Animation Festivals Directory

MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival is an event where animated film meets other media and arts, aiming to present, disseminate, experiment and discuss ideas, crossing over new artistic approaches and forms, on which animated film is the narrative and aesthetic expression. The Festival’s main goal is to present and promote the best-animated films made all over the World.

Each edition we focus on a guest country with retrospectives and curatorships of several authors on a guest country.

Our competitive sections are: Feature Films, Short Films, Student Short Films, Super Short Films, Short Films for Children and Youth, Series, Portuguese Short Films.

Year established: 2000

Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No

Physical event or online?: Physical Festival