Portuguese Film Showcase in Macao and Documentary Workshop [15/06/2019]

After the last editions of the Portuguese Cinema Showcase in Macau, it seemed like the right moment to add an element of training to this event, ensuring a greater involvement of the local population.

The goals of PORTUGAL FILM - International Film Agency are not only to show Portuguese films around the world, but also to promote the national cinematography and its agents: filmmakers, actors, technical teams, producers.

Based on the evidence that the Macao International Documentary Film Festival gives special attention to Portuguese films, a connection was suggested between the Showcase and this Festival that would bring more public to the first and more activities to the second, organizing a workshop with a Portuguese director invited. The need to provide local directors with a more cinematic notion of documentary was the starting point of the idea to organize a workshop with the documentary filmmaker and film teacher Catarina Mourão, whose film THE WOLF'S LAIR was presented at the first edition of the Portuguese Cinema Showcase in Macao, back in 2016.

In the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film THE LADY OF CHANDOR, in 2019, the director’s most iconic film, and its recent digitization, it was decided to include it in the program and invite the director to organize a workshop for a group of 15 to 20 people interested in the cinematographic documentary.

The workshop, in English and with a Cantonese translator, took place on the premises of the Orient Foundation during the weekend of the showcase and on the following days, taking advantage of the films shown to complement the talks given by the director. 

This event, which combines the Portuguese Cinema Show in Macau and the Documentary Workshop, provides a unique opportunity to promote Portuguese cinema and its agents by actively contributing to the training of local filmmakers.


[15/06/2019]