Tarrafal, by Pedro Neves, in Cineteca Madrid
The documentary Tarrafal, directed by Pedro Neves and produced by Red Desert, is going to be screened this week in Cinetaca - Matadero, in Madrid, Spain.
After its screening at the Seville European Film Festival and CPH(Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival), we premiere in Madrid the latest work by Pedro Neves, Tarrafal, a poetic testimony about the end of the most troubled neighborhood in Porto, a symbol of the last days of Salazar's dictatorship, and about those who were its inhabitants, survivors of an economic system that decided to discard them.
May 18: post-screening discussion with the presence of director Pedro Neves.
More information here.
The Blue Apples in Goa
Screening of As Maçãs Azuis (Blue Apples), a documentary by Portuguese filmmaker Ricardo Leite, at Fundação Oriente.
Inn at Mira Forum Gallery in Porto
Inn / Hospedaria presented in Mira Fórum Gallery, in Oporto. It is combined with the collective exhibition "Power and Ilusion".
Above our Means in "Público" newspaper, by Jorge Mourinha
Jorge Mourinha, film critic from "Público", writes about the filme Acima das Nossas Possibilidades - Above Our Means. The world premiere was in Porto Post Doc.
New documentary Neighborhoods premieres next Saturday 25th
Almost 30% of the population of Porto lives in council districts. It is a special experience when districts become small towns with their own customs and traditions.