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876 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 11/03/2026.

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

Review: Nova ’78

Review: Nova ’78

Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs  

11/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

The animated feature blends satire, surrealism, and dark humour to immerse viewers in a disturbing and absurd reality  

23/07/2025 | Production | Funding | Spain/Portugal

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: Bulakna

Review: Bulakna

Leonor Noivo weaves a bridge between the Philippines and Europe, between the current economy and the colonial past, around two women and the work of exiled house maids  

11/07/2025 | FIDMarseille 2025

Review: Magellan

Review: Magellan

Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan  

09/07/2025 | Filmfest München 2025

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

Review: Honeyjoon

Review: Honeyjoon

Lilian T Mehrel’s relatable mother-daughter dramedy set on the Azores is a confident debut that will make you want to call your mum  

16/06/2025 | Tribeca 2025

Pedro Pinho • Director of I Only Rest in the Storm

Interview: Pedro Pinho • Director of I Only Rest in the Storm

“I do a lot of casting on Instagram – I only created my account to cast!”

CANNES 2025: The Portuguese director sheds light on his epic, complex film, following a troubled NGO worker in Guinea-Bissau and his failing attempts to do good  

27/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

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