2nd Day & the End of the World
by Sara Koppel
SectionX
Denmark 2025
Films
The sections and films for this year's edition.
A Bucket Of Blood
by Roger Corman
Roger Corman Centenary
USA 1959
A Stable Marriage
by Josephine Decker
SectionX
USA 2026
A Teia de Gelo
by Nicolau Breyner
Cult Room: Lost in Translation
Portugal 2012
Acid Giallo: Atmosferas que Turvam os Sentidos
by Carlos Alberto Carrilho
Suite 13
Portugal 2026
Adverse Possession
by Norman Yi Li
International Short Films
Canada 2025
Aicha
by Sanaa El Alaoui
International Short Films
Morocco 2025
All the Colors of the Dark
by Sergio Martino
Suite 13
Italy, Spain 1971
All The Rage
by Benedikt Schmitz
International Short Films
Germany 2026
American Dollhouse
by John Valley
Room Service
USA 2026
amordemoura
by Tiago "Ramon" Santos
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
AnyMart
by Yusuke Iwasaki
Room Service
Japan 2026
As Ruínas no Interior
by José de Sá Caetano
Quarto Perdido: The Enigmatic Trilogy of Sá Caetano
Portugal 1976
Azul, Azul
by José de Sá Caetano
Quarto Perdido: The Enigmatic Trilogy of Sá Caetano
Portugal 1984
Bait
by Martha G. Ayerbe
International Short Films
Spain 2025
Bats & Bugs
by Lena von Döhren
Big Bad Wolf
Switzerland 2026
Benny's Second Birthday
by R.J. Glass
International Short Films
USA 2025
Biophobia
by Frederico Majerus
SectionX
Luxembourg 2025
Black Pitcher
by Maria Leonor Toscano, Raquel Cabaço Pereira
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Portugal
Blessing
by Francisco Lacerda
SectionX
Finland 2026
Bloodsuckers
by Rosie Brear
International Short Films
UK 2025
Bloody Tennis
by Nikias Chryssos
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
Germany 2026
Bodyhackers
by Carlos Conceição
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
Portugal, Italy 2026
Boorman and the Devil
by David Kittredge
Doc Horror
USA 2025
Bowels of Hell
by Gustavo Vinagre, Gurcius Gewdner
Room Service
Brazil 2026
Breu
by Lucas de Lima
Big Bad Wolf
Portugal 2025
Bruno, the Dummy
by Diogo dos Santos Oliveira
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Burned Cans For Aluminum Children
by Robert Kleinschmidt
SectionX
USA 2025
Calhau
by Paulo Abreu
International Short Films
Portugal 2025
Carne
by Laura Plebani
International Short Films
Italy, UK 2026
Chäir
by Chris McInroy
International Short Films
USA 2025
Chronovisor
by Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
SectionX
USA 2026
CODEC: ♥ Amanda ♥
by Rafaela Cardoso
International Short Films
Portugal 2026
Colony
by Yeon Sang-ho
Room Service
South Korea 2026
Consolatio
by Pedro M. Afonso
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Consumed
by [carrozo]
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Corpus
by Corrin Evans
Room Service
USA 2026
Coyotes
by Said Zagha
International Short Films
France, Palestinian Territory, Jordan, UK 2025
Cramps! A Period Piece
by Brooke H. Cellars
Room Service
USA 2025
Cure my Misery
by Kirill Savateev
International Short Films
Portugal 2025
Dawning
by Patrik Syversen
Room Service
Norway 2025
Deathstalker
by Steven Kostanski
Room Service
Canada, USA 2025
Don't go
by Talon Darren Winsnes
International Short Films
Norway 2025
Don’t Follow Me
by Eduardo Lecuona, Ximena García Lecuona
