Mal Viver and Viver Mal by João Canijo premiere in France on [10/11/2023]

After Mal Viver and Viver Mal played at the Berlin Film Festival and several international festivals, it now has a big premiere in France in 31 cities
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Tribute to Sérgio Tréfaut at LEFFEST – Lisbon and Sintra Film Festival, 2022 [09/11/2022]:

In 2022, the festival highlighted the retrospective of Sérgio Tréfaut's works. The multi-award winning director frequent at several international festivals.
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Tribute do Teresa Villaverde at Exground Filmfest [09/11/2022]

The German film festival Exground Filmfest 2022 has Portugal as the highlight country of the 35th edition, which starts on November 11th in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Journey to the Sun by Ansgar Schaefer and Susana de Sousa Dias at the Sevilla film festival 2022 [02/11/2022]:

The festival takes place between the 4th and 12th of November 2022 and focuses on broadcasting European-produced films.
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Super Natural by Jorge Jácome in FNC – Festival Nouveau Cinéma [15/10/2022]

The Les Nouveaux section of the festival has a jury that select films that pull the narratives to the limit and explore different artistic disciplines
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Super Natural and O Trio em Mi Bemol at the Viennale [10/10/2022]

Are the two Portuguese feature films with their Austrian premiere at the Vienna International Film Festival in 2022.
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Please Make It Work, by Daniel Soares, in world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival [03/08/2022]

The third short film by director Daniel Soares premieres tomorrow at the Locarno Festival, in the Pardi di domani: Special Event section.
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Mistida wins Take One! competition at Curtas Vila do Conde [16/07/2022]

The film won the two awards available in this section: Best Director and Best Film.
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The Kegelstatt Trio wins at Curitiba Film Festival in Brazil [10/06/2022]

The Kegelstatt Trio, the most recent film by Rita Azevedo Gomes, was distinguished last night with the Prize for Artistic Contribution of the International Competition at one of the most important film festivals in Brazil, Olhar de Cinema in Curitiba.
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The Bath by Maria Inês Gonçalves selected at FIDMarseille [05/06/2022]

The Bath is an experimental and intimate film that explores the moment of bathing in a playful and nostalgic way.
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Tindergraf wins Best Brand New Film at IndieLisboa Film Festival [08/05/2022]

Adding to the prize award, Portugal Film offers the winner the possibility to be represented internationally maximizing its audiences and giving these young filmmakers an international reach.
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Lisbon Screenings 2022 [02/05/2022]

Mistida, by Falcão Nhaga, selected at La Cinéf - Cannes Film Festival [17/05/2022]

Mistida, a short film directed by the twenty-one-year-old filmmaker Falcão Nhaga and produced by the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, was selected by La Cinef, the competitive section of the Cannes Festival dedicated to school films from around the wor
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Périphérique Nord at Visions du Réel [07/04/2022]

Périphérique Nord by Paulo Carneiro will have its world premiere in competition at the prestigious Swiss documentary film festival, Visions du Réel.
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Super Natural at Art of the Real in New York [31/05/2022]

The film Super Natural, by the Portuguese director Jorge Jácome, will be screened at Art of The Real, a film festival in New York, which starts today at Lincoln Center.
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Super Natural wins FIPRESCI award at Berlinale [20/02/2022]

The Kegelstatt Trio and By Flávio join Super Natural at Berlinale [10/02/2022]

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages wins Tiger Award at IFFR [06/02/2022]

Becoming a Man in the Middle Ages won one of three awards in its category and is now a candidate for the European Film Award for short films. It is Portugal's first victory at the festival in the Netherlands.
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Portugal Film returns to the Short Film Market at Clermont-Ferrand [28/01/2022]

This year 2022, the Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand and the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market will once again be in person and in the theaters.
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Blue Has No Dimensions and Becoming Male in the Middle Ages at Rotterdam International Film Festival [25/01/2022]

The Rotterdam Film Festival starts today and with several Portuguese presences.
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Super Natural selected for Forum - Berlinale [15/12/2021]

Super Natural by Jorge Jácome was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival, which today announced the first films in the Forum section, which runs from February 10th to 20th, 2022.
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What Remains by Daniel Soares in Clermont-Ferrand [15/12/2021]

