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875 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 24/02/2026.

Salaviza takes two new shorts to Rotterdam and Berlin

Young director João Salaviza (pictured) will take part in the Rotterdam and Berlin film festivals with two different short films. The Spectrum Shorts section at Rotterdam will show Cerro Negro,...  

20/01/2012 | Festivals | Portugal

A lacklustre 2011 heralds turbulent 2012

It was a year of crisis, unsurprisingly, for cinema too: in 2011, with 15.7m admissions sold, Portuguese movie theatres lost 866,000 viewers compared to 2010. In terms of takings, these figures...  

18/01/2012 | Box Office | Portugal

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

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