Sections of Festival

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

The International Competition for Short and Feature Films is composed of films that have never been publicly screened in Portugal and which were finished in 2008 or 2009. To this section can apply first or second works, fiction, animation, documentaries or experimental films, in a clear bet in new directors.

NATIONAL COMPETITION

This section aims at giving national and international recognition to Portuguese shorts and features finished in 2008 or 2009.

OBSERVATORY

Some of the most important works of the year, in particular those by established authors, will be presented in this non-competing section.

EMERGING CINEMA

Exploring new trends in world cinema, fresh narrative forms and promising voices, this section highlights innovative works by emerging filmmakers.

WORLD PULSE

This section is focused in our world. It presents films dealing with the global or local issues that define the current state of things.

INDEPENDENT HERO

This retrospective section is dedicated to those who go beyond the mainstream in filmmaking and help to open new and unconventional paths in cinema. Past editions honourees include directors Shinji Ayoama, Jay Rosenblatt, Michael Glawogger, Jia Zhang-ke, Nobuhiro Suwa, Edgar Pêra, Johnnie To, José Luis Guerín, the new German cinema, the Sundance Film Festival, the contemporary Argentinean cinema and the Romanian independent cinema.

INDIEJUNIOR

Programmed for children between three year-old and fifteen year-old, the screenings of this competitive section are presented both to school pupils and to the general audience.

DIRECTOR’S CUT

A program of recently restored titles, rediscoveries and films which reflect upon cinema itself, its artistic dimension and its history.

INDIEMUSIC

A program composed by films, mainly documentaries focusing in music, namely the pop/rock independent scene and its protagonists.