German-American actress Diane Kruger, known for her presence in major Hollywood productions such as “Troy” and “Bastards Without Law”, said the current strike that has stopped the industry is due in part to the studios being “stingy”. At the age of 47, the former model did not refrain from talking about the historic protest that brings together actors and screenwriters in Hollywood during her visit to the Francophone Film Festival of Angoulême, in western France, where she presented the feature film “Visions” [“Visões”, em tradução literal]by French director Yann Gozlan, also with Mathieu Kassovitz, Marta Nieto and Amira Casar in…
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Booksellers, publishers and booksellers are confident in the commercial success of the 2023 edition of the Porto Book Fair, which starts on Friday, anticipating, despite the crisis, a number of visitors and sales identical to last year. doors, the tranquility of Palácio Cristal was replaced by the noise of books that, little by little, began to populate the shelves of the 130 branches that wanted to be present at the Porto Book Fair. During the conversation, confidence prevailed that this year, the crisis, inflation and other financial concerns will not have an impact on sales, which should remain in line…
Cinanima – Espinho International Animated Film Festival will take place in this city in the Aveiro district from September 13th to 19th and, in this 47th edition, will break the participation record with 130 films in the competition. today by the management of the festival organized by Cooperativa Nascente, who adds that the international competition, whose winner is “qualified for Oscar nomination” from the North American Academy in the animation category, will feature five Portuguese candidates. from 33 countries. The Portuguese production has five short films selected for international competition”, announced the organization. 35 works compete for prizes in the…
The film “Slimane”, by Portuguese Carlos Pereira, is part of the Nest section of the 71st edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which takes place in September in the Basque Country, Spain, was announced today. one of the 13 short films in competition in the student section of the festival, according to the organization, in a statement released today. of the international meeting of film students at the Festival de San Sebástian”, which is in its 23rd edition this year.Portuguese Carlos Pereira is a student at the German Film and Television Academy, in Berlin, Germany. “Slimane”, about discrimination…
Promoted by the Municipality of Ponte de Sor, the festival will start on Saturday, at the theater-cinema of that Alentejo city, from 6.30 pm, and is expected to end on September 3, at 6 pm, with a concert at Aula Magna in Lisbon. In a statement sent to the Lusa agency, the municipality explained that the event brings together young musicians aged between 8 and 21 years old and that for nine days they will develop an “intense musical activity”, under the leadership of a collective of 35 teachers and three maestros.The Junior Music Festival aims to give young music…
Authorized in Saudi Arabia but banned in Kuwait, the world-famous film “Barbie” brings to light the divisions in Middle Eastern countries between opening speeches and still prevailing conservatism. Also shown in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the film by Greta Gerwig is not yet available in Qatar and Oman, without any official announcement of the premiere. , spectators dressed in pink compete for ‘selfies’ inside an imposing frame with the image of the famous blonde doll.“We never imagined that such a film would be shown in Middle Eastern countries”, confides to France-Presse (AFP) Al-Amiri, an 18-year-old student who went…
A short/age – Shortfilms for a New Age, a cinematographic project based in Viseu for 11 years, created a competition for new scripts for short films and the best one will have a reward of one thousand euros. year, we have 24 works. This year, and for the first time, we opened an ‘open call’ in which we have a reward of one thousand euros for the best short film script”, revealed the organizer Luís Belo. Along with Carlos Salvador, Luís Belo created the short/ age – Shortfilms for a New Age with the aim of “encouraging a taste for…
The event in the Alentejo village will feature shows on the main stage of the Handicrafts and Gastronomy Fair, with free entry, an occasional camping area and the After-Hours stage with DJs, among other scheduled activities. de Editors, Two Door Cinema Club, Nininho Vaz Maia, Ana Moura (special guest: Paulo Flores), Rui Veloso, Wet Bed Gang, Plutonio, Diogo Piçarra (special guest: Bárbara Tinoco), Os Quatro e Meia (special guests: Bandidos do Cante), Linda Martini, Pedro Mafama or Julinho KSD. The reception for the camper will take place on the 20th of August, with free admission, and will take place at…
The concert hall, one of 96 in the country that is part of the Portuguese Theater and Cinema Network, prepared a set of shows ranging from the new talent of the Luso-Cape Verdean Eu.Clides to the evocation of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Claude Debussy .After the summer break, the program returns to Teatro-Cine on the 16th of September, with the presentation of the debut album by Eu.Clides, “Declive”. finalize “My loneliness should have wings”, a show created in co-production with the City Council. that month, in ten sessions specially designed for secondary school students and one for…
The announcement was made in Prizren, Kosovo, where the Dokufest film festival ended on Saturday, with the prize for best documentary feature having been awarded to the work “The Death of a City”, by the Portuguese director João Rosas. by Terratreme Filmes, addresses the transformation of a city from the construction site in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, where an old typography gives way to luxury apartments.“Seeing this as a perfect image of the death of a certain Lisbon in the In the aftermath of the financial crisis and the exponential real estate and tourism growth that followed, the director films an…