We would like to thank all the filmmakers who shared their films with us, and especially those who were able to join us and experience these days in Coimbra by our side. Without you, the DOC.Coimbra 2026 Festival simply would not exist. After six intense days of the festival and 18 competitive screenings, the jurors from the different categories faced the difficult task of choosing the winners—a true challenge, given the quality of the 55 films in competition. We also extend

In its third edition, the DOC.Coimbra Festival presents a total of 65 films from 33 countries. Most of the documentaries, which have never been shown in Portugal, will be screened over the course of 38 sessions. There will be 18 feature films and 37 short films in competition. DOC.Coimbra runs from March 17 to 22, with sessions at TAGV, IPDJ Auditorium, Círculo Sereia-CAPC, and Casa da Esquina. The films have been divided into the following competitive sections: International

The DOC.Coimbra International Documentary Festival kicks off on March 17, at 6:30 p.m., at TAGV, with a concert by the Filipe Furtado Trio. foto: Maria Nolasco The project was born in 2022, based on the original repertoire of Filipe Furtado — an Azorean musician and composer based in Coimbra since 2010 — and his encounter with Paulo Silva (drums and an integral part of the project since 2018, when the first studio experiments were still being made) and Filipe Fidalgo (saxoph