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

Odete: love after life

It is time for the national premiere of one of the most awaited Portuguese titles of the year. Odete, which opens today with 10 copies (distributed by Lusomundo) marks the coming back of João...  

29/12/2005 | Releases | Portugal

A more European Christmas

King Kong might be hard to beat, but he doesn't seem to scare the industry. These Christmas Holidays, Portuguese distributors decided to release several European titles instead of saving them for...  

22/12/2005 | Releases | Portugal

Diderot's The Fataliste according to Botelho

After Who are you? (2001), adapted from Almeida Garrett's 19th century play "Frei Luís de Sousa", Portuguese filmmaker João Botelho returned to another classic of literature as a starting point...  

08/12/2005 | Releases | Portugal

The Crime of the Father Amaro enters into History

Not simply the biggest national box office hit in 2005 but also one of most seen Portuguese films ever: 218.500 people have seen Carlos Coelho da Silva's The Crime of the Father Amaro so far. Co...  

05/12/2005 | Box Office | Portugal

European diversity on the big screens

Among the five titles opening this week, Portuguese moviegoers will have the opportunity to discover two very different examples of recent European productions: Oliver Twist by Roman Polanski and...  

01/12/2005 | Releases | Portugal

21 Millenium theatres shut

21 Millenium Cinemas group film theatres have been shut this week. The administration of the Freeport mall centre in Alcochete used padlocks to block the doors and forbid the 30 employees from...  

24/11/2005 | Exhibitors | Portugal

ICAM supports Oliveira's Belle de jour sequel

The world's oldest filmmaker still in active is back behind the cameras with an unexpected sequel to Belle de jour. Manoel de Oliveira's Belle toujours is a tribute to director Luís Buñel and...  

23/11/2005 | Production | Portugal

Black and white nostalgia in digital times

A comic hero from black and white films is about to disappear forever as a group of builders demolish an old studio and burn some ancient forgotten films. However, he manages to escape and,...  

17/11/2005 | Releases | Portugal

ICAM's new president appointed

The Portuguese Ministry of Culture has announced the appointment of José Pedro Ribeiro as the new president of ICAM. The current vice-president of the institute will replace Elísio de Oliveira,...  

14/11/2005 | Institutions | Portugal

Welles' Don Quijote revisited

Two emblematic figures from European literature threaten to conquer the national theatres. Don Quijote by Orson Welles and Arsène Lupin will compete against the American productions Elizabethtown...  

10/11/2005 | Releases | Portugal

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