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I am pleased to introduce you to the PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

The Festival was established to honor the art of filmmaking and the talented individuals who bring it to life.

If you are interested in submitting your project to the Festival, please read the information carefully. All applications are handled online through FilmFreeway.


All the rules and terms you can find by clicking the FILMFREEWAY BUTTON. 

The Festival operates in two rounds of judging. In the first round, the jury reviews films and scripts on a broader basis. Selected projects will receive an official selection Laurel.

ALL THE SELECTED FILMS will be invited to participate in the ONLINE SCREENING WEEK.

In the second round, the jury carefully evaluates the chosen films and scripts before deciding on the category winners and special awards.

ONLY THE WINNERS will be invited to attend the AWARDS CEREMONY and the SCREENING OF WINNERS, where they will receive a trophy and certificate.

 

Please note that trophies and certificates WILL NOT BE MAILED TO ABSENT WINNERS. They will only receive a digital version of the certificate.

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Winners 2023

 

BEST ANIMATION
Me and My Winter Games-Perfect Holiday  – By Haoling Lee, Ming Zhong, Zhe Zhang, Liwen Wang

BEST STUDENT FILM
Last Seen Along The Verde River – By Grant Seat        

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Pra Melhorar – By Mariana Jorge       

BEST TV & WEB SERIES
Chateau Laurier -Season 2 – By James Stewart      

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Deadline To Death – By Elliot Stanton

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Beauty Hunter – By Flávia Bastos de Carvalho

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Love Letters for New Bedford – By Ethan de Aguiar                   

BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Phoenix: David’s dream – By Vinicius Donola, Roberta Salomone, João Rocha       

BEST SHORT FILM    
I Need You – By Kilian Seavers    

BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM
A Christmas Gift – By Lou Di Giorgio   

BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM
Is this the start of WW3? As predicted in prophecies? – By Shihyun Wang    

BEST FEATURE FILM
Not To Forget – By Valerio Zanoli

BEST FEATURE FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Captain Wits – By Filipe Gontijo

BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM
Itlu Amma – By Umamaheswara Rao C

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Dream´s Morning – By  Luís Damas

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Tigerlilly – By Kati Rausch
Perfect – By Luis Almeida
Adoptive Land – By Carlos Pires Silveira
Inspiration – By Alberto Martín-Aragón
Anacleto Said No – By Hugo Bastias
The Divide – By Ioannis Koutroubis

Winners 2021 / 2022

 

BEST ANIMATION

In the House of Paper Flowers – Director: Anita George

 

BEST STUDENT FILM

Life Appointment - Director: Amr Elbehidy

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Lovemaking – Director: Tereza Hirsch

 

BEST TV & WEB SERIES

Brazzy Jazzy – Director: Steve Becker

 

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Legal Passion – Writer: James Jones

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Face Painters – Writer: Giovanni Sanseviero

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Alaska Long Hunters – Director: Mark D. Rose

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

The Last Horse Traders – Director: Michael Zomer

 

BEST ASIAN SHORT FILM

Lake Children – Director: Carlos Silveira

 

BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

Do You Like Poetry? - Director: Eduardo Mattos

 

BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #1

A Martyr of the Pen – Director: Alan Hamwan

 

BEST SHORT FILM – GROUP #2

Daddy's Note – Director: Gavin Irvine

 

BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILMS

Talking to the Starry Sky – Director: Yurugu Matsumoto

 

BEST FEATURE FILM

By Those Hands That Lead Me – Director: João Côrtes

 

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

Mamma – Photographer: Marco Cucurnia

 

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

 

Straight Into The Ocean – Director: Carolyn Laws

Audio Of Apologies : Directors: Yuri+Ana

Fadi Awad - We Are Here – Director: Fadi Awad

The Canvas – Director: Salvatore Garau
Father Of A Broken Angel – Director: Dhiney Ramos

Starry Path – Director: Carlos Silveira
Define Delphine – Director: Fábio Brandão

Lefaucheux – Director: Pedro Jorge

Story.Telling – Director: Fábio Brandão

SIN – Director: Alberto Martín-Aragón

Tell Me Who I Am – Director: Luca Caserta

Dog Day Morning – Director: Emiliano d'Avila
Darking Way – Director: Zsolt Pozsgai

Three The Movie – Directors: Yassine Marco Marroccu, Elisabetta Minen

The Lonely Sailor – Director: Dan Albuk

Full Circle – Director: Noel Brady
Level 71 – Director: Peter Salapatas

Mith & Music – Director: Rama De Oliveira

HONORABLE MENTION

 

