More than 80 films in competition at the 31st edition of the Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival.
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION (≥ 60′)
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
| A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS | Silje Evensmo Jacobsen | 84′ |
| Norway, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| ANGELO DANS LA FORÊT MYSTÉRIEUSE (Angelo in the Magic Forest) | Alexis Ducord, Vincent Paronnaud | 81′ |
| France/Luxembourg, Animation, 2024 | ||
| BLACK SNOW | Alina Simone | 100′ |
| USA, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| CLIMATE IN THERAPY | Nathan Grossman, Olof Berglind, Malin Olofsson | 64′ |
| Sweden, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| KATWE | Nima Shirali | 97′ |
| Uganda, Sweden, Documentary. 2025 | ||
| MILCH INS FEUER (Smell of Burnt Milk) | Justine Bauer | 79′ |
| Germany, Drama, 2024 | ||
| PET FARM | Finn Walther, Martin A. Walther | 82′ |
| Norway, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| THE TOWN THAT DROVE AWAY | Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch | 70′ |
| Poland, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| XUE SHUI XIAO RONG DE JI JIE (After the Snowmelt) | Yi-Shan Lo | 110′ |
| Taiwan/Japan, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| WHITE HOUSE EFFECT | Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk | 97′ |
| USA, Documentary, 2024 |
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS
INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM COMPETITION
| A CLAWSOME TALE | Lucie Machin | 21’43” |
| United Kingdom, Documentary/ Fiction/ Animation, 2025 | ||
| A QUI LE MONDE (Blooming) | Marina Russo Villani, Victor Missud | 45′ |
| France, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| ATOM & VOID | Gonçalo Almeida | 8’46” |
| Portugal, Horror, 2024 | ||
| BLUE LAKE WHISPERS | Hossein Khami | 15′ |
| Iran, Drama, 2024 | ||
| COUPER LE ROBINET (Close the Tap) | Mathieu Duthilleul, Maya Vienne | 4′ 09” |
| France, Experimental/ Comedy, 2024 | ||
| EEL | Wayne Burns | 10’56” |
| Canada, Thriller, 2025 | ||
| EL MAR SUSSURRA NUESTRO REGRESSSO (The Sea Whispers Our Return) | Catalina Infante | 16′ |
| Chile, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| ENRAIZADOS (Our Roots Remain) | Ivonne Serna, Sélim Benzeghia | 18′ |
| Mexico, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| EX-TRACT | Marcel Barelli | 3′ |
| Switzerland, Animation/ Experimental, 2025 | ||
| HEADLAND | Mariana Duarte | 13′ |
| United Kingdom, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| HUMANS BUILD THE BIGGEST NESTS | Isaac King | 4′ |
| Canada, Animation/Experimental, 2024 | ||
| KJÆLEDYRUTRYDDELSE (Pet-extermination) | Mikkel Storm Glomstein | 14’20” |
| Norway, Drama/Comedy, 2025 | ||
| LA PETITE ANCÊTRE (The Little Ancestor) | Alexa Tremblay-Fancouer | 11’12” |
| Canada, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| MARTHA | Marcel Barelli | 6′ 53” |
| Switzerland, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| MUT | Giulio Squillacciotti | 18′ |
| Italy, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| YESTERDAY I REMEMBERED MY MOM | Leandro Afonso | 22’39” |
| Brazil, Drama/Fiction, 2025 | ||
| PLANETAGATIK | Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano | 9’35” |
| Spain, Fiction, 2024 | ||
| PLASTIC SURGERY | Guy Trevellyan | 12’02” |
| United Kingdom, Thriller, 2025 | ||
| RADICAL NEIGHBORING | Mattias Olsson | 18′ |
| Sweden, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| RAY THE RUG | Mohammad Ali Shakeri | 6’16” |
| Thailand, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| SILENT PANORAMA | Nicolas Piret | 5’09” |
| Belgium, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| SUKANDE KASÁKÁ (Ailing Land) | Kamikia Kisedje, Fred Rahal | 30′ |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| TERRADREAD | Beatrice Aliné | 21’40” |
| Germany, Fiction 2025 | ||
| THAT’S HOW I LOVE YOU | Mário Macedo | 18′ |
| Croatia/Portugal, Fiction, 2024 | ||
| THE KILLING FIELDS | Willow Naomi Curry | 13’42” |
| USA, Documentary/Experimental, 2024 | ||
| THE LEGEND OF TIBROGARGAN | Anna Doyle | 11’32” |
| Australia, Documentary/ Experimental, 2025 | ||
| TIGRE ES YAGUARETÉ (Tiger is Yaguareté) | Left Hand Rotation Collective | 27′ |
| Argentina, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| WATER WILL BE HERE TOMORROW | Lesia Bakalets | 26′ |
| Ukraine, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| ZRYWKA | Aram Menua Jesajan | 11′ |
| Poland, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| 红 (Hong) | Yingying HU | 29′ |
