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Competition / Portugal

49 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 25/09/2024.

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Review: Baan

Review: Baan

A gentle portrait of pulsating hearts, Leonor Teles’ first fiction feature is an invitation to embark on a timeless journey through the intricacies of human connections  

09/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Manga D’Terra

Review: Manga D’Terra

Swiss-Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha is back investigating the complex reality of the Reboleira neighbourhood, but this time it’s women who take centre stage  

07/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

The latest feature film by the brilliant Filipino director Lav Diaz depicts the torments of a lieutenant obsessed with a mysterious, unsolved case  

06/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Bad Living

Review: Bad Living

BERLINALE 2023: João Canijo’s take on a family drama feels claustrophobic and sombre, yet after it gets under your skin, that’s where it stays, for better or worse  

24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

Interview: João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

"Mothers can make the life of their daughters a misery"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the Portuguese director about hotels that can feel like prisons and the unbearable weight of family  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition/Encounters

Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

Interview: Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

"This story and these characters, who are forced to invent a completely new language, challenged me in my use of film language"

The Albanian director discusses his film, which follows two identical deaf-mute twin brothers who discover they will also progressively and irreversibly become blind  

30/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

Review: A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

Gentian Koçi’s second feature puts the focus on two deaf twin brothers in light of a diagnosis indicating that they are about to lose their eyesight as well  

22/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Review: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Marco Martins crafts an atmospheric and grim portrait of a woman who both helps and exploits Portuguese workers in a depressing English seaside town  

23/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Interview: Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

“The film is named after the city because the entire city is sick”

The director tells us about his atmospheric film, centred on Portuguese workers in the titular, economically depressed English seaside town  

23/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

Interview: Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

“It’s all about breaking down walls and old ideas”

The Angola-born Portuguese director isn’t writing off the past just yet  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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