LAFF – Lisbon Arab Film Festival 2027 (3rd)
Open for submissions
At a glance: Deadline 1 December 2026 · Lisbon, Portugal · Festival 23 February 2027 – 2 March 2027 · Fiction, Documentary, Short · Entry fees apply (details below)
About
PROMOTED Review → Verified (11 Oct PM): the official laffportugal.com call-for-entries page has a FilmFreeway submission button (festival 97582 = filmfreeway.com/LisbonArabFilmFestivalLAFF, organiser Saoussen Khalifa). The listing's rules: call opened 5 Jul 2026; deadline 1 Dec 2026 23:59 GMT+1; notification 23 Jan 2027; 3rd edition 23 Feb – 2 Mar 2027 at Culturgest, Lisbon.
- Location
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Festival dates
- 23 February 2027 – 2 March 2027
- Deadlines
- 1 August 2026 · Early deadline Early bird (passed)
1 December 2026 · Deadline Submission deadline (23:59 GMT+1) - Fees
- Rules: features €30, shorts €20 (listing category: €25 early bird, €30 regular).
- Eligibility
- Contemporary Arab fiction and documentary features and shorts from the last 10 years by directors from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, Oman, Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Sudan; Lebanon is Country of Honour; new "The Bridge" Luso-Arab section. Arabic or French films welcome; English or Portuguese subtitles if selected; priority to Portuguese premieres.
- Categories
- Fiction, Documentary, Short
- Region
- Europe
- Details checked on
- 11 October 2026
Details are shown in the original language of the organizer.
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