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The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) announced on Wednesday, March 18, the selection of 25 projects for the 3rd edition of the CPLP Audiovisual Program (PAV III), including four Portuguese entries. The initiative supports a total of seven feature films and 18 short films in documentary and fiction genres. The process received 591 applications, with 79 advancing to the pre-selection phase evaluated by national juries. Projects then participated in development and training workshops before a final decision was made by an international jury. Selected Portuguese projects include the feature documentary 'Maria louva-a-deus' by Ana Delgado Martins, and short films 'O fermento da memória' by Gisele Rech, 'Sou de qualquer lugar' by Érico Medeiros Jacobina Aires, and the fiction 'Matéria prima' by Ines von Bonhorst and Yuri Pirondi. Other selected projects span Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Production is set to begin on May 1, with premieres scheduled for 2027 across the public television networks of the nine CPLP member states. Selected projects will receive funding of up to 65,000 euros for feature films and 18,000 euros for shorts.
The international festival's programme includes the film “O Riso e a Faca”; a film about Ferdinand Magellan; and, among a group of restored films, the first work by Manoel de Oliveira.
The red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards was once again one of the most anticipated moments of the night in Hollywood. Between haute couture gowns, million-dollar jewellery, and elegant suits, stars from all over the world paraded at the Dolby Theatre — including Portuguese actresses Alba Baptista and Isabel Zuaa. From Nicole Kidman to Timothée Chalamet, see some of the looks that defined the night.
The first winner of the new Best Casting category at the Academy Awards, Cassandra Kulukundis, defended the inclusion of diverse and authentic profiles to enrich films this evening, after winning for 'Batalha Atrás de Batalha'.
For decades, he has been transforming a country's upheavals, melancholies, and nostalgia into films. For decades, he has been acclaimed, applauded, and imitated. Now, he has been awarded the Oscar for Best Director (and more).
The 98th edition of the Oscars officially began this Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Portuguese actress Isabél Zuaa, from the cast of 'O Agente Secreto', has already walked the red carpet.
“Vampiros” is the record-holder with 16 nominations. But “Batalha Atrás de Batalha”, “Hamnet”, “Marty Supreme”, “O Agente Secreto”, and “Valor Sentimental” are also among the favourites in the competition for Best Picture.
Paul Thomas Anderson's film is expected to take home the most coveted statuettes: Best Picture and Best Director.
Against the current, the golden statuette still commands attention.
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho spoke exclusively with TVI and CNN Portugal. The Brazilian film “O Agente Secreto” is nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture of the year. Wagner Moura is the first Brazilian to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. The ceremony takes place this Sunday.
It is one of the nominees for Best Picture, with Emma Stone also among the actresses competing for an Oscar this year: what does Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film, filled with immense laughter, tell us? That only idiots believe in conspiracies, but that they do exist, they do...
Presented this Sunday, March 15, starting at 11:30 PM (Continental Portugal time), the Oscars are expected to award films such as “Batalha Atrás de Batalha” and “Pecadores” this year. But, just like last year, Brazil awaits the ceremony with anticipation, now with expectations surrounding “O Agente Secreto” and its lead actor, Wagner Moura. Keeping with tradition, Expresso critics share their predictions.
Isabél is part of the cast of the film “The Secret Agent” by Kleber Mendonça Filho, which was nominated by the Hollywood Film Academy for Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, and Best Casting, the category in which her nomination occurs.
A story between our planet and a distant galaxy featuring cute aliens, “Elio”, which premiered in Portuguese cinemas last summer, is nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Mary Alice Drumm, the film's producer, spoke to Expresso in London.
While visiting Portugal to star in Patrícia Vasconcelos' first short film, Betty Faria confirmed that once a Tieta, always a Tieta – even if there is much more to tell.
Timothée Chalamet is the most influential young actor in the film industry. With millions of followers and an extraordinary career, he has already been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar three times by the age of 30, a feat previously only achieved by Brando. To these, he adds his role as producer of Marty Supreme. He has embodied Bob Dylan, enchanted stars in Dune, delivered an incomparable Willy Wonka, and every director is desperate to work with him. He is chameleonic and, like the best, can be everything and its opposite: strong and vulnerable, leader and submissive, luminous and dark. His pure talent and sharp instinct for managing his career did not stop him from speaking out to dismiss ballet and opera, highlighting their irrelevance and lack of future. An opinion disrespectful and unfair to dancers, singers, musicians, and set designers. However, as a self-absorbed cretin, he has the right to be one without paying a price—or so it seems. The betting favorite to win an Oscar has plummeted in the polls, influential people are threatening him with cancellation, and millions around the world have suddenly developed a miraculous passion for ballet and opera, which does not align with actual attendance rates. It is unbearable when freedom is wounded by those who theoretically defend it. Nothing harms the left more than this hypocrisy of the politically correct, who cling to fame like pilot fish feeding on the scraps from a shark's jaws.
It is no exaggeration to say that the martial arts pyrotechnics of Kill Bill were decisive in cementing Quentin Tarantino's reputation as a delightfully 'revisionist' auteur, committed to the festive reinvention of popular entertainment models, including the thriller and the western. As many viewers will recall, Kill Bill was originally released in two parts—Volume 1 and Volume 2, in 2003 and 2004. Now, with the release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Tarantino's project is restored to its original concept: an epic adventure featuring the heroine played by Uma Thurman, with a runtime of four hours and 13 minutes. The project's unity was originally compromised by market logic, leading to the split release, but Tarantino always maintained his vision of a single, unified film. This version features minor changes, such as different takes and an extended anime sequence, but the primary difference is the seamless, unified experience of Beatrix's journey, blending comic-book caricature with operatic artifice.
Amidst laughter during an interview, Chalamet said that nobody cared about opera and ballet anymore. Shortly after, the actor was met with a wave of criticism that could impact his Oscar campaign.
There is a Portuguese actress in an Oscar-nominated film, Isabél Zuaa, which is happening for the first time and has left her with “immense happiness,” the artist said in an interview with the Lusa agency.
Lack of film literacy, an unregulated market and a minimally interventionist state are some of the reasons Paulo Cunha cites to explain an uneven landscape.
A lack of film literacy, audience disinterest, an unregulated market and a largely non-interventionist state are some of the reasons explaining the current uneven landscape of cinema exhibition, researcher Paulo Cunha told Lusa.
2025 was the year when the fewest people went to the cinema in Portugal this century. Why? Isn't this the best place to watch films? And is it possible to change the situation? On Pop Up, we look for the answers.
The cinema operator Cineplace, which closed the cinemas it runs in Portugal, was the subject of an insolvency proceeding, according to a court ruling seen by the Lusa news agency.