Programme & Timetable

• Don't Leave the Kids Alone 97' by Emilio Portes Section Room Service

• Walpurgis' Night 60' by Noémia Delgado Section Lost Room

Opening Screening

• The Long Walk 108' by Francis Lawrence Section Opening and Closing Screenings

• Hold The Fort 74' by William Bagley Section Room Service

Bloodlines & Desire | Short films: SectionX #01

• A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers 12'
• Where The Wind Comes From 16'
• Tako Tsubo 6'
• You are the Truck and I am the Deer 5'
• Last Call 7'

• The Surrender 96' by Julia Max Section Room Service

• Soul 14'
• Hallow Road 80' by Babak Anvari Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest (Alma)

Short Films at Lunch: International #1

• Defect 7'
• Shadow 12'
• Vowels 5' by Rafael De Leon Jr. Section International Short Films
• Greying 2' by Paul Guédon Section International Short Films
• Hammer, Wrench & Screwdriver 13' by Gabriel Vilandré Section International Short Films
• Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts 19'
• Based Amy 13'

• The Curse of Marialva 88' by António de Macedo Section Lost Room

Digital Film Festival: Festival Presentation

• Digital Film Festival 190'

Digital Film Festival: Short Movies e Mobile

• Digital Film Festival 190'

• RESUT 12'
• The Ice Tower 118' by Lucile Hadžihalilović Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest (Resut)

Digital Film Festival: Web Series (Pilot Projects)

• Digital Film Festival 190'

• Honey Bunch 113' by Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli Section Room Service

Digital Film Festival: Honorable Mention

• Digital Film Festival 190'

• Aliens: Director's Cut 154' by James Cameron Section Special Screenings Com convidado

Short Films: Méliès d'argent PT #01

• Atom & Void 9'
• Dog Alone 13'
• Gardunha 18'
• Pimple 4'
• BeNice 30'

Digital Alchemy | Short films: SectionX #02

• Hito 22'
• Primaldial Magma_Zygmutrophooze 16'
• Endlessly Hungry 3'
• La Cordá 16'
• The Crust That Came Back To Life

• The Killer with a Thousand Eyes 83' by Juan Bosch Section Cult Room

• Bulk 91' by Ben Wheatley Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest: Ben Wheatley

• Black Arroio 15'
• The Pianist 98' by Nuno Bernardo Section Special Screenings With guests: Lucas de Lima, Nuno Bernardo

• Mother's Baby 108' by Johanna Moder Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025

Short Films at Lunch: International #02

• Skeeter 4' by Chris McInroy Section International Short Films
• The Pearl Comb 21' by Ali Cook Section International Short Films
• OBEY! 11'
• Femme 17'
• The Comedown 18' by Theo Watkins Section International Short Films

• Redux Redux 107' by Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus Section Room Service

• The Serpent's Skin 83' by Alice Maio Mackay Section Room Service

Digital Film Festival: Cinema That Escapes: Images That Spread

• Digital Film Festival 190'

• The Old Woman with the Knife 124' by MIN Kyu-dong Section Room Service

• Bulk 91' by Ben Wheatley Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025

Digital Film Festival: Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Audiovisual Production. Practical Cases from the Academy

• Digital Film Festival 190'

Digital Film Festival: Awards Ceremony

• Digital Film Festival 190'

• Her Will Be Done 99' by Julia Kowalski Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest: Julia Kowalski

• Tremors 96' by Ron Underwood Section Special Screenings With guest

Section X Double Bill

• 2551.01 - The Kid 65' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX With guest: Norbert Pfaffenbilcher (Director)
• 2551.02 - The Orgy of the Damned 82' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX With guest: Norbert Pfaffenbilcher (Director)

• The Hateful 15'
• The Piano Accident 91' by Quentin Dupieux Section Room Service With guest (Os Terríveis)

• Buzzheart 110' by Dennis Iliadis Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest: Dennis Iliadis (Director)

• The Composer 15'
• Missing Child Videotape 104' by Ryota Kondo Section Room Service With guest (O Compositor)

• Anything That Moves 80' by Alex Phillips Section Room Service

The Nature of Monsters | Short films: SectionX #03

• Mother of Dawn 8'
• Redman 1'
• The Garden Sees Fire 15'
• Trolsk 4'
• Sogno Rosso (Red Dream) 8'
• The Masked Monster 15'

Short Scares M/10: GFFF

• Operation Frankenstein 11'
• 3 Murs & un toit 9'
• Spot the Differences 6'
• Hellscape 6'
• Dennis 3'
• The Smiling Portrait 3'
• Blind Eye 6'
• Apocalypse Dog 7'

• Pig that Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease 105' by Hur Bum-Wook Section Room Service

• MOTELX Lab | Roundtables: Scouting, Financing, and Production 60'

• MOTELX Lab | Roundtables: Distribution and Exhibition 45'

• Inclosed 14'
• Karmadonna 118' by Aleksander Radivojevic Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guest (Anexado)

• MOTELX Lab | Roundtables: Communication and Press 60'

• The Home (Hemmet) 90' by Mattias J. Skoglund Section Room Service

• A Useful Ghost 130' by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Section Room Service

