All Doclisboa articles
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Reviews
‘A Date In Minsk’: Doclisboa Review
This one-take documentary re-stages the director’s first date with his ex-girlfriend
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‘A Landscaped Area Too Quiet For Me’: Doclisboa Review
Life passes slowly for the director’s grandparents, and a turbulent past still lingers in this award-winning documentary from Spain
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News
The 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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Features
Doc filmmakers urged to focus early on distribution and marketing to win audiences and festival slots
Doclisboa panel bemoans filmmakers’ lack of focus on distribution and marketing of documentaries.
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News
Doc director Camille Hardman calls out “abhorrent” working conditions for women in US
Hardman’s doc examines workplace inequality 40 years after release of classic comedy ’9 to 5’.
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Lucrecia Martel short ‘North Terminal’ to open Doclisboa’s 2022 edition
Portugal’s documentary festival runs October 6-15.
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‘918 Days’, ‘The Safest Place In The World’ win top prizes at Doclisboa
‘918 Days’ is about the time spent itn prison by Basaque director Arantza Santeseban.
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Experts debate ‘alternative circulation strategies’ at Doclisboa event
The panel was held last weekend as part of Doclisboa’s State of the Art conference.
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Reviews
‘Ghosts From The Past (How History Got Into Me)’: Doclisboa Review
Boris Lehman’s memories flash before our eyes in this valedictory, whimsical personal film
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‘The Safest Place In The World’: Doclisboa Review
Brazil’s 2015 Mariana dam disaster is eulogised through the perspective of one scarred local
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‘You Are Ceausescu To Me’: Doclisboa Review
A group of young people gather to play the infamous Romanian dictator in Sebastian Mihailescu’s experimental documentary
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Features
“It’s a place for people to share ideas and experiences,” say Doclisboa’s three co-heads
The festival is running from October 21 to 31
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Reviews
‘The Tale Of King Crab’: Doclisboa Review
This atmospheric drama encompasses everything from thwarted love affairs to quixotic treasure hunts
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‘Equatorial Constellations’: Doclisboa Review
Impressionistic documentary examines the humanitarian response to the civil war between Nigeria and Biafra during the 1960s
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News
Doclisboa unveils competition lineups for 2021 physical festival
FIms from Brazil, Ukraine, Russia and Romania are among those that have been selected.
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Doclisboa crowns winner and reveals 2021 plans after extended edition
Portuguese documentary festival reveals future ambitions after six months of events.
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Reviews
‘Visions Of Empire’: Doclisboa Review
A look behind the facade of the Portugese empire through the archives it still maintains
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‘Le Temps Perdu’: Doclisboa Review
A group of elegant Porteños gathers every week to read aloud from Proust
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‘Bulletproof’: Doclisboa Review
Todd Chandler looks inside the school gates of an America irreperably altered by campus shootings