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Production / Portugal


61 articles available in total starting from 25/07/2003. Last article published on 05/06/2019.

Fanny Ardant to begin shooting Cadences Obstinées in Lisbon

Portuguese actors Nuno Lopes and Ricardo Pereira co-star with Italian actress Asia Argento and Franco-Russian star Gérard Depardieu.  

17/01/2013 | Production | France/Portugal

Night Train departing from Switzerland

Danish director Bille August is shooting his new film starring Jeremy Irons, Martina Gedeck and Bruno Ganz in Switzerland and Portugal - Night Train to Lisbon is based on the bestselling novel by...  

16/03/2012 | Production | Switzerland/Portugal/Germany

António-Pedro Vasconcelos doesn’t know when he will film again

With grants from the Cinema and Audiovisual Institute (ICA) blocked, the veteran director’s next film will have to be filmed “when there is money”.  

05/03/2012 | Production | Portugal

Variações biopic enters pre-production

Legal proceedings have ended between director João Maia and production company Utopia Filmes, so pre-production can finally move forward on the biopic about Antonio Variações (pictured), one of...  

30/01/2012 | Production | Portugal

Jakimowski will be Flying Blind

Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski’s keenly anticipated follow up to his multiple award-winning Tricks will be his first English-language feature, Flying Blind (working title). Casting is...  

03/12/2010 | Production | UK/Poland/France/Portugal

Oliveira turns 100 on set

Today, Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira celebrates 100 years on the set of Singularidades de uma rapariga loira. The latest film by the world's oldest director, based on the short story of...  

11/12/2008 | Production | Portugal

Action for João Pedro Rodrigues new film

Shooting begins in Lisbon next week on João Pedro Rodrigues' much-anticipated new film Morrer como um Homem ("To Die Like a Man"). After a long financing process, the project is finally seeing the...  

07/08/2008 | Production | Portugal

Marco Martins returns to make Perfect Circle

Marco Martins, one of Portugal's most promising filmmakers, got back behind the camera last Saturday to film the first scenes of his anticipated second feature, How to Draw a Perfect Circle....  

05/02/2008 | Production | Portugal

A new company for an old myth

The Grupo Valentim de Carvalho, specialised in music recordings, has created a film branch, VC Filmes, to be run by Manuel Fonseca. Aiming to produce "quality works based on Portuguese stories...  

11/07/2007 | Production | Portugal

"Golden whistle" case inspires filmmakers

Utopia Filmes – the production company run by Alexandre Valente (see interview), which was behind the biggest local hit ever, O Crime do Padre Amaro – has a new project in the works. The...  

15/06/2007 | Production | Portugal

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