Room Service
Mexico, USA 2025
Drag
by Raviv Ullman, Greg Yagolnitzer
Opening and Closing Screenings
EUA 2026
DreamQuil
by Alex Prager
Room Service
USA 2026
Drosera
by Boris Tilquin, Maud Carpentier
International Short Films
Belgium; France 2025
Dudley and the Invasion of the Space Slugs
by Cherifa Bakhti
Big Bad Wolf
Luxembourg, Belgium, France, India, UK 2026
End of Night
by Duarte Gandum, Henrique Gandum
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Estou Aqui
by Ana Rita Martins
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2025
Eye Jam
SectionX
UK 2025
Eyes, Eyes, Nose, Mouth
by Sofia Santa-Rita
International Short Films
Portugal 2025
Fall 2: Deadpoint
by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Opening and Closing Screenings
Thailand, USA, United Kingdom 2026
Family Fears Another Night of Terror
by Cristian Ponce
Room Service
Argentina 2026
Ferat Vampire
by Juraj Herz
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
Czechoslovakia 1981
Ferine
by Andrea Corsini
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
Italy 2026
Find Your Friends
by Izabel Pakzad
Room Service
USA 2025
Fire in My Pocket
by Janka Feiner
Big Bad Wolf
Hungary 2026
Flash Challenger
by Hung-Chang Wang
Cult Room: Lost in Translation
Taiwan 1974
Fuck My Son!
by Todd Rohal
Room Service
USA 2025
Game
by John Minton
Room Service
UK 2025
Gaua (The Night)
by Paul Urkijo Alijo
Room Service
Spain 2026
Ghost in the Cell
by Joko Anwar
Room Service
Indonesia 2026
Gobbledygook
by Lizzete Flores, Nathaniel Elegino
SectionX
USA 2025
God is Shy
by Jocelyn Charles
International Short Films
France 2025
God Skin
by Paween Purijitpanya
Room Service
Thailand 2026
Grýlu Sker : An Icelandic Ghost Story
by Kevin McTurk
International Short Films
Iceland, USA 2026
Gunman
by Cris Tapia Marchiori
Room Service
Argentina 2025
Hallowarrior
by Ben Sottak
Room Service
USA 2026
Hatker
by Alejandro Ariel Martin
SectionX
Argentina 2025
Him
by Matthias Couquet
International Short Films
France 2024
Hope
by Na Hong-jin
Room Service
South Korea 2026
Host
by Miguel Monteiro Rico
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Portugal
Humanity
by Tereza Kovandová
Big Bad Wolf
Czech Republic 2026
Ikatan Darah
by Sidharta Tata
Room Service
Indonesia 2026
Imago
by Ariel Zengotita
SectionX
USA 2025
Imposters
by Caleb J. Phillips
Room Service
USA 2026
It Ends
by Alexander Ullom
Room Service
USA 2025
It's Chico Time!
by João Severo, Rafael Sá Carneiro
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2025
Journey to Orion
by Solveig Nordlund
Prémio Noémia Delgado
Sweden 1986
Katabasis
by João Silva
International Short Films
Portugal 2026
Kenneled
by Jay Burleson
Room Service
USA 2025
Kinki
by Koji Shiraishi
Room Service
Japan 2025
Knitting Club
by Diogo Abrantes, João Rito
International Short Films
Portugal 2025
Kunskap ar makt
by Javier Mars
SectionX
Sweden 2025
Les Bêtes
by Michael Granberry
Big Bad Wolf
USA 2025
Lexi
by Bruno Simões
Big Bad Wolf
Spain 2026
Little Rebels Cinema Club
Big Bad Wolf
Indonesia 2025
Low-Flying Aircraft
by Solveig Nordlund
Prémio Noémia Delgado
Portugal 2002
Mag Mag
by Yuriyan Retriever
Room Service
Japan 2025
Man Eating Pussy
by Emily Lawson
SectionX
Canada, USA 2025
