Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival highlights the crossing between cinema and music at the Stereo section, with concerts, film sessions and a music videos competition. In 2017, the festival hosts shows from Mão Morta, Capitão Fausto, Pega Monstro, Evols, Chassol and Atlantic Coast Orchestra. The tickets for those concerts are in sale at the Teatro Municipal and Bilheteira Online. 

On the Stereo section there will be presented, on 12 july, Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith, directed by Stuart Staples, the frontman from Tindersticks, band the sold out two shows at Curtas Vila do Conde in 2015. 

Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival returns between 8 and 16 of July with a special edition: The 25th anniversary. To mark this date, the festival will present a commemorative program and returns to Auditório Municipal of Vila do Conde, place that witness the birth of the event in 1993.

Until 31 of May, registrations are open for the 2nd edition of the Curtas Vila do Conde's Film Criticism workshop, which will take place during the festival. This workshop meets the need to educate new values of film criticism, allowing a dialogue between generations and a platform to develop a critical discussion of the films shown at Curtas Vila do Conde. The registration fee includes the free-pass for the festival.

Two short films distributed by Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency will premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival: "Drop by Drop" by Laura Gonçalves and Xá will be in the Directors’ Fortnight and "Bad Bunny" by Carlos Conceição will be presented at the Critic’s Week.