MAD (ES, creators of PyR Festival) and Taumotrópio Lda. (PT, creators of MONSTRA Festival) join forces to bring the best of abstract film to Lisbon, in a unique effort that encompasses seven venues across the city.
PyR Festival 2023 is another international event in the 2023-2024 PyR Europa project, in coproduction with four countries.
With the support of the European Commission, we will bestow a grand total of €3,000 in cash prizes to the recipients of the three Jury awards.
Additionally, each awarded film will receive a prestigious PyR Statuette, and deserving mentions will be presented with diplomas.
PUNTO Y RAYA FESTIVAL
8th Festival Edition
The eighth edition of "The Most Abstract Festival in the World" arrives in Lisbon, Portugal! This feast of pure form, colour, motion and sound will be held October 11th-15th 2023 at Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinema Fernando Lopes, Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon Museum, FBA-UL, U Lisboa - Caléidoscopio, and ESML Music School of Lisbon.
As always, the event features an International Abstract Film Competition (with 104 films from 33 countries), guest panoramas, LIVE performances, masterclasses, installations, and other educational activities for the family.
PyR Festival 2023 is a coproduction of MAD (ES, creators of PyR Festival) and Taumotropio Lda. (PT, creators of MONSTRA Intl. Animation Festival of Lisbon), with kind support from the European Commission, OSIC Programme - Generalitat de Catalunya, and Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual.
The poster and teaser were designed by Portuguese illustrator and animator Joāo Levezinho.
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