We are delighted to announce that our dear and admired Catia Biscaia has been invited to be part of the Jury of the XXX CineEco/ Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela | Seia | Portugal.

Cátia Biscaia surprised and shone with her acclaimed debut Her Name is Carla. Premiered in a multitude of Hollywood festivals and Oscar contenders.

Cátia Biscaia (1983, Leiria, Portugal) has a post-graduate degree in Audiovisual and Multimedia from the Lisbon School of Media.
Professional photographer – awarded nationally and internationally – and university lecturer in the field of Image, she also works in the area of Cinema, as Director of Leiria Film Fest (International Short Film Festival), producer and image assistant for award-winning films such as: «Hushed. Left. Jumped», «Fled. Lay. Fell», «Manuel» (directed by Bruno Carnide), among others.

The CineEco – Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival, is the only film festival in Portugal, totally dedicated to environmental issues, in its widest sense. Takes place in Seia, annually in October, and continuously since 1995, by the initiative of Municipality of Seia.

This Festival takes place in the Municipal House of Culture in Seia and CISE – Interpretation Centre of the Serra da Estrela. It has won international prestige, competing normally over 600 documentaries from more than 30 countries.

The format of the Festival is based on a set of activities carried out over 8 days, and they include several parallel activities such as conferences, concerts, workshops, exhibitions, in addition to the competitive section and several film cycles.

The CineEco – Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival offers the public a quality cinema, cinematography poorly known, and alternatives in relation to the traditional market.

The Festival seeks to engage new audiences, sensitizing them to the cinema, its history and its aesthetics. In addition to the general public, have been attracted to the movie theaters thousands of children and youth of the county and surrounding region as well as tourists who are visiting Serra da Estrela.