What Remains by Daniel Soares selected for the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand
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Journey to the Sun at IDFA [17/11/2021]

Journey to the Sun by Ansgar Schaefer and Susana de Sousa Dias premiered at IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Lisbon Screenings 2021 [23/08/2021]

The Lisbon Screenings are an activity organized by Portugal Film – Portuguese Film Agency, part of the IndieLisboa - International Film Festival's Industry, and this year will take place from the 25th to the 27th of August.
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The Metamorphosis of Birds premieres commercially in Spain and Portugal [01/09/2022]

The film premieres commercially in Spain on September 3, 2021 and in Portugal on October 7, 2021.
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Around Rochas Table in Locarno [04/08/2021]

Around Rocha's Table had its premiere in Locarno, just as Os Verdes Anos once had in the 60's with Paulo Rocha.
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Timkat by Ico Costa in competition at Visions du Réel [25/03/2021]

Ico Costa's Timkat at the Visions du Réel's International Medium Length & Short Film Competition.
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Tracing Utopia selected for the Tiger short film competition at Rotterdam IFF [22/12/2020]

Tracing Utopia, directed by Catarina de Sousa and Nick Tyson, is selected for the international short film competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival
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Portugal Film in the European Film Awards [22/10/2020]

In the 33rd edition of the European Film Awards, four films from Portugal Film´s catalog are nominated for Best Short Film.
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The Shift in Venice [13/09/2020]

The Shift, directed by Laura Carreira, selected in competition at Venice International Film Festival.
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Corte, by Afonso and Bernardo Rapazote, in the Cinéfondation competition at the Festival de Cannes [02/07/2020]

Corte, a short film made by young filmmakers Afonso and Bernardo Rapazote and produced by the Lisbon Theatre and Film School, was selected by Cinéfondation, the competitive section of the Festival de Cannes dedicated to school films from around the world
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Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao [03/06/2020]

5th Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao will take place on the 5th and 6th June at Cinemateca Paixão
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Portugal is Oberhausen's Country Focus for 2020 [11/05/2020]

Oberhausen is launching its new annual Country Focus section to present the current short film production from a European country, compiled by a curator from the respective country. The first one was Portugal in 2020.
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Portugal Film “Films Free the Mind” [18/04/2020]

Staying at home these days is not easy. Cinema is magical because it frees our minds, even when we can
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The Metamorphosis of Birds, by Catarina Vasconcelos at the Berlinale [20/02/2020]

The Metamorphosis of Birds, Catarina Vasconcelos' first feature film, makes its world premiere at the Berlinale
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Invisible Hero awarded as best european film at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival [10/02/2020]

Invisible Hero, short film directed by Cristèle Alves Meira, was awarded as best European film, part of the International Competition of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.
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Leonardo Mouramateus and Teresa Villaverde at the Rotterdam Film Festival [20/12/2019]

Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain, by Leonardo Mouramateus in the Competition at Rotterdam with a focus on the director’s work as well as Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde? by Teresa Villaverde in the Voices section
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The Hissing of Summer Sands selected for IDFA [17/11/2019]

The Hissing of Summer Sands, by Catarina Mourão, was selected at IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival, one of the most important documentary film festivals in the world.
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Portuguese films at Panorama of Salvador da Bahia [28/10/2019]

Portugal Film takes Portuguese films to the Panorama Festival ia Bahia, Brazil
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Viennale 2019 with three Portuguese short films [22/10/2019]

From October 24th to November 6th, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, the most important Austrian film festival, takes place.
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Sacavém, a film by Júlio Alves, has its Asian premiere at the Busan International Festival [14/10/2019]

The film ends up being a case study from the director to director, where Júlio dissects the films of Pedro Costa.
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The Bite in Toronto and New York [29/08/2019]

The Bite kicks off in the main festivals in North America.
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Focus on Portuguese Cinema at FeKK - Ljubliana Short Film Festival [25/08/2019]

In cooperation with Portugal Film, portuguese cinema was the target of a retrospective at FeKK - Ljubliana Short Film Festival, in Slovenia.
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Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance at MK Gallery, in England [26/07/2019]

