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The submitted short film should be under 20 minutes long. It should have a linguistic (dialogue, subtitles) or production-related reference (location, production, plot) to a Portuguese-speaking country or, alternatively, to the city or district of Offenbach or the Rhine-Main region.

Portuguese-language productions must include subtitles (eighter English or German). Productions from the Rhine-Main area can be submitted in any language and do only need subtitles if the film is not in German.

Starting this year, we are also allowing the submissions for Portuguese-language feature films.

Further information: Amateur films, school projects, graduation films are explicitly allowed and encouraged. Music videos can also be considered, provided they are of appropriate quality. The year of production is not a deciding factor for participation in the current festival edition.

The closing date for entries is 30 September 2025. The entrants of the selected short films will be notified by 30 November 2025. The festival will take place in January 2026.