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The third and final exhibition, which remains open until October 4th, focuses on the cinematographic production of Manoel de Oliveira from 1990 to 2015, the year he died at the age of 106.
Filmmaker João Canijo has died. He was 68 and had spent more than 40 years devoted to film. In 2023 he won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The Government, through the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Margarida Balseiro Lopes, today lamented 'with deep sorrow' the death on Thursday of filmmaker João Canijo, whom it describes as a 'major figure of contemporary Portuguese cinema'.
For António José Seguro, Canijo's films 'gave voice to silences, exposed wounds and revealed deep emotions that will live on in the collective memory'.
Filmmaker João Canijo, who directed 'Sangue do Meu Sangue', 'Viver Mal' and 'Mal Viver', has died aged 68.
