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843 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 23/07/2025.

New film law proposal rejected in parliament

The bill for the new film law, submitted by the Socialist party, was rejected last Friday in Portugal’s parliament, with votes against from the centre-right parties PSD and CDS-PP, which have made...  

16/01/2012 | Legislation | Portugal

Berlinale: Gomes’s Tabu to vie for the Golden Bear

Tabu, by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes, will vie for the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlinale, which will run from February 9-19. This is the first time since the screening of Manuela Viegas’s...  

10/01/2012 | Berlinale 2012 | Portugal

Portuguese film honours to be called the Sophia Awards

The recently created Portuguese Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, headed by producer Paulo Trancoso (pictured), decided last Monday at a general assembly that the national film awards...  

21/12/2011 | Awards | Portugal

Canijo and Pêra triumph at Caminhos do Cinema Português

Scooping four gongs, Blood of My Blood was one of the main winners at the Caminhos do Cinema Português Festival (“Paths of Portuguese Cinema”), the only event dedicated exclusively to domestic...  

24/11/2011 | Festivals | Portugal

Kahn’s A Better Life scoops double honours at Lisbon & Estoril Festival

Twilight Portrait, the debut feature by Angelina Nikonova (see video interview), produced by and starring Olga Dihovichnaya, was last night crowned Best Film at the 5th Lisbon & Estoril Film...  

14/11/2011 | Festivals | Portugal

It's the Earth Not the Moon triumphs at DocLisboa

Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha’s documentary It's the Earth Not the Moon won the top prize at DocLisboa 2011: the City of Lisbon Award (in international competition) for the best medium-length...  

31/10/2011 | Festivals | Portugal

Cinema and other arts intertwine at Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

The fifth edition of the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival will run from November 4-13. For the first time, the event is being held in the Portuguese capital, as well as in the city of Estoril, which...  

25/10/2011 | Festivals | Portugal

Blood of My Blood gets off to promising box-office start

Released on October 5 in 15 Portuguese theatres, João Canijo’s Blood of My Blood has already been viewed by over 5,000 people, according to a press release from Midas Filmes. The film’s producer...  

12/10/2011 | Box Office | Portugal

José and Pilar to try its luck in Hollywood

Miguel Gonçalves Mendes’s documentary José and Pilar has been selected to represent Portugal in the nomination race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. This was announced last Friday by the...  

12/09/2011 | Oscars 2012 | Portugal

The Death of Carlos Gardel to open Douro Film Harvest

The 3rd Douro Film Harvest will open on September 5 with a screening of The Death of Carlos Gardel, produced by Luis Galvão Teles (Fado Filmes), helmed by Swedish director Solveig Nordlund and...  

23/08/2011 | Festivals | Portugal

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