| China, 2024 |
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
| THE TIME OF WATERS | Christiane Garcia | 80′ |
| Brazil, Fiction, 2024 | ||
| THIS IS NOT A GARDEN | Marta Pessoa | 79′ |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| WATERLINE | Rui Simões | 68′ |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| NO MORE HISTORY W ITHOUT US | Priscilla Brazil | 75′ |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| WE ARE TWO ABYSES (We are Two Abysses) | Kopal Joshy | 76′ |
| Portugal, Documentary/Fiction, 2025 | ||
| NATTERER TREASURE | Renato Barbieri | 84′ |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2024 |
COMPETITION FOR SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM COMPETITION
| Millennium ‘s Turn | Alberto Seixas | 14’25” |
| Portugal, Fiction, 2024 | ||
| BANANA YELLOW | Alexandre Sousa | 12’42” |
| Portugal/Hungary, Animation, 2025 | ||
| ATOM & VOID | Gonçalo Almeida | 8’46 |
| Portugal, Horror, 2024 | ||
| AURORA | Bruna Lessa | 20′ |
| Brazil, Fiction, 2025 | ||
| METAMORPHOSIS CHANTINGS OR THAT TIME WHEN I INCARNATED AS PORPOISE Metamorphosis Chantings or That Time When I Incarnated as Porpoise | Ainá Xisto | 11’25” |
| Portugal/ Brazil, Documentary/Experimental, 2024 | ||
| DOG ALONE | Marta Reis Andrade | 13’02” |
| Portugal/France, Animation, 2025 | ||
| COLMEIA (Hive) | Tatiane de Oliveira | 10’31” |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| DARU/N | Benjamin Hindrichs | 14’33” |
| Portugal/Spain, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| ENXOFRE | Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes | 15′ |
| Portugal/Brazil, Experimental, 2024 | ||
| MAY | Claudio Carbone | 12’27” |
| Portugal, Documentary,2025 | ||
| Spring Tide | Renata Freitas Machado | 19’45” |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| BUT IT’S NOT THE SAME | Bárbara da Palma Teixeira | 18’34’ |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| I FEEL AT PEACE THINKING OF TODAY | Paulo Gadioli | 8’03” |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| THE LAST Soy Sweeper | Blue Perseus, Paulo Alípio | 13’52” |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| Caught in the Net | Nuno Alves de Lima | 28′ |
| Portugal, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| RIBEIRO DE BAIXO, CAPE OF THE WORLD | Nuno Mendonça, Rodrigo Queirós, Vitor Covelo | 19′ |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2024 | ||
| TIME TO SMILE | Jonas Almeida Braga Amarante | 12’15” |
| Portugal/Brazil, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| VÂNIA AND VALÉRIA | Isabela Alves, Isabella Milena Nascimento | 21’32” |
| Brazil, Documentary, 2025 |
REGIONAL PANORAMA COMPETITION
REGIONAL PANORAMA COMPETITION
| THE FIRE | Joana Cabete | 3’06” |
| Portugal, Animation, 2024 | ||
| THE LAST SHEPHERD OF SABUGUEIRO The Last Shepherd of Sabugueiro | Laurène da Palma Cavaco | 6′ |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2025 | ||
| DOWN THE MOUNTAIN | Carlos Martínez-Peñalver Mas | 8′ |
| Portugal, Documentary/ Experimental, 2025 | ||
| TAKE CARE | Joana Alves | 19’56” |
| Portugal, Fiction, 2024 | ||
| WE ARE TWO ABYSES (We are two Abysses) | Kopal Joshy | 76′ |
| Portugal, Fiction/Documentary, 2025 | ||
| CARVED IN STONE | Tiago Cerveira | 16’15” |
| Portugal, Documentary, 2024 |
COMPETITION FOR SHORT FICTION, NON-FICTION AND ANIMATION FILMS (≤10 min)
FICTION, NON-FICTION AND ANIMATION SHORT FILM COMPETITION (≤ 10 min)
| DE AFVALLIGEN (The Refusers) | Wiep Teeuwisse | 2’31” |
| Netherlands, Animation, 2024 | ||
| THIS IS WILD! | Daniel Neves Montezano | 21’12” |
| Brazil, Documentary/Animation, 2024 | ||
| EXTINCT | Yesid Soacha | 7′ |
| Colombia, Animation, 2024 | ||
| FISH AND RICE (Fish and Rice) | Group of students from Berlin Elementary School | 1’43” |
| Cape Verde, Animation/ Experimental, 2025 | ||
| L’ANCIEN MONDE (The Old World) | Owen Archinet | 11′ |
| France, Animation, 2025 | ||
| OVA – THE LITTLE ASTRONAUT (Al Short Film) | Cyril Verbois | 6’37” |
| Switzerland, Animation, 2025 | ||
| PIERIS: THE WING TO THE WIND | Tiago Miguel | 3’13” |
| Portugal, Animation, 2025 | ||
| PLAZER BAT (A pleasure) | Sónia Estévez | 4′ |
| Spain, Animation/ Experimental, 2024 | ||
| PSSST ! | Morgane Parelli | 2’47” |
| France, Fantasy/ Comedy, 2025 | ||
| RED WOLF IN TIME OUT | Dave Russo, Calliope Mary | 4′ |
| USA, Documentary/Animation, 2025 | ||
| SOY AGUA (I am Water) | Roser Cusó | 6’20” |
| Spain, Animation, 2025 | ||
| THE LAND KEEPS WATCH | Iryna Tanasiichuk | 7’52” |
| Estonia/Ukraine, Animation, 2025 | ||
| TOMORROW NEVER DIES | Behnam Bahadori | 4′ |
| Iran, Animation, 2024 |
