Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile lives a peaceful life with his beloved Titina, a dog he rescued from the streets of Rome. One day he is invited by the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to accompany him on his next expedition and fly over the North Pole in an aircraft! The unlikely trio Nobile, Titina and Amundsen embark on an adventure, unraveling the mysteries of the only undiscovered place on Earth. Everything goes wonderfully… until the two men start competing for glory and fame. A real story about triumphs and defeats, told from the unique perspective of this little four-legged…
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The World Animation Festival is an annual and itinerant initiative by Casa da Animação, with a week of activities that marks and is associated with the international celebration of World Animation Day, on October 28th. This year, for the first time, the World Animation Festival of Animation will be divided between Castelo Branco and Vila Velha de Ródão, with the production company Oeste Filmes as its anchor, located in Gavião de Ródão, in that district, and where it is developing a hub dedicated to animation cinema. “We always have a concern giant with decentralization, doing it in places that are…
Still without alternative locations, because “renting is impossible and buying is all in the millions”, the future of Arroz Estúdios, Casa Independente, Sirigaita and Sociedade Musical Ordem e Progresso (SMOP) may involve other cities. With the increase in rental and property purchase prices, residents and associations have been forced to change areas of the city or close permanently. This was what happened with the Os Amigos do Minho Excursionist and Recreational Group, in Rua do Benformoso, and the Sport Club do Intendente, in Largo do Intendente, around five years ago, and the Crew Hassan, in the Anjos area, already in…
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, at the presentation of the so-called Ala Álvaro Siza, the president of the Serralves Foundation, Ana Pinho, highlighted that the new building is a milestone in the history of the institution, which will allow a 44% increase in exhibition area of the museum, representing an investment of 10 million euros, financed by around four million from community funds. According to Ana Pinho, the new wing responds to two needs of the foundation: “The building has three floors, two dedicated to exhibitions, one to the Serralves contemporary art collection, which will thus be permanently displayed in…
The documentary “The Visit and a Secret Garden”, by Spanish director Irene M. Borrego, with Portuguese co-production, received an award for excellence at the Yamagata film festival, which took place in Japan, revealed producer Cedro Plátano.The film, the first feature-length film by Spanish director Irene M. Borrego, was part of the festival’s international competition, and concluded with a prize for excellence from the jury. “The Visit and a Secret Garden” is a filmed portrait of the Spanish artist Isabel Santaló (1923- 2017), “and reflects on memory and oblivion, on art and the creative process, on what it means to be…
The best short film in the national competition was for “Um Caroço de Abacate”, by Ary Zara, and in the local competition the winner was “Memórias de Pau Preto e Marfim”, by Inês Costa, announced the Cine Clube de Viseu. from each of these competitions they win a prize of 1,500 euros, each, for a total of 3,000 euros in prizes in the two categories for best short films. This was the year in which Cine Clube de Viseu received the most applications for the national competition, with around 340 films, of which 11 were chosen by the jury, which…
Until November 12th, this multidisciplinary festival that marked two decades of activity in 2022, will present theater, installation, performance and cinema, in various spaces in the capital, produced by DuplaCena/Horta Seca. The opening of the second moment takes place with “We Have Just the Present”, by Manuela Marques, today and Saturday, at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), where “two people lost, in an ethereal space, look for a way out, supporting each other”, bringing “to the plane of perception certain stigmatized and overlooked pains”, according to the synopsis of the play.With artistic direction and text by Manuela Marques, the…
The 47th edition of this festival, scheduled from October 19th to November 1st, will feature Portuguese works in several sections, such as “O Sangue” (1989), by Pedro Costa, and “Vale Abraão” (1993), by Manoel de Oliveira, in the “Filmes Restaurados” program. There will be special presentations, namely of the recent short film “As daughters of fire”, by Pedro Costa, and the four films produced by Bando à Parte for the “La Factory des Cinéastes” initiative, of the Cannes festival, with young structures, technicians and directors from the north of Portugal. Also in the special sections, two documentaries will be shown:…
In a statement sent to Lusa, Persona Non Grata Pictures said that “A Bela América” will be shown in the International Perspective section of the show, which takes place between October 19th and November 1st, and whose program this year includes films from 96 countries .After “Embargo” and “Pedro e Inês”, “A Bela América” is the third film by director António Ferreira to be selected at the International Film Festival in São Paulo, “the biggest cinematographic event in Brazil”, highlighted the producer. “A Bela América”, a Portuguese-Brazilian co-production with the participation of Canal Brasil, will premiere in Brazilian theaters right…
Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil in ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ (2023), a record in 50-year cinema historyA surprising return as the suffering mother of the girl possessed by the devil, in the first film of a new trilogy directed by David Gordon Green. The legendary Oscar-winning actress, 90, said she turned down many versions of ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ (1977) and has done the same again with this new film. And when, to her surprise, the studio returned and doubled the financial proposal, the “temptation” arose. As he said: “I thought, ‘This is a lot of money. Let me think.’ The…