The third edition of Porto/Post/Doc took place from November 26 to December 4, 2016, affirming the festival as an international platform for contemporary cinema, with a special focus on documentary. Over nine days, the event featured more than one hundred activities, including screenings, debates, workshops, masterclasses, and social events, engaging diverse audiences and energizing the heart of Porto.

The programme centred on sensory cinema, with highlights including a retrospective dedicated to the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University and the first complete showcase in Portugal of Czech filmmaker Jana Ševčíková. The Fórum do Real further explored this theme through discussions with researchers, programmers, and filmmakers.

The festival also presented a full retrospective of Brazilian director Eryk Rocha and an International Competition featuring thirteen films that explored the boundaries between documentary and fiction.

Additional sections included Transmission, Cinefiesta, Cinema Falado, Working Class Heroes, and Doc is the New Black.

The educational programme School Trip was expanded with two new initiatives: Mini, for younger audiences, and the School Competition, featuring films made by Portuguese students.

The 2016 edition reaffirmed Porto/Post/Doc’s commitment to innovation, critical reflection, and the development of new audiences.