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Kopenawa: Dreaming the Earth-Forest, by Marco Altberg and Tainá de Luccas, will be screened at the Periferias International Film Festival from August 7th to 15th in Marvão and Valencia de Alcántara.
A film focusing on the Amazon region is being featured in a festival taking place across Portugal and Spain.
The Cinalfama Festival returns to the Fado Museum and the Escadinhas de São Miguel in Lisbon.
The Sudanese film “Nothing Happens After Your Absence”, by Ibrahim Omar, won the International Grand Prize at the Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, and “From Silence to Word” was named Best National Film, the organization announced today.
The Sudanese film 'Nothing Happens After Your Absence', by Ibrahim Omar, won the International Grand Prize at the Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, while 'From Silence to Word' was named Best National Film. The winners were announced on the evening of July 25th. The 34th edition of the festival featured 244 films from 44 countries, highlighting diverse cinematic languages and themes ranging from the civil war in Sudan to the memory of Portuguese cinema.
The main theme of the film by Sudanese director Ibrahim Omar is the struggle for survival following the outbreak of civil war in Sudan.
The Sudanese film 'Nothing Happens After Your Absence' and the Portuguese film 'Do Silêncio à Palavra' take the top prizes of a very high-quality 2026 edition.
Films by Nanni Moretti, Ali Asgari, and Werner Herzog are part of the Venice Film Festival competition in Italy this September. The edition also features the Portuguese co-production 'A Noiva Difícil' by Bengali director Rubaiyat Hossain. Artistic director Alberto Barbera unveiled the full programme for the 83rd edition, highlighting cinema as an extraordinary tool for understanding the world. The festival runs from 2 to 12 September, with George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn receiving lifetime achievement Golden Lions and Maggie Gyllenhaal presiding over the jury.
Sociologist Paula Duque directs the 'Periferias' Film Festival, which brings award-winning films to villages along the Portuguese-Spanish border in the Alentejo: 'We have had as many as 700 people watching a film outdoors.'
Two beautiful films by women where the past reflects the present: The Dark Knot at the Center and With Love and Rage. Plus the experimental (but very accessible) cinema of John Smith.
There are 128 national premieres, 19 world premieres, and 91 sessions. In total, more than 240 films are being screened at the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival.
The AVANCA animation festival takes place between July 20 and August 2 and, for the first time, brings its programme to the Azores, Madeira, and several cities on the mainland.
Honoured in Vila do Conde with a retrospective, the Iranian filmmaker is here to show his new short film in the company of Bette Gordon, Radu Jude, Sergei Loznitsa, John Smith, and a programme dedicated to Todd Haynes.
From Friday until the 26th, the 34th Curtas Vila do Conde celebrates cinema in all its variety. One of the strands of the programme, under the sign of the Iranian filmmaker, speaks of resistance and space.
The Queer Lisboa film festival will hold an edition in September “celebrating three decades” dedicated to queer culture, featuring the national previews of films by Pedro Almodóvar and Jane Schoenbrun, two of the highlights from Cannes in May.
The festival takes place from September 18 to 26 between Cinema São Jorge and the Cinemateca Portuguesa.
The Lisbon International Horror Film Festival celebrates a milestone anniversary with its longest edition ever, from September 3rd to 13th.
The Queer Lisboa film festival will hold an edition in September “celebrating three decades” dedicated to queer culture, featuring the national premieres of films by Pedro Almodóvar and Jane Schoenbrun.
“O Jacaré”, filmed in Reboleira, completes a triptych and competes for the Golden Leopard alongside Hong Sangsoo and Denis Côté, while “Guerrilha no Asfalto”, by Edgar Pêra, will be screened out of competition.
The São Jorge cinema in Lisbon is hosting the Les Nuits en Or exhibition, an initiative by the French César Academy. The programme brings together the best short films of the year, winners from major festivals around the world. The Portuguese Film Academy is responsible for bringing this exhibition to Portugal.
The 1st edition of the Polska Polish Film Showcase, an initiative by the Polish Embassy in Lisbon and the Il Sorpasso Association, takes place from July 2nd to 5th at Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon. On July 9th and 10th, it will be held at the UCI Arrábida 20 Cinema in Vila Nova de Gaia.
Eight films including fiction, animation, and documentary will be taken to New York next Tuesday. The event, founded in 2011, is the first Portuguese short film festival in the USA.
According to the Arte Institute, the eight selected titles showcase a generation of filmmakers exploring new aesthetics, new narratives, and new ways of thinking about reality.
The annual film festival returns to Vila do Conde between July 17 and 26, a week in which it highlights the filmography of the Iranian Golden Bear winner and screens a total of 244 feature and short films.
Daniel Soares, Filipe Melo, and Carlos Conceição will be at the festival, which runs from July 17 to 26. The presence of the director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig is another of the new announcements.
Midas Filmes wants to pay tribute to Satrapi, who died earlier this month in Paris. Marjane stood out in the fight for women's rights, especially in Iran, from where she was exiled.
The 'Ao Sol da Nouvelle Vague' retrospective, which begins on the 1st at the Trindade in Porto and the Nimas in Lisbon, may be a (re)discovery and challenge opinions about a 'bourgeois' and 'consensual' filmmaker.
To Our Friends falls somewhat into indistinction, into déjà vu, into the relatively shapeless mass of very similar films that populate 'documentary festivals' every year.
Portugal is represented at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. 'Virgem Fandango' is a film made from photographed tiles and is in the official selection.
A dozen Portuguese titles or co-productions, most of which are in competition. This is the 68th edition of one of the most important animation festivals.
