MOON.
International Video Poetry Festival
7-8 de Novembro 2026
About the Festival
Art that arises from the fusion of words and moving images.
MOON is an international video poetry festival that brings together poets, filmmakers, and video poetry festivals.
Here, cinema and poetry engage in a dialogue. Sound and landscapes become verse. Rhymes take on a visual form, and rhythms are transformed into cinematic sequences.
The festival aims to serve as a public space open to the creative expression of all trends in contemporary video poetry and video art, as part of the MAP— Mostra de Artes da Palavra—program in Oeiras.
Schedule
Projections
Selected works by video poets from around the world, in screenings open to the public;
Workshops
Training in video poetry, slam, and writing for performance with guest artists;
Debate
A reflection on video poetry as a language of the 21st century, featuring filmmakers and poets;
Submit your work
We invite poets, filmmakers, and visual artists from around the world to submit their video poems and video art works by September 15. We welcome video poems and video art works that challenge conventions, expand meanings, and create new ways of experiencing the word. We value originality, aesthetic risk-taking, and the poetic power of the projects.
Schedule: Submissions due by September 15; Notification of selected entries by October 15; Festival and awards ceremony on November 7 and 8. Prizes (in gift certificates): 1st place: €750; 2nd place: €500; 3rd place: €250; Honorable Mentions. All selected participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.
To submit a work, simply fill out the form. Videos with a maximum length of 15 minutes, completed within the last two years, and featuring subtitles in Portuguese or English are accepted. The submission must include a synopsis, credits, a biography of the author(s), and a statement regarding the rights to the images and soundtrack. The complete rules can be found at mapoeiras.com
The MOON Festival is organized by the A Palavra Cultural Association, in co-production with the Municipality of Oeiras, and is part of MAP— Mostra de Artes da Palavra.
Each video poem must not exceed 15 minutes in length;
Accepted file formats are MP4 and MOV (minimum resolution 720p);
Entries may be original works or collaborations between authors;
Participation is free.