Sections and films 2022

Official Selection In Competition

The official selection offers eleven films made in the last year.

Official Selection Out of Competition

This year's selection offers to the audience a wide and vast look about the international cinematography production.

Breaking the Bars: Culture as freedom and resistance inside prisons

Culture as freedom and resistance inside prisons

L.A. Rebellion Retrospective

From the myriad of cinematic movements of the 20th century, the L.A. Rebellion - also known as Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers - is certainly one of the most revolutionary currents.

Jim Carrey: Myth or Reality?

With his usual radicalism, Jim Carrey surprised us by saying: “give up hope”, as a way of enduring the time we live in.

Sérgio Tréfaut Retrospective

Maybe we can consider Sérgio Tréfaut’s movies provocative, in a language that it’s not indifferent in political terms.

Am I Guilty Thematic programme

​The questioning, drama, and emotional intensity of guilt have been present in culture since at least antiquity, but each subsequent era endowed it with its own meanings.

Special Screenings

LEFFEST presents several special screenings aligned with the rest of the program, which will spark debates about our future.