IndieLisboa highlights 'mockumentary'
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The 'mockumentary' is the highlight of IndieLisboa.
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Latest news and stories about film festival in Portugal for expats and residents.
Latest news and stories about film festival in Portugal for expats and residents.
The 'mockumentary' is the highlight of IndieLisboa.
Another edition of IndieLisboa, the international film festival, begins this Thursday at the São Jorge cinema and runs until May 10th. This year, the 23rd edition features the Austrian film 'The Loneliest Man in the City' by director Tizza Covi, which tells the story of a musician on the verge of being forgotten.
The 6h Indie Lisboa film festival begins today, featuring unique movie screenings held at a swimming pool.
A reflection on the IndieLisboa film festival one year after its cancellation, exploring the theme of playing gods.
He is one of the most relevant voices in contemporary Iranian cinema. Ali Asgari is in Portugal for the Maia International Film Festival. He is presenting the national premiere of his latest film, Divine Comedy.
Director Ali Asgari, about to premiere his latest film in Portugal, told Lusa that he wishes the people of Iran could have peace and happiness, and that he would give up cinema if it could be a trade-off.
IndieLisboa is returning as a multifaceted event featuring a diverse range of films. The 23rd edition, comprising 241 films, begins on Thursday with the Italian-Austrian film 'The Loneliest Man in Town' by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel. The festival runs until 10 May across six venues in Lisbon. A highlight is a retrospective on the 'mockumentary' genre, featuring classics like 'Punishment Park' and 'Real Life'. Portuguese cinema remains central to the festival, with 29 films in competition, including new works by João Nicolau and Susana de Sousa Dias. The programme also features sections such as 'Novíssimos', 'Rizoma'—which includes a tribute to João Canijo—'Silvestre', 'IndieMusic', and 'Director's Cut', concluding with John Wilson's 'The History of Concret'.
'Algumas Coisas que Acontecem ao Lado de um Rio' and 'Onde Nascem os Pirilampos' are the selected Portuguese films.
The Porto Femme international film festival begins its ninth edition this Monday. An event that will give visibility to films by female directors, while also drawing attention to wage and opportunity inequality.
Margherita Spampinato's film explores two distinct generations with different worldviews, through a rebellious urban child, Nico, who spends a summer in Sicily with his aunt.
The feature film “Gioia Mia”, by Margherita Spampinato, is the winning film of the Italian Film Festival, which concludes today in Lisbon, according to the awards list announced by the organization.
Portugal will host a film festival dedicated to celebrating gender diversity.
Portugal will host a film festival that celebrates gender diversity.
The documentary “The Movement of Things” is a highlight at iNTERVALOS, the film exhibition and meeting in Caldas da Rainha.
The iNTERVALOS Film Meeting and Exhibition returns to Caldas da Rainha from April 16th to 18th, paying tribute to Portuguese filmmaker Manuela Serra, author of “O Movimento das Coisas”.
Starting this Friday (17), Porto hosts the first session of the 'Panorama Amazônico' festival, showcasing contemporary audiovisual works from the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on productions from Belém do Pará. The initiative brings together various filmmakers to broaden perspectives on the region, highlighting a cinematography defined by the intersection of city, river, and forest. The opening event takes place at 9:30 PM at Gato Vadio, featuring the documentary 'Não Haverá Mais História Sem Nós' (2024) by director Priscilla Brasil, who will participate in a post-screening discussion. The programme continues on May 8th with the 'Territórios do Afeto' session, featuring short films. Admission to both sessions is free, subject to venue capacity.
The committee selected 128 works that reflect “the diversity and vitality of cinema produced by women and non-binary people around the world.” The festival takes place from April 20th to 26th in Porto.
The 19th edition of the Italian Film Festival presents a programme featuring over 50 films.
Aleksandr Sokurov's latest cinematic experiment, 'The Director's Diary', is a monumental five-hour work that defies traditional documentary classification. Using a diary-like structure, the film chronicles Russian history from 1917 to 1991, blending archival footage with the director's own handwritten reflections. By juxtaposing political events of the Soviet era with global cultural milestones, Sokurov creates a subjective, non-linear meditation on memory, history, and the human experience, echoing the stylistic ambition of his previous works like 'Russian Ark'.
Actor John Travolta makes his directorial debut with a film he is presenting at the Cannes Film Festival.
This year, the festival will take place from 12 to 23 May.
With her fifth feature film, the Argentine filmmaker feels like a film director for the first time. Our Land, an account of the murder of an indigenous activist and the trial of his perpetrators.
The 19th edition of the Italian Cinema Festival remains a landmark event on the Portuguese film calendar. It began last week with a preview cycle honouring Claudia Cardinale, currently running at the Cinemateca. The official opening takes place tomorrow with the premiere of Paolo Sorrentino's latest film, La Grazia, which earned Toni Servillo the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. The festival, held at Cinema São Jorge and UCI El Corte Inglés, balances contemporary and classic works, with a strong focus on emerging talent. The competitive section features seven debut or sophomore films, including Testa o Croce? by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis, and A Alegria by Nicolangelo Gelormini. The Panorama section includes Mario Martone's Fuori, starring Valeria Golino, and Johnny Depp's Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness. The programme also features Gianfranco Rosi's documentary Sotto le Nuvole, a focus on cross-border cinema between Slovenia and Italy, and a tribute to Giorgio Armani. The festival concludes on the 19th with Isabel Coixet's drama Três Vezes Adeus.
The 23rd IndieLisboa takes place from April 30th to May 10th.
The IndieLisboa International Film Festival returns on April 30th with the Austrian production 'The Loneliest Man in Town' and will present national and world premiere films until May 10th.
Angela Schanelec, Claire Denis, Susana de Sousa Dias, Valérie Donzelli, Alexandre Koberidze, João Canijo, João Nicolau, and Radu Jude are featured in the 2026 edition of the festival, running from April 30th to May 10th.
Ukraine and Iran are featured at the Hádoc documentary film festival in Leiria. The two productions from the former territory are “excellent films, not to be missed,” highlighted one of the event's programmers.
The festival begins on Tuesday and will screen seven films until the end of June.
The return of Rosalía, concerts featuring 'Soam as Guitarras', the 'constitutional' play by Artistas Unidos, the Italian Film Festival, and the DDD - Dias da Dança festival are the highlights of the agenda.
