After viewing more than 3,700 films, from 123 countries, the Selection Jury chose a total of 130 works, establishing a new record of films and countries presented in competition. 98 works from 33 different nations will be included in the international competition, with France (13), the United Kingdom (8), and Israel (7), having the highest number of films chosen. In this competition, 22 hours’ worth of animated films will be shown. 57 films have been selected for the International Short Film Competition. There are 6 films in the International Feature Film Competition. There are 35 films in the International Student Competition.
International Competition
Trace • Asparuh Petrov – Bulgary
Island • Michael Faus – Israel
War is Over • Dave Mulles – USA
Rosemary A.D. (After Dad) • Ethan Barrett – USA
Depersonalization • Spartak Yordanov – Bulgary
The House to Keep Time • Joana Imaginário – Portugal
Madeleine • Raquel Sancinetti – Canada
Teacups • Alec Green, Finbar Watson – Australia
Pickles • Miri Dochikian – Israel
Skinned • Joachim Hérissé – France
Our Uniform • Yegane Moghaddam – Iran
I’m Fine Mum • Jose Manuel Palenzuel – Spain
Roped • Carmen Córdoba González – Spain
Cold Soup • Marta Monteiro – Portugal
Look • Nuno Amorim – Portugal
Maurice’s Bar • Tzor Edery – Mordekovich, Tom Prezman – France
Sit Down, Don’t Touch Anything • Frederic Siegl – Switzerland
Lost at Sea • Andrés Alejandro Bartos Amory, Lucija Stojevic – Spain
Our Pain • Shunsaku Hayashi – Japan
Her Dress for the Final • Martina Mestrovic – Croatia
Winking Out • Juliette Mauduit – Belgium
The Marrons Glacés • Delphine Hermans, Michel Vandam – Belgium
Telsche • Sophie Colfer, Ala Nunu – Poland, Saudi Arabia and Portugal
Love Me True • Inés Sedan – France
La Vitualla • Santiago Pousada – Colombia
Family Portrait • Lea Vidakovic – Croatia
Me and Me • Chiu Ling Chen – Taiwan
Feather • Sadegh Javadi – Iran
Cornucopia • Ani Antonova, Dimiter Ovtcharov – Australia
Camino • Arevik D’Or – Belgium
Two One Two • Shira Avni – Canada
Hands Down! • Fred Philibert – France
Nurit • Shini Tal – Israel
Green Grass • Élise Augarten – France
Dog Days • George Hampshire – Netherlands
PINA • Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo – Belgium
Botanica Exotica • Sofia Laszlovszky – Hungary
Pink Mountain • Thomas Kunstler – Greece
Deadline • Idan Gilboa – Israel
Green Feet On Concrete • Max Leighton – United Kingdom
Manimondo • Michele Tozzi – Italy
Monk Seshin • Roytaro Miyajima – Japan
An End to War Enough • Simone Massi – Italy
The Aglonquin Bridge • Txesco Montalt – Canada
The Rubbings of Trajectories • Cheng Chung – Taiwan
The Garden of Heart • Oliver Hegyi – Hungary
Cricket • Natalia Ryss – Israel
My Dear Son • Lilian Fu – Hong Kong
The Boy and the Crow • Tudor Om – Romenia
Chasing Birds • Una Lorenzen – Canada
The Cactus • Ricardo Kump – Brazil
Chicken • Anna Benner – Germany
The Long Legged Man • Vitor Hugo Rocha – Portugal
Morning Shadows • Rita Curchinho Neves – Portugal
Sweet Like Lemons • Jenny Jokela – United Kingdom
Tomato Kitchen • Junyi Xiao – China
Skins • Argentino Mazzarulli – Italy
A Greyhound of a Girl • Enzo d’Alô – Luxembourg
Four Souls of Coyote • Áron Gauder – Hungary
Kensuke’s Kingdom • Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry – United Kingdom
Gonta: The Story of the Two-Named Dog in the Fukushima Disaster • Akio Nishizawa – Japan
Friendly Fire • Tom Koryto Blumen – Israel
A World in Chaos • David Crisp – Hungary
To the Brink • Hugo Docking – United Kingdom
Tumult • Baptiste Ratajski – France
Pipes • Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran – Switzerland
Dede is Dead • Philippe Kastner – Czechia
Bless You • Qingyang – China
Tree, Tree • Sichen Liu – United Kingdom
The Last Bar • Arne Hain – Germany
The Wolf of Custer • Tanya J Scott J Scott – United Kingdom
Go Fishboy • Denise CIRONE, Sebastian DORINGER, Andrey KOLESOV, Chiayu LIU, Zhen TIAN, Lan ZHOU – France
Synchrony • Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie, Jean Delamarre, Alexis Prost – France
