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Portugal showcases its film industry and co-production opportunities at an event held in São Paulo.
Film industry professionals from abroad are exploring potential shooting locations in the Central region of Portugal as part of the ART&TUR festival programme.
Terminal, by Alexandre Siqueira, won in the Professional Films category, while Virgem Fandango, by Marcy Page, took home the audience award and the Best Portuguese Co-Production Film award.
A producer, Paulo Branco, a director, Sérgio Graciano, and a cinematographer, João Ribeiro, invent, in Memórias do Cárcere, a tradition that does not exist here: that of the artisan film.
Film producers from four different countries explore the Historical Villages of Portugal in search of potential filming locations.
The films “Maria Vitória”, by Mário Patrocínio, and “Terra Vil”, by Luís Campos, are candidates for nominations for the 2027 Goya Awards, Spain's film awards, the Portuguese Film Academy revealed today.
The film 'A Memória do Cheiro das Coisas', by António Ferreira, was the work chosen to represent Portugal in the bid for an Oscar nomination, the Portuguese Film Academy announced today.
The work will represent Portugal in the bid for an Oscar nomination.
An essential figure in cinema over the last 50 years, he produced films for Bertolucci (The Last Emperor), Cronenberg (Crash), and Skolimowski (The Shout). He was 77 years old.
The feature film “A Noiva Difícil”, by filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain, a co-production with Portuguese participation, was distinguished today with the Bisato d'Oro for Best Direction, awarded by independent critics present at the Venice Film Festival.
Netflix has revealed the official trailer and new images for “The Final Problem”, a mystery miniseries starring José Coronado, María Valverde, Martiño Rivas, and Maribel Verdú, which also features Portuguese actor José Condessa. The production adapts the novel of the same name by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and premieres on September 25th.
Some of the films selected for consideration include: Maria Vitória, Primeira Pessoa do Plural, or Projeto Global.
A criminologist and a 35-year-old woman serving a sentence for the murder of her sister unravel the murky circumstances of the crime in “Elisa”, an expiatory drama that arrived in cinemas this week.
Portugal has never had a film nominated in the Best International Feature Film category. Some of the films selected for candidacy are: Maria Vitória, Primeira Pessoa do Plural, or Projeto Global.
A Luso-Brazilian production by Guto Parente, this story between life and death follows a pregnant producer who tries to complete her late father's final project - a metaphor for the state of independent cinema.
Schrier revealed that the brand produces originals in 17 markets and this year production will be between 60 and 70 films and series, a figure that will increase significantly.
The artist from Ceará, Noá Bonoba, stars in the film Morte e Vida Madalena, an award-winning Portuguese-Brazilian production, which premieres on August 20th in cinemas across Portugal.
The film “Playback”, by Sérgio Graciano, about the musician Carlos Paião, reached 11,190 viewers on its opening weekend, becoming the most-watched Portuguese film in cinemas this year, according to box office data.
A book about the FP-25 crossed with personal memories, archival material, and 40 years of cinema, from Super-8 to AI. This is “Guerrilha no Asfalto”, which premieres this Monday in Locarno.
The international competition includes the film O Jacaré, presented by Swiss-Portuguese director Basil da Cunha as a genre film. Edgar Pêra's Guerrilha do Asfalto will also be featured.
For the Moroccan filmmaker, “Calle Málaga” is a beautiful encounter (with Carmen Maura) and a deeply intimate film, inspired by the death of her mother, the memory of her Spanish grandmother, and Tangier, where she was born.
The curator of a Brazilian film series notes that the popularity of soap operas does not translate into cinema attendance in Portugal.
The actor features in a film by a Portuguese director that is set to premiere at the end of the year
Emotional triggers are conditioning fiction, to the point where it is now warned that the “dog does not die” before the blockbuster is even released.
Open Cities, a film accelerator and production company based in Lisbon with an office in New York, has selected eleven feature film projects from 120 applicants for a three-month virtual programme, culminating in an immersion week in Lisbon. The initiative focuses on supporting independent films that ethically integrate emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence. Co-founded by Joana Vicente, the startup aims to expand creative possibilities for filmmakers while unlocking new economic sustainability for independent cinema, backed by an initial investment of 1.1 million euros.
Brazil and Portugal are collaborating on a new initiative to advance the film industry.
