In a time of social confinement, MOTELX decided to resurrect the microSHORTS Award to see how far imagination and horror can go trapped between four walls.

Make a horror microSHORT of up to 2 minutes with your mobile phone or tablet and send it to films@motelx.org. The winning short film will be screened at the Closing Ceremony of MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival's 14th edition! Submit your films until 2 August, with no fear.

MOTELX launches the first horror film championship! A competition of the best horror films dedicated to the holiday season and you can choose the big winner.

In partnership with the Portuguese Cultural Center - Camões I.P. and Utopia - UK Portuguese Film Festival, MOTELX will be, for the first time, in the UK to present two special screenings. 

Sitges presented the Méliès d'or Awards with newly elected award winner "In Fabric" by Peter Strickland, "Wild" by Jan Verdijk, and director and actress Asia Argento for the Career Méliès.

Guilherme Daniel’s Bad Seed wins the MOTELX Award for Best Portuguese Horror Short / Méliès d’Argent, Kirill Sokolov wins the MOTELX Award for Best European HorrorFeature / Méliès d’Argent with Why Don’t You Just Die! and Midsommar wins the Audience Award.