A Journey to the Moon – Director: Jack Getschman

On / Off – Director: Nicolas P. Villarreal

The Boy and The Mountain – Directors: Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal

Aquamation – Director: Chen, Ho-Yueh

Crush On – Director: Chu, Shu-Yu

Love Of Silence – Directors: Tsai, Han-Yun, Chen, Zhi-Ling

George Floyd: Say Their Names - Directors Christopher R. Owens, Alyssa Dann

Shepherds: Dance Boogie Wonderland – Director: Lauren Fash

Umoya – Director: Jason Sterling

Lower East Asides – Director: Steve Becker

End Of Days – Writer: Danny Alex

The letter that never arrived – Writer: Andrés Felipe Ruiz Vargas

Padre – Writer: Ian Davies

As Time Goes By – Writer: John Martins III

Preludium – Writer: Fernando André

Legends – Writer: Danny Alex

Dancing In The White Room – Writer: David Sabbath

Blurred Vision – Writer: Ivan Elmer & Morten Hammershøy Kølln

Get Paid, Get Laid & Get Lucky – Writer: Goran Pavisic

An Encounter With Banting – Director: Isabelle Depelteau

Shakespeare: The Truth Behind The Name – Director: Robin Phillips

The Romans – Director: Maurice Micallef

Mith & Music – Director: Rama De Oliveira

Michiko - Director: Ryo Kagawa

Recuperation - Director: Dinesh Shukla

Rain Dogs – Director: Donglin Liu

Exchange Offer – Director: Saunak Mitra

Death Offers Life – Director: Saheer Abbas

Her Call – Director: Ewa Bielska

Wolves – Director: Antonis Morgan Konstantoudakis

Alder – Director: Vanda Ladeira

Golden Lotus – Director: Emily Chan

Make-Believers – Director: Kenjo McCurtain

Jwlwi - The Seed – Director: Rajni Basumatary

Golden Era Glamour – Photographer: Tiago Mesquita

Frozen Chaos – Photographer: Lukas Van Loon

Michael And The Book Of Psalms – Photographer: Paul Gatto

Winners 2019

BEST ANIMATION

BIRTHDAY – BY CATARINA RODRIGUES

BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
DEFORMER – BY DAVID VAN

BEST STUDENT FILM
ICO – BY PATRICIA DELGADO

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
DISCONNECTIONS – BY ALBERTO MARTÍN-ARAGÓN

BEST TV & WEB SERIES
DE FELIPE – BY JUAN RODRIGO

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
LUNCH – BY GAVIN IRVINE

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
TWENTY MOONS – BY RODIGO TAVARES & ELDER TORRES

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CREATION – PERF. BY LUMEN CRAFT - DIR BY LUIZA DE ANDRADE & BIA VILELA

BEST DOCUMENTARY
ANNA POLITKOVSKAJA. CONCERT FOR SINGLE VOICE- BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI

BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PORTUGUESE
FLOATING JUSTICE – BY LEILA LAK

BEST SHORT FILM
BITCH, POPCORN & BLOOD – BY FABIO SOARES

BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE
DESERTER – BY RODRIGO TAVARES

BEST FEATURE FILM
THE LAST WITNESS – BY PIOTR SZKOPIAK

SPECIAL JURY AWARD:

BEYOND HER LENS – BY TEREZA HIRSCH

LOCOMOTION – BY EDOARDO PASQUINI

WITHOUT YOU – BY ALEXANDRE POWELZ

MODULATION NOWHERE – BY TODD BOGIN

BEFORE I FORGET – BY TIAGO ARAKILIAN

WHERE IS MY HOME – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD

SNAPSHOTS – BY MIGUEL ANGEL MENGÓ

A ROSE IN WINTER – BY JOSHUA SINCLAIR

HOLY SPIRIT – BY MIKE BARAN

BACK TO BERLIN – BY CATHERINE LURIE
 

RISING STAR AWARDS:

PLUS QUE DE RAISON – PERF. BY PREMIER DEGRÉ – DIR. VIKY DE WITTE

ANIMAL – PERF. BY DOMINIQUE DE WITTE – DIR VIKY DE WITTE

EMIGRANTS – BY NUNO MARQUES

THE FANTASTIC HIDALGO OF THE PONTIC STEPPE – BY JAVIER ALCAINE

ORBITAL INN – BY PIERRE ALAIN M´BARGA

CHILDREN4CHILDREN – BY JOHN BANOVICH

A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT PERE – BY ANITA GEORGE

RATTLING MY CHAINS – BY GAVIN IRVINE

JESUS GOD – JESUS MAN – BY GOLDIE SMITLENER

UNCOMMON – BY JOÃO MARQUES

MELODIES OF A MUTE LIFE – BY ANDRÉ MONIZ VIEIRA

THE RESULT ACHIEVED BY KNOWING GOD - THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD

