Overview of articles
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25 de Abril – Uma aventura para a demokracya
What has happened to the Carnation Revolution’s dreams and aspirations? Does cinema have the answer – and will we like it?Published on: -
Guerra ou paz? (2019 ROTTERDAM MIX)
What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics?Published on: -
Virados do avesso
What happens when a gay writer wakes up straight, his groove gone? The film nobody expected of Pêra: a deliciously ordinary burlesque!Published on: -
Impending Doom
Two funerals, one soundtrack: suddenly, Ioannes Paul PP.II unexpectedly had a lot in common with Communist politician Álvaro Cunhal.Published on: -
Lovecraftland – Cine-Koncerto 3D
An ‘ekstatic’ celebration of Lovecraftian visions, darkly improvised with live music by Randolph Carter and wild VJing of Pêra-visions by ClaudiPublished on: -
Anteu
Aesthetically pleasing, playful narrative about a boy left as the last survivor in his village. Who will bury him when he dies?Published on: -
Caminhos magnétykos
Father cracks when daughter marries some shady entrepreneur. A grimly funny, audio-visually dazzling science fiction romp about ‘kontemporary’ fascismPublished on: -
La ville des pirates
Surrealist Ruiz film with echoes of Buñuel’s L’Age d’Or. The pirate city is a ghost castle on a rocky island, in which a group of…Published on: -
A vida invisível
Gonçalves received universal praise for A Girl in Summer (IFFR 1987). 25 years later, he is back as a director with a mysterious, melancholy and…Published on: -
Redemption
Highlight of the film year: collage film featuring intimate thoughts from well-known Europeans in bombastic/ironic ‘letters’ from Portugal, Milan, ParPublished on: