The film festival "Luz e Sombra. Representações da Idade Média no cinema" (Light and Shadow. Representations of the Middle Ages in cinema) had its inaugural edition in 2022 at the Cinemateca Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal, in collaboration with Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The festival's second edition took place in Madrid between December 2023 and January 2024, screening films at the Spanish Cinematheque and the Círculo de Bellas Artes. This event focuses on the portrayal of the Middle Ages in cinema, showcasing feature films and, in its first edition, a selection of Portuguese short films.