July 14th to 16th 2025
Curtas Pro
Curtas Pro is the programme of the 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde IFF for industry professionals. Three intense days of activities, networking, cooperation and project development. Curtas Pro is also an opportunity to make contacts with other experts in the sector, share knowledge and look for potential partners. The event provides the perfect environment for presenting projects and pitching ideas, with the aim of boosting co-production and establishing collaborations between Portuguese and international producers. Curtas Pro includes the following activities.
In Development
Fiction, animation, documentary, or experimental short films from Portugal, France, and Croatia in the early stages of development are presented to international programmers, broadcasters, and producers. This event aims to foster partnerships between production companies and international decision makers around short film projects. In addition to the pitching sessions, it is also a unique opportunity for producers and participants to engage in informal meetings. This event is organised in collaboration with Institut Français/MaisFRANÇA and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. The best "In Development" project will receive the following awards:
Pulsar Studios Award – 3,600 euros in sound consulting services for cinema.
Blit Award – 2,000 euros in post-production services.
Festhome Award – 400 euros in submissions on the Festhome platform.
MIDPOINT Consulting Award – an in-depth online script consultancy with one of the MIDPOINT Institute experts.
Pitching Workshop
This initiative prepares directors and producers of short films from Portugal, France, and Croatia in the early stages of development to present their projects in public in a succinct, interesting, and effective way. By promoting a good command of communication tools, the workshop will help establish contacts between film professionals and boost co-productions. This event is organised in collaboration with Institut Français/MaisFRANÇA and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
Industry Screenings
These are private screenings of new short films from Portugal, France, and Croatia seeking a world or international premiere. It is an event aimed at all festival programmers and artistic directors, as well as sales agents, distributors, broadcasters, and other film professionals. This event is organised in collaboration with Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agency, Institut Français/MaisFRANÇA, and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
Access to the "Industry Screenings" is by invitation only.
Meet the Festivals
This is an opportunity for directors, producers, distributors, film schools, among others, to meet with programmers from the most important international festivals which hold short film competitions. The aim of this meeting is to gain insight into the specificities of each event and to promote films on the international circuit.
Round Table: New Approaches to Audience Development
Societies, film festivals, and audiences around the globe are changing at an accelerated pace. In this round table, professionals from different international film festivals will lay out these shifts and present their current approaches to audience development. Then they will anticipate challenges they may face in the future and debate about new lines of action, in dialogue with the public. With the participation of Laurent Crouzeix (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival), Mari Liis Keevallik (PÖFF Shorts), Mara Marxsen (Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg), Daniel Hadenius-Ebner (Vienna Shorts), and Nuno Rodrigues (Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival), this round table will be moderated by Susana Costa Pereira (Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Portugal).
Video Library
Exclusive to professionals, the Video Library has a set of titles from the current edition of Curtas Vila do Conde with technical data, synopses and copies’ contacts.
15 — 19 JUL · 10:00 - 18:00
Vila do Conde Municipal Theatre · 2nd Floor
Cartaz da edição 2021
Festival
Contacts
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International Film Festival
Praça José Régio, 110
4480-718 Vila do Conde
Portugal
T +351 25 2646516 / 252 643386 (National fixed network call)
E-mail: info@curtas.pt
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