Blog: Film festivals

AnimAlfama is an international animation short 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's a part of the public backed National Cinema Plan.
We are a competitive showcase with pedagogic purposes.

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.