Cinemateca news in Portugal

1500: Pedro Álvares Cabral&#x27;s fleet departs from Porto Seguro, Brazil, continuing its voyage to India after claiming the new land for Portugal. Cabral dispatches one ship back to Lisbon to inform King Manuel I of the discovery.
1808: The people of Madrid rise up against Napoleon&#x27;s occupying forces in the Dos de Mayo Uprising. The revolt and its brutal suppression inspire resistance across the Iberian Peninsula, galvanising the Portuguese guerrilla war against French occupation.

Mel Brooks: the craziest story in cinema at the Cinemateca

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Mel Brooks turns 100 in June and the Cinemateca is using Carnival to present a retrospective dedicated to him, which begins on 2 February. Eurico de Barros recalls his career and films.

Observador2 Feb

Mel Brooks: the craziest story in cinema at the Cinemateca

Luís Gigante, projectionist at the Cinemateca: 45 years showing us films

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The longest-serving projectionist at the Portuguese Cinematheque opened the Barata Salgueiro premises in 1980. This month the institution is dedicating a film series to these “workers in the shadows”.

Público26 Jan