Portuguese Competition

Best Film in Competition

· Schools of the Arts Prize (Catholic University of Porto) + Pixel Bunker, worth €1,500 + €2,500 in video post-production services

Best Director

Pulsar Studios Award, worth €6,000 in audio post-production services

Audience Award

· SPAutores Audience Award, worth €1,500

International Competition

Best Film in Competition

· DCN Beers Award, worth €2,000

Audience Award

· FRICON, worth 1,500 €

Vila do Conde Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards

· The jury chooses a film that will be the Festival's candidate for the nominees for the European Film Awards, in the short film category, organised annually by the European Film Academy

OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival

· Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival is an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival. The International Competition Grand Prize and the National Competition Best Film Award are eligible for consideration in the Best Animation/Best Fiction (Live Action) categories of the Academy Awards®

Experimental Competition

Best Film in Competition

· Oliva Art Centre Award, worth €1,500.

Take One! Competition

Best film in the Take One!

· Showreel prize of €1,500 in equipment hire services

· IPDJ prize of €600

· Restart Award in training vouchers and/or use of production and post-production facilities, with equipment or technical spaces, worth 500 euros at RESTART

Best Director in the Take One! Competition

· Blit Prize worth €2,000 in video post-production services

My Generation Competition

Best Film in Competition

· Auto Bemguiados Award, worth €1,000

Curtinhas Competition

Best Film in the Competition

· Porto Commercial Association Award, worth €1,500

Curtas Pro

Best In Development project

· Blit Award, worth 2,000 euros in post-production services