Short films PT Méliès d’argent #02

• Antenna 28'
• Amarelo Banana 12'
• Yazza 5'
• Sequential 12'
• Light Was a Break 18'

• MOTELquiz 180'

• Crendices - Quando o Medo Vem das Crenças 96' by Roberto Assis, 4Litro Section Cult Room With guests: Duarte Nobrega, Luís Paulo Sousa, Alexandre Ferreira

• Islander 11'
• Freaky Tales 107' by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Section Room Service With guest (

• Touch Me 100' by Addison Heimann Section Room Service With guest: Addison Heimann (Director)

2 TOXIC!: Double Bill

• Here in Aveiro 15'
• The Toxic Avenger (2023) 102' by Macon Blair Section Room Service With guest (
• The Toxic Avenger (1984) 82' by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman Section Special Screenings With guest (

• Peddy Paper 90'

Short Films at Lunch: PT Competition #01

• Islander 11'
• Soul 14'
• Inclosed 14'
• RESUT 12'
• Here in Aveiro 15'
• Black Arroio 15'

The Flesh Is Weak | Short films: SectionX #04

• /HAAW/ 12'
• Occhio 6'
• Mississippi Blood Slide 9'
• Hard Cash 20'
• Inside You 2'

• Into the Wonderwoods 81' by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord Section Big Bad Wolf

• MOTELX Lab | Projects: Suspiro — Lost Room Cinematic Laboratory 45'

• Beep 8'
• Opus 104' by Mark Anthony Green Section Room Service With guest (

• Finisterra by Guilherme Branquinho, Leone Niel Section Lost Room With guest: Christian Neuman

• MOTELX Guiões Award – Best Portuguese Horror Screenplay 60'

Section X Triple Bill

• 2551.01 - The Kid 65' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX
• 2551.02 - The Orgy of the Damned 82' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX
• 2551.03 – The End 80' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX

• Parousia 13'
• Shadows 104' by Jorge Cramez Section Méliès d'argent Award - Best European Feature Film 2025 With guests: Jorge Cramez (Director)

• 2551.03 – The End 80' by Norbert Pfaffenbichler Section SectionX

• The Next Step 11'
• Bury Your Dead 128' by Marco Dutra Section Room Service With guests: Marco Dutra (Director)

• Every Heavy Thing 89' by Mickey Reece Section Room Service

• The Run by Paul Raschid Section Special Screenings

J-HORROR: Triple Bill

• Chime 45' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Section Room Service
• New Group 82' by Yuta Shimotsu Section Room Service
• Hotspring Sharkattack 70' by Morihito Inoue Section Room Service

• Strangers 14'
• Queens of the Dead 101' by Tina Romero Section Room Service With guest (

Short Films at Lunch: PT Competition #02

• Strangers 14'
• The Composer 15'
• Parousia 13'
• Beep 8'
• The Next Step 11'
• The Hateful 15'

Short Films at Lunch: International #03

• Pop Monsters 14' by Megan Brooks Section International Short Films
• Dagon 6'
• Pearls 15' by Alastair Train Section International Short Films
• Attachment Theory 16'
• Happy Meat 16' by Matt Green Section International Short Films

• Night of the Zoopocalypse 91' by Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro Section Big Bad Wolf

• Who's Afraid of The Spider? 120'

• Zer0 83' by Jean Luc Herbulot Section Room Service

• I Live Here Now 91' by Julie Pacino Section Room Service

• Alma Viva 85' by Cristèle Alves Meira Section Lost Room

• Death Of A Unicorn 107' by Alex Scharfman Section Room Service

• Dragonfly 98' by Paul Andrew Williams Section Room Service

Closing Screening

• The Home 97' by James DeMonaco Section Opening and Closing Screenings

• The Last Sacrifice 94' by Rupert Russell Section Doc Horror

• Redux Redux 107' by Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus Section Room Service

Short Films at Lunch: International #04

• Unclean 17' by Simon Chouinard Section International Short Films With guests
• Tasty Tongue 21' by Pearl Zheng Section International Short Films With guests
• Puzzle 2'
• You Can't Talk To The Dude 15'
• Would You Rather 11' by Sophie O'Donovan Section International Short Films With guests

• The Crime of Aldeia Velha 105' by Manuel Guimarães Section Lost Room
• Other Places 39' by Jorge Cramez Section International Short Films

• A Useful Ghost 130' by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Section Room Service

• Shadowland 99' by Otso Tiainen Section Doc Horror

• Dangerous Animals 98' by Sean Byrne Section Room Service

• Touch Me 100' by Addison Heimann Section Room Service

COMBO Suite 13

• Herschell Gordon Lewis: O Sangue Como Transgressão 40' by Carlos Alberto Carrilho Section Suite 13 With guest: Carlos Alberto Carrilho
• Carving Magic 20'
• The Gruesome Twosome 72' by Herschell Gordon Lewis Section Suite 13 With guest: Carlos Alberto Carrilho
• Two Thousand Maniacs! 73' by Herschell Gordon Lewis Section Suite 13 With guest: Carlos Alberto Carrilho

Méliès d'argent Short Film Winner + Méliès d'argent Feature Film Winner

Surprise Screening MOTELX

• The Surrender 96' by Julia Max Section Room Service