Mancave
by Fredrik S. Hana
SectionX
Norway 2026
Maribel, Forever
by Marc Martínez Jordán
SectionX
Spain 2026
Metanoia
by Mike Pecci
SectionX
USA 2025
Morte Cucina
by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Room Service
Thailand 2025
Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant
by THUNDERLIPS
Room Service
New Zealand 2026
Museum of Regret
by Skye Braband
SectionX
USA 2025
My Oddly Unexpected Bond
by Carolina Batista
Big Bad Wolf
Italy, Portugal 2025
Nameless
by Hideo Jojo
Room Service
Japan 2026
Needle
by Sofie Somoroff
International Short Films
USA 2025
Nekromantik
by Jörg Buttgereit
Talking About Death (Never Killed Anyone)
Federal Republic of Germany 1988
Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe
by Solveig Nordlund
Prémio Noémia Delgado
Portugal 1977
Nervous
by Abner Pastoll
Room Service
South Korea, UK 2026
Nightborn
by Hanna Bergholm
Room Service
Finland 2026
No Rest for the Wicked
by Kasper Kalle
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
Denmark 2026
Nosferatu The Vampyre
by Werner Herzog
Talking About Death (Never Killed Anyone)
Federal Republic of Germany, France 1979
O Espelho Lento
Prémio Noémia Delgado
Portugal 2009
One Spoon of Chocolate
by RZA
Room Service
USA 2025
Our Effed Up World
by Alice Maio Makay
Room Service
Australia, Canada 2026
Pick It Till It Bleeds
by Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
SectionX
USA 2025
Pinocchio: Unstrung
by Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Room Service
UK 2026
Polyester
by John Waters
Special Screenings
USA 1981
Possession
by Andrzej Żuławski
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
France, Federal Republic of Germany 1981
Poultry Farm
by Mohammadreza Ardalan
Room Service
Iran 2026
Privação (Ou Coisas ditas de Joelhos)
by António Xavier Rodrigues
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Prout
by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Big Bad Wolf
Belgium 2025
Pure Defense
by George Pedrosa
SectionX
Brazil 2025
Quietness
by Gonçalo Almeida
International Short Films
Spain 2025
Recluse
by Henry Chaisson
Room Service
USA 2026
Relieved
by Steffen Geypens
SectionX
Belgium 2026
Remanence - A Voltage Cosmic Horror
by Kapel Furman
Room Service
Brazil 2026
Roma Elastica
by Bertrand Mandico
Room Service
France, Italy 2026
Roqia
by Yanis Koussim
Room Service
Algeria, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia 2025
Royal
by Hinata Almeida, Tomás Pascoal
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
by Nick Taylor
Doc Horror
USA 2026
Seismic Brain Implosion
by Alistair Quak
SectionX
Singapore 2025
Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom
by Steve Cox, Matthew Walker
Big Bad Wolf
United Kingdom, France, USA 2026
Show Me How To Die
by Gerardo Maravilla
International Short Films
USA 2025
Sicko
by Aitore Zholdaskali
Room Service
Cazaquistão, França 2025
Silence
by Eduardo Casanova
Special Screenings
Spain 2025
Spanked by a Ghost
by Katelyn Douglass
International Short Films
USA 2025
Species
by Marion Le Corroller
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
France, Belgium 2026
Spirit Caller
by Vítor Dutta
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
Spread your legs!
