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56 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 18/08/2026.

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Basil Da Cunha • Director of O Jacaré

Interview: Basil Da Cunha • Director of O Jacaré

“Reboleira’s architecture reflects a very particular idea of community and of living together”

The Swiss director of Portuguese origin discusses how he created his passionate blend of comedy, drama and music  

18/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: O Jacaré

Review: O Jacaré

Basil da Cunha’s fourth feature is his latest set in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Reboleira, where tensions run high as the community chases a pot of stolen money  

13/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: 18 Holes to Paradise

Review: 18 Holes to Paradise

João Nuno Pinto’s third feature is a drama grounded in realism examining a family in disarray after the death of a patriarch  

20/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

Interview: Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

"The political is already in the poetry"

The Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending archaeology, oral history and local myth into a docu-fiction, and how her approach reflects the layered landscapes of Alentejo  

13/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: The Seasons

Review: The Seasons

Maureen Fazendeiro’s hybrid film whisks us off to the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, and unearths artefacts, stories and songs  

12/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

Interview: João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

The Portuguese director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films  

18/07/2025 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: The Luminous Life

Review: The Luminous Life

Lightly ironic and slightly subversive, João Rosas’ first feature is an easy film to watch, pairing his long-time protagonist with Lisbon as the other main character  

07/07/2025 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

Interview: Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

“It felt important to show that even free time isn’t really free”

The Portuguese director explains how she puts us in the headspace of a warehouse picker in her remarkable debut feature  

25/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Albert Serra • Director of Afternoons of Solitude

Interview: Albert Serra • Director of Afternoons of Solitude

“I work with images like poets work with words”

The Catalonian filmmaker breaks down his way of understanding cinema and the creative process underpinning his new film, a bullfighting documentary portraying a matador and his entourage  

24/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Review: Afternoons of Solitude

Review: Afternoons of Solitude

Albert Serra presents a daring and truly extraordinary film about the world of bullfighting, painting the portrait of a matador and his entourage  

24/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

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