Until 2027, the winners of the Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival competitions will have the opportunity to be nominated for the Oscars® of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The early deadline for film submissions for the 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival runs until the end of the year. Find out how you can submit your films here.

The European Film Academy has announced the nominees for the Best European Short Film (Prix Vimeo) at the 37th edition of the European Film Awards. Among the five nominees is '2720', a short film directed by Basil da Cunha. The film was curated by Batalha Centro de Cinema and produced by Arquipélago Filmes.

You can apply for Euro Connection 2025 projects until the end of October, the European support platform for short film producers and distributors. Find out more about how to apply here.

The 28th edition of the Winterthur International Short Film Festival presents the short film ‘Bad For a Moment’ (Daniel Soares, 2024, Portugal, FIC, 15′) in its official short films selection, as part of the program ‘The World Is Burning Quietly Tonight’ in International Competition VII.

As the time changes, the days get shorter and the nights get longer. On that note, the Portuguese Short Film Agency is preparing for another edition of the great short film festival - The Short Film Day 2024. To find out more about these programs and their booking conditions, simply contact us at odiamaiscurto@curtas.pt.

Ana Vaz's film-poems, which explore the contradictions of our time, are highlighted in the exhibition "O que aconteceu ainda está porvir". Dedicated to Porto, the new chapter in the colonial sci-fi series is open for visitors at Solar — Cinematic Art Gallery and Batalha Centro de Cinema. To book guided tours of the exhibition at the Solar gallery, please contact us at s.educativo@curtas.pt.

From October 12th to November 17th, the Post-Summer Labs exhibition at CIAJG - Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães will show us the finalist projects from the 2024 Summer Labs, developed during the artist residencies in Braga (gnration) and Guimarães (CIAJG).