Venue: Centro Cultural Português São Tomé
Date: June 28th, 2023 – 6.00PM

The NY Portuguese Short Film Festival, produced by the Arte Institute, was the first Portuguese short film festival in the United States. It showcases the most recent short film productions by Portuguese directors and writers, including fiction, animation and documentary. The festival has been a unique and unprecedented showcase for the Portugal brand, for contemporary Portuguese cinema, and has opened doors for new national directors. In the 12 previous editions, we have reached all the continents, 24 countries and 53 cities.

2023 Official Selection:
• ‘Ana Morphose’, by João Rodrigues
• ‘Mudflats’, by Luis Campos
• ‘Borderline’, by Leonor Oliveira
• ‘Kafka’s Doll’, by Bruno Simões
• ‘They Call It… Red Cemetery!’, by Francisco Lacerda
• ‘Chicago’, by João Pombeiro
• ‘Extinctions’, by Monica De Almeida 
• ‘A Lisbon Affair’, by Hoji Fortuna
• ‘Nata of this life’, by Claúdia Gomes and Ricardo Soares
• ‘Rua do Caneiro’, by Leonor Henriques