Three new perspectives behind CineEco
In 2025, CineEco – Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival took a small but significant step forward: for the first time, it welcomed volunteers. This debut reinforces what we have always believed in — the power of informed, critical and creative engagement — and now paves the way for the future. Volunteering at CineEco […]
Faial Film Club
December 9 and 10, 2025 This CineEco event is organized by the Faial Film Club. The event consisted of two days of screenings at two schools on the island. The initiative involved 105 students, 4 teachers from the Horta Professional School and the Manuel de Arriaga Secondary School, and representatives from the Faial Film Club, […]
Gil Vicente Academic Theater
January 30 and 31, 2025 With 4 screenings, 125 people attended. Facebook | Instagram | Learn more
Açores – CineClube ilha Terceira
From 27 February to 30 May 2025 With a long-standing partnership, the Terceira Island Film Club brings CineEco films to eight of the nine islands in the Azores archipelago, in an intense communion of environmental and cultural awareness. Poster and Program Corvo | Poster and Program Faial | Poster and Program Flores | Poster and […]
Azores Expolab
April 14th, 2025 This CineEco extension is organized by Cineclube da Terceira and Centro Ciência Viva Expolab. Poster
LIPOR / Casa do Corim
May 22 to May 24, 2025 This CineEco extension dates back to 2018 and renews its partnership for the 2024 edition, involving around 250 people. It held a total of 7 sessions, broadcasting 14 CineEco films. Program | Facebook | Instagram | Learn more
LIPOR / Bioblitz
31 March to 3 April 2025 This CineEco extension begins in 2021 and renews its partnership in the 2024 edition, covering around 320 people, including students and families. A total of 16 sessions were held, with 18 films from CineEco being screened. The extension for Schools took place from 31 March to 1 April. The […]
From Seia to Espinho: “Cão Sozinho” adds another distinction and qualifies for the Oscars pre-selection
After winning the Portuguese Language Short and Medium-Length Film Award at CineEco — Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival in Seia, Marta Reis Andrade’s Cão Sozinho (Lonely Dog) has now won the Cinanima Grand Prize in Espinho. The distinction at Portugal’s most renowned animation festival reinforces the solid trajectory of the work, which stands […]
“THE TOWN THAT DROVE AWAY” VENCEDOR DO CINEECO 2025
The Polish film, which documents the transformation of everyday life for the inhabitants of a historic village in Turkish Kurdistan, won the “Grand Environment Prize” at CineEco. This year’s 31st edition of the Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival drew more than 3,760 spectators, 1,650 pupils from schools in the municipalities of Seia, Oliveira […]
CineEco with film debate sessions and classic cinema
In addition to the official competition with more than 80 films from 31 countries, this year’s 31st edition of CineEco – Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival features an extra-competition program that reinforces the role of cinema as a space for reflection and intergenerational debate. Revisiting moments from our collective memory, re-dimensioning the idea […]