass.

FESTinha #Under12 Award | FEST

03 March | 11:30 Children's Short Films - Relaxed Session | +7 years

Swing to the Moon

by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine de Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau

2022 | Animation | France | 7 min. | No dialogues

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

3D drawing image. In a close-up, from the front, a spider with brown fur and large green eyes looks up. Above the eyes, two black lines resemble eyebrows and between the eyes two vertical lines resemble a nose. The two front paws are folded over the face as if in a gesture of admiration.

FESTinha #Sub10 Award | FEST

03 March | 11:30 Children's Short Films - Relaxed Session | +7 years

A Rainha das Raposas

by Marina Rosset

2022 | Animation | Switzerland | 9 min. | Spoken in French

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

2D image of a hand-drawn picture, poorly defined and lacking in detail, where the colours run out of line. In the centre, in close-up, the upper part of an orange fox in profile. Its arms are open and it has a brown crown attached to one of its ears.

Audience Award - MONSTER COMPETITION | MONSTER

03 March | 11:30 Children's Shorts - Relaxed Session | +7 years

Moules-Frites

by Nicolas Hu

2021 | Animation | France | 26 min. | Spoken in French

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

2D drawing image with well-defined lines and colours in shades of purple and pale pink. In the foreground, from the front, a girl is leaning on the side rail of a boat. The girl has shoulder-length dark hair and large black eyes. She watches a seagull that flies by the boat while smiling. Behind her, turned round, a woman puts her arm round a child's shoulders. To the right, a bald man with a tuft of white hair above his ear is also watching the seagull.

IndieJunior Audience Award | IndieLisboa

03 March | 15:00 Short + Long | +16 years

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Uma Rapariga Imaterial

by André Godinho

2022 | Fiction | Portugal | 42 min. | Spoken in Portuguese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
Audio description (audio guides)

In the middle of the image, a person surrounded by the vegetation of a forest. He has his back turned and his hair is very blond, reaching halfway down his back. The arms hang under the body. She wears a cream t-shirt, a purple, asymmetrical skirt, with a green frill at the bottom. On her feet, light blue sandals and pink socks with green balls that reach mid-calf.

Best Film Award - Short Film Competition | Queer Lisbon
Audience Award - Short Film Competition | Queer Lisbon

03 March | 15:00 Short + Feature | +16 years old

A Los Libros y a Las Mujeres Canto

by María Elorza

2022 | Documentary | Spain | 72 min. | Spoken in Spanish, Italian and Japanese

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
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In close-up, from the front, two women look at a magazine. The colours and quality of the image are reminiscent of photographs from the 70s. The woman on the left, wearing sunglasses, is holding the magazine, the cover of which is entitled "Herculanum" and the text "Tresors d'Italie" is inscribed vertically on a banner. The woman on the right is young, her hair is messy and she's wearing a colourful printed tank top.

Best International Competition Film Award | Porto/Post/Doc

03 March | 18:00 Closing Session | +14 years

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Cerrar Los Ojos

by Victor Erice

2023 | Fiction | Spain, Argentina | 169 min. | Spoken in Spanish

LGP and Portuguese subtitles
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From the front, a man sitting on a rock watches the water dripping from a shoe in his hand. His wrinkled face is marked by an aquiline nose, bushy eyebrows and long locks of hair. He wears a vertically striped shirt with a dark tie and a trench coat over it. In the background, several rocks are grouped together.

LEFFEST Best Film Award | LEFFEST

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