Since 2015, Montanha Pico Festival celebrates mountain culture through arts programming and film festival. ALL WORKS MUST BE MOUNTAIN-THEMED OR SET ON MOUNTAINS, or Azorean-productions.
Feature length and shorts are accepted from all film & video genres. All works must be in Portuguese or English language, or embedded subtitled in Portuguese or English.
Fiction, Documentaries, Video-Art, Animation - ALL WELCOMED! But, make sure it has a mountain theme or scenery, in order to qualify for festival.
VENUES: Auditório da Madalena, Auditório do Museu dos Baleeiros, Auditório Municipal das Lajes do Pico, Auditório EBS São Roque do Pico.
2023 VIDEO with networking event: Encontro Audiovisual Açoriano:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=760840416225769
2025 After First Weekend Video Highlights:
https://www.facebook.com/galeriacosta/videos/1695607491375344
All chosen films receive the OFFICIAL SELECTION laurel.
Festival Awards are attributed by the artistic director and committee. Audience Awards are also attributed. Local support is provided to filmmakers that are able to get to the island mountain of Pico-Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and present their film.