FAQ’s

The 22nd edition of Doclisboa – International Film Festival will take place from Thursday 16th to Sunday 26th October 2025. The Festival will take place in Lisbon, in its usual venues: Culturgest, Cinema São Jorge, Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema, Cinema Ideal, Casa do Comum and A Barraca Bar.

There are different ways to get to the festival venues.

During Doclisboa, between 16 and 26 October, Telpark is offering a 25% discount at its car parks near the festival venues. You can make a reservation at the following car parks by clicking on the respective link:

Culturgest
Avenida de Roma Car Park
Praça de Londres Car Park
Cinema São Jorge
Marquês de Pombal Car Park
Restauradores Car Park
Cinemateca Portuguesa
Rua Alexandre Herculano Car Park
Cinema Ideal
Largo Camões Car Park

You can also reach the festival venues by public transport, with different platforms and modes available.

Tickets for the screenings must be purchased directly from the box office of the respective venue (Culturgest, Cinema São Jorge, Cinemateca Portuguesa and Cinema Ideal).

Tickets for the screenings go on sale on September 30that Culturgest, Cinemateca Portuguesa and Cinema Ideal, and on October 6th at Cinema São Jorge.

You can buy tickets online from September 30th at doclisboa.org. For the screenings at Cinema Ideal, tickets will only be available online until the day before the screening (on the day of the screening, tickets must be purchased at the box office).

Tickets can also be bought at Ticketline partner outlets (for screenings at Culturgest).

Yes. You can find all information about ticket discounts here from September 30th.

You can buy voucher packs for 5, 10 or 20 tickets, which gives a discount on the value of each individual ticket. The Doclisboa voucher pack can be purchased at Culturgest or Cinema São Jorge and is valid for all sessions (except opening and closing sessions).

Vouchers can only be exchanged for tickets at the box office of the respective venue and are subject to the seats available for the session.

No exchanges are possible once the ticket has been issued.

The voucher pack allows you to collect more than one ticket for each session, so you can buy vouchers with your friends!

Besides rare exceptions, all the films in Doclisboa are subtitled in both English and Portuguese when they are not spoken in one of these languages. In that case, they will be either subtitled in English or Portuguese.

The complete program is available here. You can check the dates, times and venues of the sessions in our online program, as well as in the printed journals available in various locations throughout Lisbon. There are also several activities open to the public, such as talks and workshops, which you can consult here.

There are several cinema sessions that are contextualized by our Educational Project and also DOCS4KIDS workshops for the youngest, whether accompanied by teachers or parents. You can consult all the information here.

The call for entries for the next edition of Doclisboa will open in January 2024. More information about the registration process will be available here on our website.