Portuguese films shown within Paula Rego
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Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao and Documentary Workshop [15/06/2019]

The Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao, which every year brings the most recent and most recent national productions to the territory, this year has a parallel activity: the Documentary Workshop "The House and the World" by Catarina Mourão.
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Full Retrospective of Teresa Villaverde at Centre Pompidou, Paris [12/06/2019]

The retrospective runs from the 14th of June to the 1st of July and has the presence of the director.
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Past Perfect awarded at the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg [09/06/2019]

Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome won, again, the Grand Prix of the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg.
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The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady by Gabriel Abrantes, at Cannes [10/05/2019]

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady the latest short film by Gabriel Abrantes, has its world premiere at Cannes
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Invisible Hero by Cristèle Alves Meira, selected at Semaine de la Critique - Cannes [06/05/2019]

Invisible Hero by Cristèle Alves Meira, selected at Semaine de la Critique - Cannes
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Lisbon Screenings 2019 [05/05/2019]

It took place during the Festival IndieLisboa, the organization of the Lisbon Screenings, with the presence of programmers from the most important film festivals and international distributors.
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You See the Moon, by Miguel Nunes, in the Official Competition of the festival CPH:DOX [18/03/2019]

You See the Moon, by Miguel Nunes, selected to the Official Competition of the Festival CPH:DOX
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Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes has its world premiere in the Guadalajara Film Festival [06/03/2019]

Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes, directed by Tiago Guedes, has its world premiere in the Guadalajara International Film Festival, in Mexico.
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Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome officially selected at Berlinale Shorts [14/01/2019]

The Berlin International Film Festival today announced the programming of the international short film competition for the 2019 edition, which includes the film Past Perfect, directed by Jorge Jácome, the only Portuguese short film selected.
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Portuguese Short Films in Focus at Next Film Festival [13/12/2018]

Portuguese cinema in focus in Romania from 14 to 17 December.
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The Portuguese Conspiracy shows Portuguese cinema in London [12/11/2018]

The IndieLisboa London Sessions of The Portuguese Conspiracy show Portuguese films in London November 15th and 16th.
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Films distributed by Portugal Film in focus at Brest European Short Film Festival [02/11/2018]

A great portuguese entourage is flying to the next edition of Brest European Short Film Festival, happening from 6th to 11th November.
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Tribute to two different generations of Portuguese Cinema at Underdox [10/10/2018]

Dunja Bialas (of the Underdox Festival - Festival für Dokument und Experiment) has put up a double program called Portuguese Cinema: I "Prelude: The School of Reis" and II "The 80
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3 Years Later selected for Pardo di Domani at Locarno Film Festival [11/06/2018]

International premiere of the second short film by Marco Amaral, Three Years Later, at the Pardo di Domani international competition of the Locarno Film Festival.
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Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao [25/06/2018]

June 27th, 28th, and 29th, Cinemateca Paixão
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Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth) by David Pinheiro Vicente selected at Karlovy Vary Fim Festival [06/06/2018]

The European Film Promotion - Future Frames selected the Portuguese director in the Top Ten New Filmmakers to Follow.
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Flores by Jorge Jácome awarded in Hamburg [10/06/2018]

Flores by Jorge Jácome awarded with the International Competition Award and the Audience Award
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Mirage My Bros by Diogo Baldaia awarded at VIS - Vienna Shorts Festival [05/06/2018]

Mirage My Bros by Diogo Baldaia wins Best Documentary & Fiction International Competition at VIS - Vienna Shorts Festival.
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Amor, Avenidas Novas, by Duarte Coimbra in Cannes [16/04/2018]

The 57th Cannes Film Critics Week today announced its official selection of the film Amor, Avenidas Novas, directed by Duarte Coimbra and produced by Lisbon Theater and Film School (ESTC).
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You Know The Way – An Experience Through Portuguese Short Films [01/02/2018]

Portugal Film curates the Country Focus: Portugal at the 31.Stuttgarter Filmwinter, in Germany.
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Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth) selected at Berlinale [19/01/2018]

Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth) David Pinheiro VIcente selected for Berlinale Shorts competition.
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The Portuguese Conspiracy in London [09/11/2017]

