MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival is an event whose main goal is to
present and promote the best animated films from around the world.
The festival is also a place where animation meets other media and arts, fostering experimentation and discussion of new ideas, artistic approaches, and forms, where the animated film becomes the essence of narrative and aesthetic expression.
We wait for the submission of your film in our competitive sections: Feature Films, Short Films, Long Short films, Student Short Films, Super-Short Films, Short Films for Children and Youth (MONSTRINHA) and Portuguese Short Films (Portuguese Competition | Vasco Granja).
Between 11 and 21 March 2027, the festival celebrates its 27th anniversary and will be back with its competitions, retrospectives, curated screenings, world and Portuguese premieres, exhibitions, masterclasses, workshops, talks and a special focus on a guest country: in this edition, Greece and Cyprus.
Submissions for International Competitions will be running until October 11, 2026. Filmmakers with selected films will be notified via email until the end of February 2027.
Submissions for the Portuguese Competition are running until December 13, 2026.
For additional information and inquiries, please contact: films@monstrafestival.com
Feature Film Competition
• Grand-Prix MONSTRA
• Jury Special Award
Long Shorts Competition
• Grand-Prix MONSTRA
Short Film Competition
• Grand-Prix MONSTRA
• Jury Special Award
• Best Portuguese Short Film
Super Short Film Competition
• Grand-Prix MONSTRA
• Best Portuguese Super Short Film
Student Short Film Competition
• Grand-Prix MONSTRA
• Best Portuguese Student Short Film
• Best Student Short Film – Junior Jury
• Best Student Portuguese Short Film -
Junior Jury
Competition of Short Films for Children
and Youth (MONSTRINHA)
• MONSTRINHA Grand-Prix
• Jury Special Award
Portuguese Competition
• Vasco Granja Award - see specific
conditions below
• Jury Special Award
Perspectives Competition
• Perspectives Award
In each category there may also be aspecial mention awarded by the
international jury.
In each category, except the Super Short Film Competition, there will also be an Audience Award.
In the Perspectives Competition, the main prize will be awarded by the public.
