Latest news and stories about film in Portugal for expats and residents.
The animated short film “Cão Sozinho” by Marta Reis Andrade was elected Best Film at the Emile Awards, the European animation prizes, which were announced on Wednesday night in Kraków, Poland.
“Dracula” by the Romanian director Radu Jude, the Japanese “Two Seasons, Two Strangers”, the animation “Magic Forest” and the new “Sense and Sensibility” are Eurico de Barros' picks for the week.
After Ang Lee's 1995 version, Georgia Oakley directs a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, which is very insipid and grey. Eurico de Barros gives it two stars.
Tenants at Paradiso Palms apartments fight a deadly spider invasion while the cunning building manager might be their only hope for survival. Director: Ángel Gómez Hernández; Starring: Matilda Lutz, Gary The post Cinema: Crawlers appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Luís Galvão Teles' feature film, starring Maria de Medeiros and José Condessa, is part of the international competition at the Argentine festival, running from November 5th to 15th.
The starting point is intriguing: the story of a man who wakes up, inexplicably, in a woman's body.
Grace Passô's film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany and arrives having won three awards at the Gramado Film Festival.
An influential Canadian television comedy sketch show is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix. In the same week, there are thrillers, minimum wages and famous chefs to (re)discover.
In Lisbon at the invitation of TRAÇA, the American couple has been running the Prelinger Archives for half a century, a home movie archive open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The films “Car la Lune” by Éric Baudelaire, “A voz de todos” by Manuel Mozos, and “Povo e Poder” by Ico Costa are among the winners of the 24th edition of the Doclisboa film festival.
Created in 2018, the festival reaches its eighth edition and has now been included in the official city portal's list of film festivals, “berlin.de”.
The third edition of the Tribeca Festival Lisbon will feature music, including celebrations of Mozart and the centenary of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”.
The French film 'The Beast in the Jungle', starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider and directed by Arthur Harari, was one of the most original and discussed titles at the latest Cannes Film Festival. Based on the graphic novel 'Le Cas David Zimmerman' by the director and his brother Lucas Harari, the film explores surreal identity and body swapping. Harari discusses his transition from comic book adaptation to the screen, his approach to the fantastic within a realistic setting, and the experimental process used to guide his lead actors in portraying their physical metamorphoses.
The unusual universe of 'O Homem que Mordeu o Cão' hits the big screen in 2027, marking the comedian's directorial debut. 'Boa Onda' went behind the scenes of the production.
After the film “Playback” about singer Carlos Paião, filmmaker Sérgio Graciano accepts the challenge from producer Paulo Branco and directs the feature film “Memórias do Cárcere” (Prison Memoirs). The book that Camilo Castelo Branco wrote in prison inspired the film, with the screenplay by Carlos Saboga.
Interview with the French filmmaker about 'The Feed', which is now premiering in Portugal. A work that does not seek to reassure the viewer nor clarify all of their doubts.
Portuguese female pioneers in filmmaking in an exemplary book published by the Cinematheque that breaks through an old curtain. This story is also theirs.
The first surprise came at the Telluride Film Festival, but it didn't end there
More than half a century has passed since his death and more than 80 years since the moment he emerged from anonymity to begin building the almost mythical figure he would become. That is the moment when the long, two-part film directed by Antonin Baudry begins. The first, 'De Gaulle: Resistance', is already in Portuguese cinemas; the second, 'De Gaulle: Freedom', premieres on the 29th.
The film “The Seven Year Itch” premieres in cinemas this Thursday. It is a comedy about love and relationships featuring a Luso-Brazilian cast.
There is also a cringe comedy directed by Rui Pedro Sousa, based on a script by Edson Athayde, and a thriller about a man's struggle for survival after being swallowed by a whale.
There are stories that can be seen on any screen, but the Portuguese Association for the Defense of Audiovisual Works (FEVIP) wants to remind the Portuguese that there are emotions that are truly only experienced in a cinema. This is the premise of “Sit down. At the cinema. Return to the place where you meet”, a campaign that launches on the 15th of...
While filming in Ukraine, the director of Asas was confronted with the scale of massacres and sexual violence suffered by Ukrainian women, but decided not to explicitly show that horror.
Home News Filming of directorial debut completed in Portugal Filming of directorial debut completed in Portugal The Portuguese screenwriter brings his popular radio series to the big screen, combining bizarre true stories, humour and cinematic influences in a film set to premiere in 2027.
Long-time partners Miguel Falabella and Marisa Orth are starring together in a Portuguese production for the first time. The film, 'O Pecado Mora em Cima', is an adaptation of the Spanish comedy 'Sentimental' and features the pair as a Brazilian couple navigating life in Portugal alongside Portuguese actors Pedro Carvalho and Inês Aires Pereira. The film explores themes of the immigrant experience, cultural exchange, and the comedic nuances of combining Brazilian and Portuguese linguistic styles.
Mário Patrocínio's feature film was voted Best Film by the public in the “Expectation Showcase” section. The Rio Festival, which also awarded two Brazilian co-productions, ended on Sunday.
Who is Martin Mull? is a new Netflix documentary about the painter, comedian, musician and actor Martin Mull, who died in 2024. It was co-directed by Bob Saget, who died two years earlier.
Robert Pattinson's character dissolves in this bleak and insufficient portrait of the controversial reality show “To Catch a Predator”, which was the height of television infamy.
Fifty years after Sidney Lumet's immortal Network, Primetime, featuring a diabolically repulsive Robert Pattinson, may be the possible equivalent — even if it is far from a perfect film.
