Event details

Ampla is a film show that brings together award-winning films at the main film festivals that take place in Portugal. To be as inclusive as possible, all films are screened with descriptive subtitles, Portuguese Sign Language interpretation and audio description. Learn more HERE.

Cats are liquid (Animation, no dialogues, 1min.)

A film filled with multiple silly scenes that proves that cats (contrary to popular belief) are not solids, but liquids.

Best Short | MONSTRA Award

The Great Spider Mother (Animation, no dialogues, 10min.)

The values of the family are the most significant of life, the most precious good. Thus, The Great Spider creates a first man and teaches him the meaning of life, which will help him build his own family.

Honorable Mention Curtinhas M/6 | Curtas Vila do Conde

Blhec! (Animation, spoken in French and subtitled in Portuguese, 13min.)

How disgusting! Couples who kiss on the mouth are disgusting. And the worst thing is that you can't not see: When people are about to kiss, their lips are all pink and shiny. Little Leo laughs at them, just like all the children in the camp. But he has a secret he doesn't tell his friends: His own mouth began to shine. And in reality, Leo desperately wants to try kissing.

Audience Award of the International Competition and Honorable Mention Curtinhas | Curtas Vila do Conde

The Boris bakery (Animation, no dialogues, 8min.)

Every morning, Boris, the village baker, makes a fresh oven of crisp bread and cakes for all his neighbors until... Atchim! He can't stop sneezing. He became allergic to flour. How is he going to be able to keep making bread for the whole village?

IndieJúnior Audience Award | IndieLisboa

Canary (Animation, no dialogues, 12min.)

In an underground coal mine, a boy named Sonny takes care of his canary, which detects deadly gases. He teaches the bird to pretend to be dead to play tricks on the workers.

FESTinha Award Sub 12 | FEST

Cloud (Animation, no dialogues, 7 min.)

Noma, a fluffy white cloud, realizes that her daughter, Mixtli, a dark and stormy cloud, risks dissolving into rain too soon.

Monstrinha Grand Prix - Inatel | MONSTRA