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The persistent life of Al Cook, a blues musician from the nights of Vienna and an unlikely hero in “The Loneliest Man in Town” — the film opens the 23rd Indielisboa tonight. We spoke with the duo who directed it.
A single edition was enough for Zurita de Oliveira to write her name into history, even if that history relegated her to an obscure background. “Who’s Afraid of Zurita de Oliveira?”, a documentary by Francisca Marvão premiering this Friday, May 1st, at IndieLisboa, promises to shed light on one of the great enigmas in the history of rock in Portugal.
Presented at the 2025 edition of IndieLisboa, 'Which House Are You From?' is now in cinemas. It is another example of a documentary approach seeking a stable place within the dynamics of the theatrical market. The film, by visual artist and director Ana Pérez-Quiroga, explores the personal history of her mother, Angelita Perez, one of the Spanish children exiled to the Soviet Union during the Civil War. It is an existential saga that blends personal memory with 20th-century historical upheavals, from the Spanish Civil War to life in the USSR, without attempting a traditional historical summary. The film highlights that documenting is not merely transcription, but the construction of a specific arrangement of facts, objects, and memories.
