Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

The Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (LEFFEST), formerly known as Estoril Film Festival, (also known as Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival) is an annual international film festival held in November in Estoril, on the Portuguese Riviera. Established in 2006, the competition section is open to international films, animation, fiction and documentaries. It awards the Silver Seagull Award for Best Film, amongst others.^[1] In 2017, the festival moved to Sintra and named as 'Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival'.^[2]

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

Official poster
Location	Lisbon and Sintra
Predecessor	European Film Festival (2007) Estoril Film Festival (2007–2010) Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (2010–2017)
Founded	2006
Most recent	2022
Awards	LEFFEST Best Film Award: Poet Jury Prize João Bénard da Costa: Return to Dust
Artistic director	Catarina Sampaio
Festival date	Opening: 10 November 2022 (2022-11-10) Closing: 20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)
Website	www.leffest.com

Abbas Kiarostami and Paulo Branco at the Estoril Film Festival in 2010

Awards

• LEFFEST Best Film Award
• Jury Prize João Bénard da Costa
• Jury Special Prize - Best Director
• Jury Special Prize - Relevação

Awards ceremonies

The following is a listing of Lisbon & Sintara Film Festival ceremonies.

Ceremony	Date	Best Film Award LEFFEST	Jury Prize João Bénard da Costa	Jury Special Prize - Best Director)	Jury Special Prize - Relevação	Notes	Sources
16TH LEFFEST - Lisbon & Sintara Film Festival	10–20 November 2022	Poet by Darezhan Omirbayev	Return to Dust by Li Ruijun	Clément Cogitore	EL Agua by Elena López Riera		[3]