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Dedicated to celebrating independent cinema, Cine Festival São Jorge opened its doors for the first time in 2016. Our vision is to highlight the importance of cinematic projects, and bring future filmmakers to the forefront.
Therefore, our program features various film genres and styles, covering topics ranging from social issues to life challenges and the complexities of human relationships. We invite all filmmakers, regardless of experience and training, to send us their creations.
All nominated and selected films will be notified on the Notification Date. Materials for the official announcement will be requested and more information will be provided.
Prize winners will be announced on the date indicated, and online the following day.
Prizes will include official certificates and personalized laurels.

Welcome to our sixth edition, submit your films!

2025 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2025-winners/

2024 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2024-winners/

2023 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2023-winners/

2022 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2022-winners/

2021 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2021-winners/

2019 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2019-winners/

2018 Winners:
https://cinefestsaojorge.46graus.com/2018-winners/

Subscribe to our Official YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@CineFestSãoJorgeTV

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LA PANTHÈRE is the main prize of CineFest São Jorge™
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CineFest São Jorge offers the following award categories:

FEATURE
🏆 Best Feature Film
🏆 Best Director
🏆 Best Actor
🏆 Best Actress

SHORT
🏆 Best Short Film
🏆 Best Director
🏆 Best Actor
🏆 Best Actress

BRAZILIAN FEATURE
🏆 Best Brazilian Feature Film
🏆 Best Director
🏆 Best Actor
🏆 Best Actress

BRAZILIAN SHORT
🏆 Best Brazilian Short Film
🏆 Best Director
🏆 Best Actor
🏆 Best Actress

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
🏆 Best Feature Documentary
🏆 Best Director

SHORT DOCUMENTARY
🏆 Best Short Documentary
🏆 Best Director

ANIMATED FILM
🏆 Best Animated Film

EXPERIMENTAL FILM
🏆 Best Experimental Film

STUDENT FILM
🏆 Best Student Film

MUSIC VIDEO
🏆 Best Music Video

AOTY AWARD
🏆 Best Social Themed Film - 1.º|2.º|3.º|4.º


✓ All films must be submitted in Portuguese or with Portuguese subtitles (if in a different language).

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2022.

✓ Short films must not exceed 45 minutes.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.

✓Official Selection: These are all the nominated films selected for screening, which will be notified via email. If you received a Nomination email, but no Official Selection email, it means your film will not be screened, but is still a contender for an award in its category.

✓Award Winners: Chosen from the Nominations (which includes the Official Selection).

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date and venue of the festival under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ We do not accept partial screeners, trailers, or screener links that require access other than password protected links.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have Portuguese subtitles (if in a language other than Portuguese), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to the current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

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  • Milena Bennett

    We weren't able to attend the festival in person, but communication was great! It is clear the people who run the festival care a lot about what they do and are very passionate. Thank you for awarding our short film 'Cactus' with Best Short Film, we feel very privileged!

    December 2024
  • Thank you for the honorable mention! Great Festival!

    December 2024
  • This is a very nice film festival that you will want to be in . They did a great job at keeping me informed about what was going on. This is an up and coming event that will only be bigger and better next year. Nice work people!

    December 2024
  • Igor Toffoli

    Bom festival, gostei de participar, meu filme foi escolhido e avaliado!

    December 2024
  • merci beaucoup pour cette sélection de notre film et pour vos encouragements

    December 2024