SBIFest 2026 Program - November 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas – Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal)
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
10:00 – 12:00 | Oficina & Júri Jovem
Screening of Films in Competition
(Best Social Message - Melhor Mensagem Social)
SHE'S THERE
Director Manuela Cometti
Spain, 4:44
(BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM)
L'Acquario (The Aquarium)
Director Gianluca Zonta
Italy, 14:00
(BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM)
LOVE AND THAT’S IT
Director Daniele Catini
Italy, 20:00
(BEST SHORT FILM)
Inner Eye
Director Shomir Faruk
Bangladesh, 14:12
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
The Border Within Us
Director Knutte Wester
Sweden, 20:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
Armed to the Teeth - The New European Order
Director Miguel Vérité
Portugal, 6:33
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
BREAK
15:00 – 19:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público – Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Abel Azcona: The Triggering Artist
Director Karlos Alastruey
Spain, 01:02:00
(BEST FEATURE FILM)
-BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE-
Via Dolorosa: The Path of Sorrows (طريق الآلام)
Director Amira Khalil Hanania
Palestine, State of, 01:24:36
(BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE DIRECTOR, )
-BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE-
18:10 - 19:00
**OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL**
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
10:00 – 12:00 | Oficina e Júri Jovem
Screening of Films in Competition
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
(Best Social Message -
Melhor Mensagem Social)
Stars in the well
Director Paolo Carboni
Italy, 24:00
(BEST SHORT FILM)
Wall Cries
Director James Browning
United Kingdom, 15:00
(BEST SHORT FILM, BEST FICTION
SHORT FILM DIRECTOR)
Where We Remain
Directors Olivia Bancel, Katelyn Van Mater
United States, 29:39
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
The Border Within Us
Director Knutte Wester
Sweden, 20:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
BREAK
15:00 – 16:15 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Who Broke The Vase? (+30' version)
Director David Aledo Yanguas
Germany, Spain, 30:40
(BEST SHORT FILM)
WE ARE STILL SO YOUNG
Director Rosemberg Fernandes Vieira
Brazil, 29:00
(BEST SHORT FILM)
Casa 53 - ENG sub
Director simone fincato
Spain, 15:00
(BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM)
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17:00 – 18:40 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Not One More Woman
Director Julia Louisa Hollander
Mexico, Netherlands, 01:38:26
(BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR, BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY)
-BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE-
Thursday, November 26, 2026
10:00 – 12:00 | Oficina & Júri Jovem
Screening of Films in Competition
(Best Social Message - Melhor Mensagem Social)
LA LIXEIRA - the invisibles' dignity
Directors Guido Galante, Antonio Notarangelo
Italy, Mozambique, 12:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
GÉEJ AMUL BAŊXAAS "At Sea, Without Support"
Director Ivere HOUNKPATIN
Senegal, 23:22
(BEST SHORT FILM)
Joso
Director Monika Herceg
Croatia, 16:52
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
123 Semillas de Nim
Adrián Buenaventura
Spanish 29:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
BREAK
15:00 – 17:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Asker Zone
Director Öystein Thorsen
Sweden, 01:50:03
(BEST FEATURE FILM)
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17:30 – 19:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Api Penyucian (The Purgatory)
Director Pierre Tremerel
France, Timor-Leste
01:30:00
(BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY)
-BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE-
BREAK
21:00 | Sessão Especial Fora de Competição:
O FILME FRANCÊS DO MÊS
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
FIFI
De Paul Saintillan , Jeanne Asian
France, 2023, 01:48:00
Friday, November 27, 2026
15:00 – 16:15 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
HONORABLÉ
Directors Rhadem Musawah, Francis Tanglao-Aguas
Philippines, 01:11:36
(BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY)
-BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE-
BREAK
17:00 – 19:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
THE LAST MATCH
Director Antonio Silvestre
in Best Italian Feature Film
Italy
01:54:00
(BEST ITALIAN FEATURE FILM)
BREAK
21:00 – 22:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
A good man
Director Juli Suàrez
Spain, 11:00
(BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM)
SHE'S THERE
Director Manuela Cometti
Spain, 4:44
(BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM)
Musical Chairs
Director Anastasia Vittoria Sarro, 19:37
(BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM)
Musical Chairs
Director Anastasia Vittoria Sarro, 19:37
(BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM)
15:00 – 16:15 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Fantastic 4x2
Director Ermete Labbadia
Italy, 17:00
(BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM)
DIGITAL DETOX
Director iCLIC Collective
Italy, 7:36
(BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM)
LA LIXEIRA - the invisibles' dignity
Directors GUIDO GALANTE, ANTONIO NOTARANGELO
Italy, Mozambique,12:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY)
Homeplanet
Director Ipek Sertöz
in Best Fiction Short Film Director
Germany, 19:40
(BEST SHORT FILM,
BEST FICTION SHORT FILM DIRECTOR)
Face-off
Director Pascal Chaumont
Canada, 9:54
(BEST SHORT FILM)
BREAK
17:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Sessão Especial Fora de Competição:
Memória histórica, projeção e debate
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
SESSÃO ESPECIAL FORA DE COMPETIÇÃO
"A Voz dos Camaradas", Portugal 58:00, 2025
Projeção aberta ao público. A exibição será seguida de um debate com o realizador João
Lopes e a Dra. Isabel Branco.
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21:00 – 22:00 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Pony
Director Cecilia Seaward
United States, 13:29
(BEST HORROR SHORT FILM)
Breadsong
Director Katariina Aule
Estonia, 16:00
(BEST HORROR SHORT FILM)
Favela Amarela
Directors Nícolas Lobato, Thiago Tuchu
Brazil, 19:56
(BEST HORROR SHORT FILM)
Sunday, November 29, 2026: Encerramento do Festival
15:00 – 15:40 | Oficina e Júri Jovem
Debate, votação final e montagem do vídeo coletivo da oficina.
16:00 – 16:40 | Reunião e deliberação do Júri Melhor Curta-Metragem Portuguesa
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
15:00 – 16:15 | Projeções Abertas ao Público
Screening of Films in Competition
Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Campinas
Armed to the Teeth - The New European Order
Director Miguel Vérité
Portugal, 6:33
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
After Link (12mins)
Director Catarina De Cèzanne
Portugal, 13:02
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
Half a Woman
Director Liliana Araújo
Portugal, 5:49
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
After Link (12mins)
Director Catarina De Cèzanne
Portugal, 13:02
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
In the Land of the Last Men
Director Carlos Pires Silveira
Portugal, 18:36
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
BODY NEVER FOUND
Director Marco Santos
Portugal, 8:51
(BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM)
Far from the Center – A Timeless DJ’s Wandering Song
Director Roberto Pili
Italy,20:00
(BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY )
17:30 – 20:00
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL CLOSING
| Cerimónia de Encerramento
Exibição do filme vencedor da categoria Melhor Mensagem Social
e de quaisquer outras curtas-metragens premiadas.