Primitive Times • Hao Yu – Germany
The Lost Courier • Zidong Ma – China
Malacabra • Marylou BORT, Mathilde BOURGES, Hugo FLORIN, Jeremy GUIBERT, Valentine MINIOT, Vincent NOGUES, Axel PRUKOP, Pierre SEGONDS – France
Lethal Morbier • Raphaël AUDUREAU, Laurène BINET, Solène DE VULPIAN, Lilian LARIGNON, Élise LARVOR, Thibaut LE MELEDO, Tom PINARD, Hugo TABONE – France
The Eastern Rain • Milly Yencken – Estonia
Great Little Giant • Jakub Bozydar Dolny – Poland
Architect’s Cruise • Simon Hamlyn – United Kingdom
Rotten Child • Anej Gokar – Netherlands
Scratch • Jakub Krzyszpin – Poland
Unfound • Sahar Balfour – Israel
The Last Biscuit • Amy Fitzpatrick – United Kingdom
Crosswalk • Dria Volchok – Russia
Crab Day • Ross Stringer – United Kingdom
Fires • Mohammad Babakoohi – France
Oscar • Sixtine Bonnot – France
End of Summer • Tara Attarzadeh – Iran
I Will Take Your Shadow • Ayala Shoshana Guy – Germany
Dandelion • Ling Zhao, Zhengwu Gu – United Kingdom
The General’s Room • Georges – Denmark
Pull the Plug • Adele Fisch, Carlotta Steckner – Netherland
Pipás • Lili Tóth – Hungary
La Note • Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, Francesca Sofia Rosso – Italy
Borders • Lazar Predrag Bačkonja – Serbia
The António Gaio Award and the Young Portuguese Filmmaker Award (which is divided into films made by children under 18 years of age and first films made by youngsters aged between 18 and 30), will present 32 films as part of the National Competition. This is an increase if we compare it to the 31 works screened in 2022 and it represents around four hours of Portuguese production. There are 13 films in competition for the António Gaio Award. In the awards dedicated to the youngest, there are 9 films in the Young Portuguese Director Award (Young people between 18 and 30 years old) and 10 films competing for the Young Portuguese Director Award (Children and young people up to 18 years old).
National Competition
The Wide Eyed Girl and the Long Legged Boy
• Maria Hespanhol – Portugal
Morning Shadow• Rita Cruchinho Neves – Portugal
The Time Keeping House • Joana Imaginário – Portugal
Foxtale • Alexandra Allen – Portugal
Almost Forgotten • Miguel Lima, Dimitri Mihajlovic – Portugal
Ana Morphose • João Rodrigues – Portugal
De Império • Alessandro Novelli – Portugal
Cold Soup • Marta Monteiro – Portugal
The Long Legged Man • Vitor Hugo Rocha – Portugal
Look • Nuno Amorim – Portugal
Something I Said • Sara Barbas – Portugal
Easter • André Ruivo – Portugal
The Foam and the Lion • Cláudio Jordão – Portugal
The Beating Seed • ASA ( Marta Ribeiro ), Alice do Carmo, Laura Pires, Tiago Pimenta – UALG (Portugal)
My Seagull Espanhola • Barbara Barreto, Catarina Santos, Raquel Salvado – Lusófona (Portugal)
Home • Filipa da Costa Gaspar (Portugal)
Warmth • Caroline Soares, Gwenaëlle de Ville, Patrícia Lopes – Lusófona (Portugal)
Documentary Survival Kit • Filipe Cansado, Luís Ribeiro, Nicolas Freitas – Lusófona (Portugal)
Memories of Blackwood and Ivory • Inês Costa – Portugal
Morpheus • Tomás Figueiredo de Sousa, Diogo Anastácio Rodrigues – UBICINEMA (Portugal)
Sunflowers – A Strange Feeling of Existential Angst • Carolina Bonzinho, Leander Meresaar – Portugal
Trousseau • Mariana Pardal Jacinto – Portugal
The Apparent Chaos of Diversity • Coletivo Fotograma 24 – Portugal
Moon Mole • Orientação de Laura Gonçalves e Alexandra Ramires – Portugal
The Princess Who Overcame Fear • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Alunos do 2º ano da Escola EB de Costa Cabral
The Magic Pencil • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto . Alunos do 3º Ano G! da Escola de Fernão de Magalhães – Portugal
Reclaiming the Colour • Crianças da 6 E.B Ovar – Portugal
Prya • Melissa Coutinho – Portugal
My Cat’s Life • Matilde Dionísio – Portugal
Class • 8.º C Class | ESEN 2022-23 – Cineclube de Viseu – Portugal
River Union • Casa Museu Vilar – Portugal
Des(ordem) Musical • Casa Museu Vilar – Portugal