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56 articles available in total starting from 28/11/2003. Last article published on 01/09/2016.

What’s New About Love?: six films in one

What’s New About Love? is not only the first Portuguese feature film to be released this year, but it also has the added bonus of being directed by not one, but six different new directors: Mónica...  

06/02/2012 | Releases | Portugal

De Oliveira’s Aniki Bóbó re-released

Manoel de Oliveira’s feature debut Aniki Bóbó will get theatrical redistribution this week in the cities of Lisbon and Porto, 68 years after its premiere in 1942. The re-release comes a few days...  

06/12/2010 | Releases | Portugal

Ruiz explores Mysteries of Lisbon

Chilean director Raúl Ruiz’s Mysteries of Lisbon, one of the most ambitious Portuguese productions of recent years, is finally opening on domestic screens. The film, which refuses to be...  

21/10/2010 | Releases | Portugal

Last Flight of the Flamingo hits screens

Mozambique-born director Joao Ribeiro’s Portuguese/Spanish/French/Italian co-production Last Flight of the Flamingo is being released today in Portugal on a record 18-print run by...  

16/09/2010 | Releases | Portugal

To Die Like a Man hits the screens

Autumn brings to Portuguese screens several local titles already seen this year in international showcases. While we still await Midas Filmes' November release of Pedro Costa’s portrait of Jeanne...  

15/10/2009 | Releases | Portugal

Botelho back with Northern Land

Initially scheduled for distribution in January, Midas Filmes is finally today releasing, on eight screens, the latest feature film by Portuguese director João Botelho, Northern Land. After...  

19/03/2009 | Releases | Portugal

Amália: Biopic on fado icon enjoys large release

Today sees the release of Amália, the anticipated biopic on fado diva Amália Rodrigues, directed by Carlos Coelho da Silva (The Crime of Father Amaro). Based on the life of a personality who very...  

04/12/2008 | Releases | Portugal

Canijo's new film to hit the screens

Over a year after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, João Canijo's latest film Misbegotten finally hits local screens today, after several postponements. After Dark Night (2004), the...  

09/10/2008 | Releases | Portugal

Producer’s cut of Corrupção to be released

Corrupção, based on the best-seller Eu Carolina by Carolina Salgado, seemed destined from the onset to controversy. While opposition to the project had until now come from outside its cast and...  

25/10/2007 | Releases | Portugal

A provocative trial wakes up past

Unlike Italy, where films like The Best of Youth and My Brother Is an Only Child manage to touch audiences and reflect upon Italy's recent history, Portuguese cinema still has a long way to go...  

11/10/2007 | Releases | Portugal

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