LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival - 7 to 16 November 2025

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LEFFEST hosts the first major European retrospective of director Hal Hartley
A cult filmmaker of the American independent scene, Hal Hartley will attend LEFFEST to accompany the retrospective dedicated to his work, as well as the European premiere of Where to Land, his new film, in the Official Competition.
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Inside the Out of Competition section
Dedicated to the most eagerly anticipated films of the season, premiering in Portugal, the Out of Competition section of LEFFEST is also an opportunity to engage in conversations with some of the participants.
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Discoveries at LEFFEST unveil eight rising voices in cinema
The Discoveries section at LEFFEST presents eight intense and urgent films, works from different latitudes that reflect youth in struggle, the home as a place of rupture and healing, and survival at the margins.
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Ten Leading Figures at LEFFEST 2025
Ten major figures from cinema, music and the arts will be present at LEFFEST 2025.
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Eleven of the Year’s Best Films Compete at LEFFEST
The Official Competition of LEFFEST brings together eleven of the most remarkable films of 2025, works distinguished at major international festivals that now arrive in Portugal to compete for the Grand NOS Award.
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Upcoming sessions

Today 08 Nov	10:00	The Grapes of Wrath John Ford	Medeia Nimas Cinema	Buy tickets
	11:00	The King’s Trial (O Processo do Rei) João Mário Grilo	Culturgest Grand Auditorium	Buy tickets
	11:00	Surviving Desire Hal Hartley	São Jorge Cinema Room 3	Buy tickets
	11:30	Red Psalm (Még kér a nép) Miklós Jancsó	Culturgest Small Auditorium	Buy tickets
	12:30	Pickpocket Robert Bresson	Medeia Nimas Cinema	Buy tickets
	14:00	Blue Moon Richard Linklater	São Jorge Cinema Manoel de Oliveira Room	Buy tickets
	14:00	The Fall of Otrar (Gibel Otrara) Ardak Amirkulov	Culturgest Small Auditorium	Buy tickets
	14:15	DJ Ahmet Georgi M. Unkovski	Culturgest Grand Auditorium	Buy tickets
	15:00	Ecco ho letto Jean-Claude Biette Morire gratis Sandro Franchina	Medeia Nimas Cinema	Buy tickets
		Trust Hal Hartley	São Jorge Cinema Room 3	Buy tickets
		Marighella Wagner Moura	Recreios da Amadora	Buy tickets
	15:30	Videograms of a Revolution (Videogramme einer Revolution) Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica	São Jorge Cinema Room 2
	17:00	Silent Friend (Stille Freundin) Ildikó Enyedi	São Jorge Cinema Manoel de Oliveira Room	Buy tickets
	17:00	Exile in the work of Hisham Matar	Teatro do Bairro
	17:15	Sound of Falling (In die Sonne schauen) Mascha Schilinski	Culturgest Grand Auditorium	Buy tickets
	18:00	Yunan Ameer Fakher Eldin	Culturgest Small Auditorium	Buy tickets
	18:00	Exhibition P857 — Dahaleez Collective	ZDB Gallery
	18:30	Divine (El evangelio de las maravillas) Arturo Ripstein	Medeia Nimas Cinema	Buy tickets
	18:30	August (Agosto) Jorge Silva Melo	São Jorge Cinema Room 3	Buy tickets
	20:40	Die My Love Lynne Ramsay	NOS Amoreiras Cinemas	Buy tickets
	21:00	Calle Málaga Maryam Touzani	Culturgest Grand Auditorium	Buy tickets
	21:00	DJ Ahmet Georgi M. Unkovski	Recreios da Amadora	Buy tickets
	21:30	Urchin Harris Dickinson	Medeia Nimas Cinema	Buy tickets
		Olmo Fernando Eimbcke	São Jorge Cinema Room 3	Buy tickets
		Laguna (Lagūna) Sharunas Bartas	Culturgest Small Auditorium	Buy tickets
		Die My Love Lynne Ramsay	NOS Amoreiras Cinemas	Buy tickets
		Spirit of 68’ Night Actua 1 Philippe Garrel Cinétracts Jean-Denis Bonan, Gérard Fromanger, Philippe Garrel, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Jacques Loiseleux, Chris Marker, Jackie Raynal, Alain Resnais The Revolution Is Only a Beginning: Let's Continue Fighting (La révolution, ce n'est qu'un début, continuons le combat) Pierre Clémenti	Teatro do Bairro	Buy tickets
	21:45	Hamnet Chloé Zhao	São Jorge Cinema Manoel de Oliveira Room	Buy tickets

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The Grapes of Wrath

The King’s Trial (O Processo do Rei)

Surviving Desire

Red Psalm (Még kér a nép)

Pickpocket

Blue Moon

The Fall of Otrar (Gibel Otrara)

DJ Ahmet

Ecco ho letto

Morire gratis

Trust

Marighella

Videograms of a Revolution (Videogramme einer Revolution)

Silent Friend (Stille Freundin)

Exile in the work of Hisham Matar

Sound of Falling (In die Sonne schauen)

Yunan

Exhibition P857 — Dahaleez Collective

Divine (El evangelio de las maravillas)

August (Agosto)

Die My Love

Calle Málaga

DJ Ahmet

Urchin

Olmo

Laguna (Lagūna)

Die My Love

Spirit of 68’ Night

Actua 1

Cinétracts

The Revolution Is Only a Beginning: Let's Continue Fighting (La révolution, ce n'est qu'un début, continuons le combat)

Hamnet

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