Submissions

Submit your animated film now for the next edition of MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival from March 20 to 30, 2025!

In 2024, with around 3,000 films submitted, almost 400 were selected and then shown to more than 47,000 spectators. Come and celebrate with us a quarter of a century of animation on the streets of Lisbon with various retrospectives, world and Portuguese premieres, and a special focus on a guest country: Austria!

From now on, you can submit your animated films to our competitive sections, listed below. Films must contain an animated sequence that accounts for a minimum of 60% of the film’s total running time.

Animations from all backgrounds and techniques are welcome! 🙂

International Competitions
. Feature Films
. Short Films
. Student Short Films
. Super Short Films
. Perspectives
. Short Films for Children and Young People (MONSTRINHA)

Portuguese Competition
. Portuguese Short Films (SPAutores Competition / Vasco Granja).

Entries for the Short Film Competition for Children and Young People (MONSTRINHA) and the international competitive sections run until October 20, 2024. Filmmakers with selected films will be notified by email by January 2025.

Entries for the Portuguese Competition run until January 12, 2025.

For more information, contact films@monstrafestival.com.