All Portugal articles – Page 3
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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.
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NewsMPM Premium expands sales for Gerard Depardieu-starrer ‘Umami’ and Venice Days winner ‘Wolf and Dog’ (exclusive)
Paris-based sales house completes string of deals on both films.
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Reviews‘Great Yarmouth - Provisional Figures’: San Sebastian Review
Portuguese director Marco Martins presents a damning look at immigrant life in modern Britain
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NewsLucrecia Martel short ‘North Terminal’ to open Doclisboa’s 2022 edition
Portugal’s documentary festival runs October 6-15.
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Reviews‘Tommy Guns’: Locarno Review
Carlos Conceicao’s confident, slyly deceptive second feature looks at young soldiers during wartime
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Reviews‘Paloma’: Munich Review
Kika Sena puts in an exceptional performance as a Brazilian trans woman desperate for a church wedding
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Reviews‘Nayola’: Annecy Review
Stunning feature animation debut depicts the horror of war from a female perspective
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NewsICA partners with Portuguese production firms to release eight films in the UK (exclusive)
Terratreme and Uma Pedra no Sapato have previously played at ICA.
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Reviews‘Will-O’-The-Wisp’: Cannes Review
A prince on his deathbed reminisces about his time as a firefighter in Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ unpredictable drama
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NewsTrue Colours basks in multiple deals for Competition title ‘Nostalgia’ (exclusive)
True Colours has also done robust sales on its sales slate.
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Reviews‘Remains Of The Wind’: Cannes Review
Events from 25 years ago reverberate dangerously in Tiago Guedes’ Portugal-set drama
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Reviews‘Alma Viva’: Cannes Review
Portugese Critics Week debut summons a gentle spirit in its tale of tradition and modernity