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Arraial Cine Fest (16)

Deadlines

01 Jul 2025
Call for entries

01 Dec 2025
Final deadline

4
mths

13 Jan 2026
Notification date

23 Feb 2026
27 Feb 2026

Address

Portugal, 153, 45816-000, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil

Festival description

Short film festival >5' 59'<

Feature film festival >60'

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >5' 59'<

Feature Films >60'

Any language

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Festival description (Edition: 16)

Festival start: 23 February 2026 Festival end: 27 February 2026

The 15th edition of Arraial Cine Fest will be held from February 23th to 27st, 2026 online on the festival's official website.

Prizes and qualifications

All participating films will receive a certificate of participation and classification.

Rules

Film categories: Feature Film and Short Film
Film Genre: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Experimental

Registration: from July 1st to December 01st, 2025

Appointment:

- Best Film of the Festival
- Best Brazilian Film
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Fiction Feature Film
- Best Documentary Feature Film
- Best Fiction Short Film
- Best Documentary Short Film
- Best Animated Film
- Best Experimental Film

All selected films will receive a certificate of participation and/or nomination.

Short Film

Short Films >5' 59'<

Standard Fee 30€
-8% 27.6€
PRO 18% 24.6€

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Submissions deadline
01 Dec 25

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5.4€

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Films lasting between 5 and 59 minutes in the fiction, animation, documentary and experimental genres.

Feature Film

Feature Films >60'

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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Submissions deadline
01 Dec 25

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9€

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Films with a length of 60 minutes or more in the fiction, animation, documentary and experimental genres.

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