Portugal
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Doclisboa announces full 2023 programme
The 21st edition of #Doclisboa, set to occur between 19 and 29 October, is a significant event in the world of documentary film. The festival will feature 250 films from 42 countries, including 35 world premieres and 39 films from #Portugal. The lineup is notably diverse, covering a broad range of topics and genres. Theatre…
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Portugal’s MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival set to explore border, memory and identity for 2022 edition
Since 2014, MDOC-International Documentary Festival of Melgaço has been focusing on a unique event. Recognized inside and outside of #Portugal. MDOC focuses on three anchor axes for reflection – #border, #memory and #identity, always dealing with the issues of #migration and the displacement of human beings. Founded in a predominantly rural environment, MDOC dialogues with…
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«Since we are far from the big urban centres makes it a unique and different experience from other film festivals»
MDOC: Director Carlos Eduardo Viana on the Portuguese documentary festival's 2022 edition.
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Woman as a Victim of the Afghan System
AFGHANISTAN: In 2021, Doclisboa dedicated one of its programme blocks to the topic of women in the patriarchal society of Afghanistan. While the two films screened, Orchestra from the Land of Silence (2020) and Oh Dear Sara (2021), differ in many ways, their chilling message takes on a particularly intense dimension given the current situation…
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Palestine, Portugal, pluralism
Let me take this time for more examples identity is problematic. Who-you-are and where-you-belong-to are still debated. As usual, Norway’s Foreign Minister led the Donor Group for Palestine (AHLC) – this time at Oslo City Hall for a couple of hundred participants, such as Palestinians, Israelis, the United States, the EU, Russia, the UN and…
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Doclisboa announces 2021 industry-focused Nebulae programme
Doclisboa’s industry space, #Nebulae will hold its third edition in a hybrid format between 21-31 October 2021. Film professionals from all over the world will meeting #Lisbon between the 21 and 25 October, during which the on-site activities will take place. Online activities will run until October 31st. In the first two editions, Nebulae already…
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«Maybe we have to wait until 2022»
Porto/Post/Doc: Festival Director Dario Oliveira speaks on the 2020 adaptation of the much loved Porto-based film festival.
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La memoria es un campo de minas.
MEMORY: Un viaje a la vida y experiencia de un ex combatiente en la guerra colonial portuguesa.