by Águeda V. Flores
International Short Films
Spain 2025
Strangler vs. Strangler
by Slobodan Šijan
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
Yugoslavia 1985
Stretcher
by Thibaut Fauconnet
International Short Films
France 2025
Summer Project
by Yuki Hara
International Short Films
Japan 2026
Sunshine Express
by Amirali Navaee
SectionX
Iran 2025
Surprise Screening MOTELX – FILMTWIST
Special Screenings
2026
Sweet Hearts
by Diogo Vaz de Almeida Coutinho, Gonçalo Claro da Fonseca
International Short Films
Portugal 2026
TARDO
by Carlos Calika
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film
Portugal 2026
The 13th Passenger
Big Bad Wolf
France 2025
The Birthday Party
by Léa Mysius
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
France, Belgium 2026
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
by Sergio Martino
Suite 13
Italy, Spain 1971
The Death King
by Jörg Buttgereit
Talking About Death (Never Killed Anyone)
Federal Republic of Germany 1990
The Devil Within
by Rubén Pérez Barrena
Room Service
Spain 2026
The End
by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
SectionX
Sweden, Denmark, France 2026
The End of It
by Maria Martínez Bayona
Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film
UK, Spain, Norway 2026
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
by Roger Corman
Roger Corman Centenary
USA 1960
The Fox
by Dario Russo
Room Service
Australia 2025
The Furious
by Kenji Tanigaki
Room Service
Hong Kong 2025
The Glorious Dead
by John Adams, Toby Poser
Room Service
USA 2026
The Gnawer of Rocks
by Louise Flaherty
International Short Films
Canada 2025
The Haunting of Pennhurst
by Katarina Poljak, Mike Attie, Nathan R. Stenberg
Doc Horror
USA 2026
The Humbug
by Cole Paviour
International Short Films
UK 2025
The Hunger
by Tony Scott
Special Screenings
USA, UK 1983
The Last Snow
by Rodolphe Bouquet-Populus
International Short Films
France 2025
The Little One And The Giant
by Isabela Costa
Big Bad Wolf
France, Brazil 2025
The Mouths
by Takashi Shimizu
Room Service
Japan 2026
The Movie Orgy
by Joe Dante
Special Screenings
USA 1968
The Oyster
by Pedro Garrido
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Portugal
The Plague
by Charlie Polinger
Room Service
MotelX2026; The Plague; USA, United Arab Emirates; Portugal; Terror 2025
The Rat Saviour
by Krsto Papić
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
Yugoslavia 1976
The Shirt Off Your Back
by David Robinson-Smith
SectionX
Australia 2025
The Silence that Remains
by Ana Lamas
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Portugal
The Singing, Ringing Tree
by Francesco Stefani
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic 1957
The Spectre
by Jiyuan Ler
SectionX
Singapore, USA 2025
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
by Sergio Martino
Suite 13
Italy, Spain 1971
The Taste of your Scales
by Rafaël Beauchamp
International Short Films
France 2026
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
by Laura Casabe
Room Service
Argentina; Spain; Mexico; 2025
The Wave
by Ramón de los Santos
International Short Films
Portugal 2026
The Wolf Ma'am
by Nicolas Mahler, Stefan Holaus
Big Bad Wolf
Switzerland 2025
Thingy
by Jae Matthews
Room Service
USA 2026
Todas as Respostas
by Stephane Oliveira
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Tongue
by Lim Da seul
SectionX
South Korea 2025
TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road
by Frederic Siegel
SectionX
Switzerland 2025
Twenty-Four Seven Thousand Nights
by Francisca Ponce Sousa
SectionX
Mexico, Portugal 2026
Um S Marginal
by José de Sá Caetano
Quarto Perdido: The Enigmatic Trilogy of Sá Caetano
Portugal 1983
Uma Vez na Noite
by Solveig Nordlund
Prémio Noémia Delgado
Portugal 1998
Unreal Estate Agent
by Bodhi Le Belle
International Short Films
Netherlands 2025
Variations on Violence
by Zachary Aaron Nichols
SectionX
USA 2026
Veins
by Raymond St-Jean
Room Service
Canada, USA, France 2025
Venenus
by Marie Fages
SectionX
France, Portugal 2025
Werewolf
by Leida Laius
Lost in Europe: The Horror Behind the Iron Curtain
USSR 1968
When Darkness Comes
by Mathieu Chéreau
Big Bad Wolf
France 2025
Wicked, Wicked
by Richard L. Bare
Special Screenings
USA 1973
Wind Rose
by Alexandre Guedes de Sousa
MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay
Portugal
Wolfie
by Philippe Kastner
Big Bad Wolf
Czech Republic 2025
Yucky Guy
by Alan Resnick
SectionX
USA 2025