LAFF – Lisbon Arab Film Festival 2027 (3rd)

Open for submissions

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 bird (passed)
1 December 2026 · 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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