NO BILL - BY SCOTT SIMPSON

Winners 2018​

BEST ANIMATION

KCLOC - BY NINAAD KULKARNI

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

THE ONE WHO HOLDS SOVEREIGNTY OVER EVERYTHING – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD

BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SHORT

DNA OF WILD BEASTS - BY DELPHINE MONTAIGNE

BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER FEATURE

THE LIMIT OF - BY ALAN MULLIGAN

BEST TV-WEB SERIES

TUSCAN DIRTY FABLE - BY GIOVANNI GUIDELLI

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

HAUS PANDORA - BY STEVE VASILIOU

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

CALLIE EARLENE - BY SCOTT SIMPSON

BEST DOCUMENTARY

UM CONTO DE DUAS CIDADES - BY STEPHEN HARRISON AND MORAG BRENNAN

BEST SHORT FILM (GROUP 01)

THE GUILT LIST – BY TEREZA HIRSCH

BEST SHORT FILM (GROUP 02)

SEE NAPLES AND THEN (NOT) DIE – BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI

BEST SHORT FILM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

VIAGENS DE UM SER SENCIENTE - BY PEDRO MELO

BEST FEATURE FILM

EL DERECHO DE JESUS - THE RIGHT OF JESUS - BY JESUS GALINDO

 

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS:

 

MISS – BY ANASTASIA RAYKOVA

PATCH – BY KRISTJAN KNIGGE

FREEDON NET – BY PABLO MORENO
STOLEN PATCH – BY JOHN BANOVICH

TIMBÓ – BY PEIMAN ZEKAVAT

RESITE BA-61 – BY PAULO FAJARDO

RISING STAR AWARDS:

FLAMES OF FURY – BY GLORIA YAZDANI

A TIMELY GIFT - BY PAIREAC KEANE
SPRINGDALE – BY TOM EVRARD

THE HERITAGE -BY FELIPE VIANNA

THE COFFIN - BY EMANUELE PESOLI

UPSTAIRS – BY JOSEPH SPADARO

 

 

Winners 2017

BEST ANIMATION
DON'T THINK OF A PINK ELEPHANT – BY SURAYA RAJA (ENGLAND)
BEST STUDENT FILM
NOTURNO – BY EDUARDO MATTOS (GERMANY)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

OUTRA VOZ – BY FILIPE FREDERICO LEITE (PORTUGAL)
NOS MARES DA MEMÓRIA – BY RUI ALBERTO RIBEIRO BELA (PORTUGAL)
NEVER LOOK FOR LOGIC IF IT IS NOT YOUR LOGIC - BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI (ITALY)

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
SEXUAL INNUENDO – BY RICARDO MACHADO (PORTUGAL)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
THE MACKENZIE BREAKOUT – BY SCOTT SIMPSON ( USA)

BEST TV & WEB SERIES
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY – BY LAURENCE GUENOUN (FRANCE)
BEST SHORT FILMS IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
TU – BY HUGO PINTO (PORTUGAL)

BEST SHORT FILM
2:40 TO LONDON – BY GAVIN IRVINE (ENGLAND)
BEST SHORT FILM -  BLUE STAR AWARDS
CITY OF MY HEART – BY KONSTANTINOS PETSAS (GREECE)
BEST FEATURE FILMS
I WANT TO BACK HOME – BY MIGUEL ÁNGEL MENGÓ (SPAIN)
BEST FEATURE FILM - BLUE STAR AWARDS
AGNUS DEI – BY AGIM SOPI (KOSOVO)

TECHNICAL AWARDS:

BEST ACTOR
JOHN FREEMAN - ONE BUCK

BEST ACTRESS
HOLLY SHERVEY – AUCKWARD LOVE

BEST EDITING
MICGUEL ÁNGEL MENGÓ - I WANT TO BACK HOME

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ASHWIN KADAMBOOR - COLORS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MARCELO FERRARINI - A HORA

BEST DIRECTOR

GAVIN IRVINE - 2:40 TO LONDON

 

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS:


A HORA – BY LEANDRO CORINTO (BRAZIL)
AN AFTERLIFE – BY JEREMY RIGBY (AUSTRALIA)
REWAKENED – BY ALBERTO HERNANDEZ (USA)

ATÉ AO CANTAR DO GALO - BY RAMÓN DE LOS SANTOS (PORTUGAL)

SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC - BY SALLY MCLEAN (AUSTRALIA)

 

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