Together with IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival and Instituto Camões, Portugal Film presents a film showcase in London.
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Portugal Film presents a short program at the Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux [19/10/2017]

Three Portugal Film shorts presented in France at the 6th Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux.
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Portugal Film presents a short program at the Roma Creative Contest [28/09/2017]

Four Portugal Film shorts presented in Italy at the 7th Roma Creative Contest
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Carte Blanche to Portugal Film at FIKE - International Short Film Festival [22/08/2017]

Five shorts of Portugal Film will be presented in Évora on the context of the 15th FIKE
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Beyond the Mountains at the Locarno Festival

Fiction by Miguel Moraes Cabral has its international premiere at the 70th edition of the prestigious Swiss festival.
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Portugal Film organizes once again a cinema showcase in Macao [29/06/2017]

As part of the celebrations of the month of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities in Macao and Hong Kong, Cinematheque Passion in Macau shows nine Portuguese films.
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Three shorts at cycle "Gulbenkian and the Portuguese Cinema" [09/06/2017]

Ascension, Batrachian's Ballad and The Hunchback at Gulbenkian's Summer Programme.
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The Nothing Factory wins FIPRESCI award in Cannes 2017 [27/05/2017]

Following its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight, The Nothing Factory won the FIPRESCI award.
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The Factory of Nothing and Barbs, Wastelands in the Directors Fortnight of Cannes 2017 [25/05/2017]

Pedro Pinho and Marta Mateus are world premiering their films in Cannes
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Portugal Film in the programme of IndieLisboa [05/15/2017]

An award and eight national premieres, five of them worldwide ones, marked the presence of Portugal Film in the IndieLisboa sections.
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Lisbon Screenings at IndieLisboa 2017 [15/05/2017]

New Portuguese films promoted at the Lisbon Screenings brought together more than a dozen programmers and directors of international festivals in Lisbon.
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Three Portuguese films selected to Cinéma du Réel [24/03/2017]

Obscure Light, the new documentary by Susana de Sousa Dias, has its world premiere at Cinéma du Réel.
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Treblinka and Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me selected for Punto de Vista [06/03/2017]

Films by Sérgio Tréfaut and João Botelho are part of the program of the festival in Navarra.
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Nyo Vweta Nafta by Ico Costa is selected for the short film competition in Rotterdam [20/01/2017]

Nyo Vweta Nafta is the only Portuguese short film in competition.
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Colo by Teresa Villaverde selected for the Competition at Berlinale [05/02/2017]

The first films have been selected for the Competition of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Pedro selected in Sundance [15/01/2017]

Pedro, the short film by André Santos and Marco Leão is selected for the International Competition of Sundance Film Festival.
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Portugal Film shorts at Kaohsiung Film Festival, in Taiwan [19/10/2016]

Portugal Film was invited by Kaohsiung Film Festival to program a session called Portugal Shorts from Portugal Film Agency
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Portugal Film presents a short film session at Timishort Film Festival, in Romania [05/10/2016]

Timishort Film Festival in Romania invited IndieLisboa to program a session with short films representing the current panorama of Portuguese cinema.
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Leonor Teles awarded in Belo Horizonte [18/08/2016]

After the awards won in Berlin and Hong Kong, Batrachian's Ballad wins best short film in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Portuguese film production beats presence records in Locarno [29/07/2016]

Portugal Film will have two films in this year's Locarno Festival.
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Portugal Film organizes a cinema showcase in Macao [06/06/2016]

As part of the celebrations of the month of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities in Macao and Hong Kong, Cinematheque Passion in Macau shows nine Portuguese films.
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Ascension and Campo de Víboras at Cannes Critics Week [09/05/2016]

Cristèle Alves Meira and Pedro Peralta took to Cannes Critics Week films recently awarded at IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival.
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IndieLisboa awarded several films represented by Portugal Film. [02/05/2016]

IndieLisboa has ended with several awards for films from our catalogue.
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Portugal Film at IndieLisboa - International Film Festival [06/04/2016]

Portugal Film has four films in competition at IndieLisboa and organises the Lisbon Screenings.
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Batrachian's Ballad awarded Best Short Film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival [02/03/2016]

