Blog: Film festivals

Call for entries for the 28th Vila do Conde International Film Festival will be open until June 30th



Last weeks to submit your film to the most important Portuguese festival dedicated to short films and one of the most relevant ones in Europe, that this year will take place from 3 to 11 October 2020.


Two decades of existence have made Curtas Vila do Conde become increasingly committed to cinema and its most innovative, diversified, artistic and independent filmmakers and artists. The festival brings together film directors, professionals, artists, journalists, students and an enthusiastic audience for a week in which creativity, talent, spirit, wit and art take the lead.


Curtas Vila do Conde has grown more ambitious over the last few years and has widened its scope by including music videos, multimedia installations, and other art forms that increasingly overlap with short films. Every year, through thoughtful, cutting edge programming, the festival provides a wide selection of ground-breaking films and works on its competitions, retrospectives, theme sections, premières, special programms, exhibitions and concerts.



Qualifying-festival for the European Film Academy (EFA) awards: The festival juries will nominee a short film to compete for the European Film Awards.

The festival accepts new short films produced in 2019 or 2020, with a maximum duration of up to 30 or 60 minutes, depending on the section; and has the following competitions: International (fiction, documentary and animation); National (fiction, documentary and animation); Experimental; Music videos (music videos by artists of Portuguese origin or produced by Portuguese authors); and Take One (Portuguese school films of less than 30 minutes).