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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.
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.
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, 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.
It is important to be aware that the Festival is a presential event. However, in the event of political instability, martial law, war, natural disasters, pandemic diseases, or any other situation that endangers the organization of the Festival and the safety of its attendees, it will be converted into an ONLINE FESTIVAL. Submitters will be informed of any changes on the notification date. Winners will receive the online version of the certificate.
Thank you for considering the PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. We look forward to receiving your submission.


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)