Batrachian's Ballad, by Leonor Teles won the Firebird Award for Best Short Film at Hong Kong International Film Festival.
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Berlinale Shorts Golden Bear for Batrachians Ballad [20/02/2016]

Leoner Teles wins best short film
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Portugal Film is at Berlinale with three films. [02/02/2016]

Berlinale Shorts selected two films represented by Portugal Film: Batrachian
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The Mesh and the Circle and Los Barcos selected for International Film Festival Rotterdam [25/01/2016]

Two films represented by Portugal Film have been select to attend Rotterdam International Film Festival
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André's Eyes at Gijón Film Festival [23/11/2015]

António Borges Correia most recent film, André's Eyes, premieres today at Gijón Film Festival.
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Gypsophila and Here in Lisbon - Episodes of a City at Torino Film Festival [20/11/2015]

The 33rd Torino Film Festival runs from 20th to 28th November.
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Farewell in Switzerland [07/11/15]

Farewell, by Tiago Rosa-Rosso, in the International Shorts Competition at Festival Tous Ecrans, from 6th to 14th November in Switzerland.
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October is Over in Asia [05/11/15]

October is Over will take part in the International Competition of Asiana International Short Film Festival, in Seoul, South Korea.
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Here in Lisbon, Farewell, and October is Over: the three films represented by Portugal Film will be in Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema [23/10/2015]

The three films are in different competitive sections of the festival which takes place in São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
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The Wolf's Lair at Viennale [22/10/2015]

The Wolf's Lair, Catarina Mourão latest film will be screened at Viennale, one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe.
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Driving Lesson on the road [21/10/2015]

Between October and November Driving Lesson will be presented in several international film festivals.
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The Mesh and the Circle at Underdox [09/10/2015]

The Mesh and the Circle, by Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela, is presented today in the experimental section of Underdox, in Munich.
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Festival du nouveau cinéma presents Here in Lisbon and Driving Lesson. [07/10/2015]

The 44th edition of Festival du nouveau cinéma, in Montreal, in Canada, starts today and runs until the 18th October.
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Portuguese independent films in Ireland [04/10/2015]

The Wolf's Lair and October is Over are both selected for IndieCork, running from October 4th to 11th
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Here in Lisbon - Episodes of a City and October is Over selected for Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival [28/09/2015]

Two of the Portuguese films at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival are represented by Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency
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The Mesh and the Circle in Croatia [22/09/15]

The Mesh and the Circle, the first film from the visual artists Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela, continues its international film festival
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The Wolf's Lair at Doc's Kingdom [19/09/2015]

Catarina Mourão's latest film - The Wolf's Lair - is part of the program of the 12th International Documentary Cinema Seminar
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The latest film by António Borges Correia, André's Eyes, premieres in Canada [21/09/2015]

The latest film by António Borges Correia, André's Eyes, premiered today in Canada. The film was selected for the international competition of the Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec.
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Here in Lisbon will be screened outdoors [28/08/2015]

Here in Lisbon will be screened next Saturday, 29th August, at Largo Agostinho da Silva (next to Praça das Flores), 10pm.
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The Mesh and the Circle in Competition at FID Marseille [06/07/2015]

The Mesh and the Circle, by Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela was selected for the International Competition and First Film Competition at FID Marseille, which took place from June 30th to July 6th.
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Another Award! [27/07/2015]

The Revolution Hunter, by Margarida Rêgo moves on
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IndieLisboa hosts once more the Lisbon Screenings [03/05/2015]

New Portuguese films promoted during the Lisbon Screenings bring to the city more than a dozen foreign programmers and festival directors.
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Lisbon Screenings with Cannes [16/03/2015]

Lisbon Screenings with the Directors Fortnight and the Critics Week from Cannes
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At Clermont Ferrand Film Market [08/02/2015]

First presence of Portugal Film in Clermont-Ferrand Film Market
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The Wolf´s Lair in Rotterdam [02/02/2015]

The Wolf Lair was presented as a world premiere in Rotterdam
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Welcome to the World, Portugal Film! [22/01/2015]

Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency was officially launched on January 22nd.
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