All Portugal articles – Page 2
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NewsDoclisboa’s Miguel Ribeiro gives the lowdown on this year’s typically radical lineup
The Portuguese doc fesitival has a reputation for showcasing formally bold films with attitude.
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NewsWang Bing, Leonor Teles, Werner Hezog and Frederick Wiseman titles head to Doclisboa 2023
The Portuguese festival showcases documentaries from around the world.
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Reviews‘The Practice’: San Sebastian Review
A burnt-out yoga teacher searches for new enlightenment in this Chile-set wellness satire
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NewsNine Spanish and Latin American titles to look out for at San Sebastián
Films by Carolina Markowicz, Isabel Coixet, Jaione Camborda and Isabel Herguera all have international potential.
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NewsWang Bing’s ‘Man In Black’ to open Doclisboa 2023
Leonor Teles’ feature fiction debut Baan will close the festival.
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Reviews‘The Human Surge 3’: Toronto Review
Eduardo Williams experimental hybrid looks at the lives of possibly connected young people in Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Peru
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Reviews‘Legua’: Cannes Review
This subdued Portugeuse drama focuses on an abandoned country estate and its housekeeper
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Reviews‘Eureka’: Cannes Review
Lisandro Alonso’s trademark slow cinema treads new metaphysical ground into very hazy terrain
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NewsUK’s Adrian Wootton to head jury of Malta’s inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival
The inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival will take place June 25-30 in Malta
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News‘Legua’: first trailer for Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra’s Directors’ Fortnight title (exclusive)
Film is second feature from the Portuguese directors.
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NewsFilms Boutique boards Un Certain Regard title ‘The Buriti Flower’, scores early sales (exclusive)
João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora’s feature world premiers at Cannes next month.
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NewsBerlin Panorama title ‘The Teacher’s Lounge’ sells to UK, Japan and key territories for Be For Films (exclusive)
Leonie Benesch as an idealistic young teacher who tries to get to the bottom of a series of thefts.
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Reviews‘Living Bad’: Berlin Review
Joao Canijo returns to the mordernist hotel of his ‘Bad Living’ to take account of the guests in this mirror film
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Reviews‘Bad Living’: Berlin Review
A crumbling hotel in a Portugese seaside village is the setting for Joao Canijo’s first of two linked films to play at the Berlinale
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FeaturesNew talent focus: ‘Wolf And Dog’ director Cláudia Varejão on why she moved from docs to fiction
“I realised fiction can be a place of freedom.”
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NewsDirector Mariano Barroso to lead film for Netflix in Spain and Portugal (exclusive)
Former president of the Film Academy in Spain joins streamer.
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Reviews‘Wolf And Dog’: Thessaloniki Review
Documentarian Claudia Varejao makes her fiction debut with this LGBTQ+ story set on the Azores island of Sao Miguel
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NewsThe hot projects and award winners at Doclisboa 2022
Festival director Miguel Ribeiro described a busy and joyful festival.
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News“Admissions are better in the eighth week of release,” says exhibitor of changing arthouse release patterns
Films need to be given longer runs, they added.
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FeaturesDoclisboa’s Miguel Ribeiro and Glenda Balucani on the ‘diversity of approaches’ at this year’s festival
Portuguese documentary festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.