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Competition / Portugal


53 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Clip for Toronto and San Sebastián entry The Rye Horn

EXCLUSIVE: Clip for Toronto and San Sebastián entry The Rye Horn

Selected for both the Platform and the Golden Shell competition, the second film by Jaione Camborda follows a woman on the run in Francoist Spain  

09/09/2023 | Toronto 2023/San Sebastián 2023

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of Manga D’Terra

Interview: Basil Da Cunha • Director of Manga D’Terra

"I made a musical that pays homage to a type of music which does not get the recognition it deserves"

The Swiss-Portuguese director, whose film pays homage to the women of the Reboleira neighbourhood, talks to us with passion about the tight connection between life and cinema  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Leonor Teles  • Director of Baan

Interview: Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

“This whole film is trying to portray a state of mind”

With her new feature, the cinematographer-turned-director embarks on a bittersweet search for the place where one belongs  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Human Surge 3

Review: The Human Surge 3

Argentinian director Eduardo Williams’ second feature, whose title is a wink at the notion of chronology, is a dazzling and curious piece of experimental filmmaking  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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

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