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Monstra Lisbon Animation Festival in Lisbon
Monstra is Lisbon's international animation film festival, screening features, shorts and experimental animated work from around the world across the city's cinemas each year, alongside talks and workshops for both general audiences and industry professionals. Exact dates for the next edition had not yet been announced as of the source check.
Animation carries the same reputation problem in mainstream culture that puppetry does: treated as a warm-up for children before real cinema begins, rather than a full and serious film medium in its own right.