Animation Festivals Directory

MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival is an event whose main goal is to present and promote the best animated films from around the world.

The festival is also a place where animation meets other media and arts, fostering experimentation and discussion of new ideas, artistic approaches, and forms, where the animated film becomes the essence of narrative and aesthetic expression.

We wait for the submission of your film in our competitive sections: Feature Films, Long Short Films, Short Films, Student Short Films, Super-Short Films, Short Films for Children and Youth (MONSTRINHA) and Portuguese Short Films Portuguese Competition (Vasco Granja).

Between 12 and 22 March 2026, the festival celebrates its 25th edition and will be back with its competitions, retrospectives, curated screenings, world and Portuguese premieres, exhibitions, masterclasses, workshops, talks and a special focus on a guest country: in this edition, Letónia.

Submissions for the International Competition will be running until 12th October, 2025. Filmmakers with selected films will be notified via email until the end of January 2026.

Submissions for the Portuguese Competition are running until 12th December, 2025.

For additional information and inquiries, please contact: films@monstrafestival.com

Year established: 2000

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

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: Yes

Physical event or online?: Physical Festival