FEST - New Directors New Films Festival 4.82

FEST is a film event that includes an official short and long feature film competition for upcoming filmmakers. We offer awards to short films from filmmakers up to the age of 30 and to Features from Filmmakers who are on the first or second long feature, in categories such as fiction, Non-fiction, animation and experimental film. Alongside the competition we also have several retrospective and thematic screenings as well as special sessions where our partner schools from all over Europe screen their best work of the year. The festival also includes a series of activities to promote large scale networking opportunities.


FEST Training Ground is an educational event where new and upcoming filmmakers and film students from all over the world gather in one week, to attend a deluxe training from workshops to master classes, lectured by some of the industry’s top experts with highly acknowledged achievements. The program approaches the key issues on film making, all from Script Writing, analysis of a specific style, technical disciplines such as sound editing, to theory and analysis of our current society. It is intended to be wide in activities so every participant can tailor make his/her experience according to his/her preferences. In the past we have brought to Portugal professionals such as Tom Stern (cinematographer of Clint Eastwood, nominated for Oscars), David Macmillan (winner of three Oscars in the area of sound), Eugenio Caballero (winner of the Oscar for Best Art Direction for Pan’s Labirinth), Eduardo Serra (Oscar nominated dop), Colin Arthur (renouwn special-effects expert), Etgar Keret (winner of the Golden Camera at Cannes), Scandar Copti (winner of the Golden Camera at Cannes), Alex Rodriguez (Oscar nominated editor of Children of Men and Y Tu Mamá También), Hervé Schneid (Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s editor), Larry Smith (cinematographer on Eyes Wide Shut), Christian Frei (winner of the Peabody Award), Chadi Zeneddine (director of Falling from Earth), Dome Karukoski (director of Home of the Dark Butterflies), Nancy Bishop (Emmy Award nominated casting director) and many others. The event is attended by hundreds of Students and young professionals from all over the world.