Animalfama Lisbon Animation Film Festival

AnimAlfama is an international animation film showcase held every July in world famous Lisbon Alfama quarter. The event is set outdoor in Largo de Chafariz de Dentro, one of the most historically significant points in Lisboa and home of one it's oldests fountains.

It is curated by Marta Andrade
Born in Porto, 1991. Studied in Lisbon’s Film School (ESTC), specializing in directing and finishing her degree in Prague at Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU). Afterwards, she went to Paris to do a year of training in animation at the Atelier de Sèvres. This led her to proceed and conclude her studies in London with animation masters at the Royal College of Art. “Come to me”, her first-year film, was selected to festivals all over the world. Her graduation film, “The Village Game”, was pre-selected for a BAFTA nomination in the student films category.
In 2017 she worked for clients such as BBC, Google and CNN as a concept artist and animator based in London.
Since June 2018 she has been living in Portugal and working permanently at Bando à Parte studios in Oporto and intermittently with Videolotion studios in Lisbon. She have been a visiting lecturer at Atelier de Sèvres to teach a “Workshop on Sand and Painting Animation”. At present, she’s working in animation as an animator, colorist, illustrator, teacher and art director.

PRIZES

The selected, nominated and awarded movies promotional material will be announced and viewable in our site (https://animalfama.wixsite.com/animalfama) and in our social media pages.

The selected films rightful owners of the rights, in each category of every edition, hereby authorise the film’s live screening in ANIMALFAMA events. This authorisation is an indispensable condition for the inclusion in the festival’s official selection.

The winner of the best film prize will be invited to join us and present the work personally in Lisboa.

Script Competition
Rules and Submissions & Prizes
- All lengths will be eligible
- All entries must be original and the writer(s) must be the sole owners of the intellectual property
- All ages are eligible
- The material submitted must be in English
- All material submitted to other competitions or contests is eligible
- There are no limitations or restrictions as to date of authorship
- The material submitted must not be encumbered by any obligation to, or option held by, any third party prior to entering the competition
- Material should be submitted as a PDF file in standard screenplay format
- No limitations regarding title page content. Title and name of writer and contact information on cover page is standard
- All scripts are eligible for resubmission and each resubmission will stand alone in the screenplay contest and not replace the previous submission

- In every Animalfama edition we will select a winning number of 4 scripts

Best Original Soundtrack Competition
Rules and Submission
- No restrictions on duration or genre -
- No separate sound files are allowed. Only music in the actual film, in its entirety, will be upraised
- Only films completed on or after 1st January 2015 are eligible
- If the film is not in English, then it must have hard coded English subtitles.
- If music or additional film material used in your film is not original, then permission from source must be obtained. The responsibility for this rests entirely with the filmmaker. Failure to obtain clearance could result in your film being withdrawn from the Festival. In this event, CINALFAMA will not be liable to refund the fee or return the materials entered.

Awards and Prizes
- The 4 best original sountracks will be awarded and the films screened in 2020.
- All our winners will receive a trophy and a certificate
- The winner films will be announced and promoted in our site and social media
- Each of our 4 winners will be promoted in all of our partnered festivals.