The [:)] Competition Curtinhas was created in 2009 and is dedicated to an audience as specific as it is fundamental: the toodlers and young teenagers, from 3 up to 15 years old.

Unquestionably the most energetic and fun section of Curtas. Parents and children have the opportunity to watch films grouped into 3 sessions with different age ratings – M/3, M/6 and M/9 - in order to adapt the understanding of the works shown to the children's age.

The winners are decided by an attentive and very demanding jury composed of a group of 10 children aged between 8 and 12 years old. And that together, guided by a dedicated team, are accompanied in moments of analysis, reflection and decision on the winners, but which are also fundamental for education through image and for the formation of critical thinking, as young spectators.