Mozambique: Portraits of a Country in Struggle
Two documentaries presented at Doclisboa offer a broad portrait of Mozambique from its independence in 1975 to the present day.…
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CineEco, Three Films That Cry Out
Some films plant trees. This year, CineEco made the symbolic gesture of creating a woodland, planting 32 native trees —…
The Four Cardinal Directions of Childhood at the XI Baiqonyr Film Festival
When we study contemporary auteur and mainstream cinema, adult drama always stays in focus. This is understandable, since the complex…
It Takes a Whole Neighbourhood to Make a Film… and an Alligator
In few cases has the decision to live according to an idea of cinema found such explicit expression as it…
MIMO: When Music goes to the Movies
MIMO went to the cinema. Or perhaps cinema came to MIMO. In the first edition of the festival held in…
Leonor Teles’ roller coaster
“The film is like a roller coaster. Just let yourselves be carried away,” Leonor Teles warned at the premiere of…
Miguel Gomes: In praise of wonder
Based on a short story by Somerset Maugham and starring Crista Alfaiate and Gonçalo Waddington, Grand Tour takes us on…
Is there such a thing as a newest Portuguese Cinema?
A look at three Portuguese debut features premiering at IndieLisboa, in search of identities, points of entry, and lines of escape.
Hanami: Flowers to Cape Verde, or choosing to stay
Hanami is the first feature by the Portuguese director Denise Fernandes