"Chacun son Cinéma"

There are several reasons to pay a ticket to go to the cinema - reasons which we seldom remember why it is so important to keep going.

We go to the cinema because it makes you:
- wonder why;
- think on the "grande finale";
- cry;
- pay attention;
- look deeply;
- direct your life towards a goal;
- count the minutes;
- clap hardly;
- read;
- enjoy those last hours;
- feel different emotions in an incredibly short period of time;
- disconnect from the surroundings;
- miss another movie;
- laugh;
- want to come back;
- die inside;
- feel alive;
- sing along;
- meet the real cinema;
- know;
- count the chairs;
- live your own life and your own feelings;
- leave and never come back;
- talk about it.

Festivals

It is true! Portugal is a tiny country in culture, especially cinema culture. However, we have to admit we have good cinema festivals, even thought they are almost always for small audiences.
Here are some of the cinema festivals and exhibitions.

Black & White Audiovisual Festival
Fantasporto
Anima’Filmes - Institut Franco-Portugais
Mostra Sci Fi de Cinema Fantástico
KINO - Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã
8½ Festa do Cinema Italiano
MOTELx
Monstra
IndieLisboa
Festroia
Estoril Film Festival
DocLisboa
Lisbon Village Festival
Queer Lisboa

Feel free to add any other cinema exhibition in Portugal.

Golden Globes winners/nominees

Here are the winners and nominees of the Golden Globes 2008.
Once more, and this is not the only blog posting this, the Golden Globes ceremony proved to be a completely fake of reality. But, please, judge for yourselves:

Best Motion Picture

Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Motion Picture (Musical Or Comedy)

Sweeney Todd
Across The Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno

Best Foreign-Language Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Persepolis

Best Director

Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Animated Feature Film

Ratatouille
Bee Movie
The Simpsons Movie

Best Actor (Drama)

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson’s War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wikinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress (Drama)

Julie Christie - Away from Her
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement

Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

Marion Cotillard - La vie en Rose
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonski - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Screenplay

Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Diablo Cody - Juno
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson’s War

Best Original Score

Atonement
Into the Wild
Grace is Gone
Kite Runner
Eastern Promises

Best Original Song

“Guaranteed” - Into the Wild
“Despidida” - Love in the Time of Cholera
“Grace is Gone” - Grace is Gone
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
“Walk Hard” - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Source: /Film.

Estoril Film Festival '08

This is just one more portuguese film festival, among many others. However, do not think this is JUST one more... Estoril Film Festival 2008 is under the direction of Paulo Branco, who tries to celebrate cinema as an artistic creation, exploring its three components - art, entertainment and industry. Focusing on the work of the most important and remarkable directors of our time, this film festival bring us an exchanging knowledge, offering different ways of seeing cinema with masterclasses, public meetings with international artists, debates, concerts and exhibitions. The Festival will also host a meeting between the best European film schools, the annual meeting of Europa Distribution and a debate with some of the most well known international critics. I am sorry for my late post, since the festival is already finished. It took place in the Estoril Casino from 14th to 22nd of Nov.

Here is the list of the hounors for this year:

BEST FILM ESTORIL FILM FESTIVAL 2008

Wild Field, by Mikhail Kalatozishvili
108’|RU|2008

A hard and magical look over the russian steppe. A film that caught the jury’s eye for its intimate and expansive beauty. The story about a provincial doctor who discovers a strange force, an invisible threat.
Between the tradition of the classical Russian cinema and an outstanding modernity, Wild Field is the great discover of the Festival.

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – CASCAIS TOWN COUNCIL
Ex-aequo
Involuntary, by Ruben Ostlund
98’|SW|2008
The new enfant terrible of the new Swedish cinema stages a play of human pictures in the middle of the countryside Summer. Situations on the limit shot in a context of an extreme realistic experience. A film about friends, traumas of the past and the little lessons we learn with our mistakes. Ruben Ostlund reveals his work in Portugal.
Hooked, de Adrian Sitaru
84’|RO|2008
One more time the new Romanian cinema triumphs in an international festival. A case of charm at the first glance, Hooked was one of the sensations in the last Venice Festival and establishes the talent of Sitaru, cineaste who uses video as a subjective element. Hooked is also a film of actors shot with minimalism.

CINE-EUROPA PRIZE

Shultes, de Bakur Bakuradze
100’|RU|2008
The honors list of the festival consecrates again the Russian cinema. Shultes is a noir variation of an unlikely friends tale: a deluded pickpocket and a child from the streets of Moscow. A raw portrait of a very particular Russian sadness, Shultes puts Bakur Bakuradze on the map, director who knows how to create atmospheres with splashes of classic American cinema and the most intriguing Russia dryness.

More information on its official website.

European Film Awards 2008

This year, the European Film Awards 2008 will take place in Copenhagen, on 6th of December. The most nominated movie was the italian "Gomorra" from Matteo Garrone.

Here are the nominees:

European Film 2008
Il Divo, Italy
Entre Les Murs, France
Gomorra, Italy
Happy-Go-Lucky, England
El Orfanato, Spain
Waltz With Bashir, Israel/France/Germany

European Director 2008
Laurent Cantet, Entre Les Murs
Andreas Dresen, Wolke 9
Ari Folman, Waltz With Bashir
Matteo Garrone, Gomorra
Steve McQueen, Hunger
Paolo Sorrentino, Il Divo

European Actress 2008
Hiam Abass, Lemon Tree
Arta Dobroshi, Le Silence de Lorna
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Belen Rueda, El Orfanato
Kristin Scott Thomas, Il Y a Longtemps que Je T’aime
Ursula Werner, Wolke 9

European Actor 2008
Michael Fassbender, Hunger
Thure Lindhart & Mads Mikkelsen, Flammen & Citronen
James McAvoy, Atonement
Toni Servillo, Gomorra e Il Divo
Jurgen Vogel, Die Welle
Elmar Wepper, Kirschbluten - Hanami

More information on the official website.

Bergen International Film Festival 2008

It happens that Norway is not just a place to study, at least not for me. Besides the Oslo Film Festival, I also went to the BIFF 2008.

Unfortunately I only had the opportunity to go on the frist and last day. Both of the movie sthat I saw were in my list for a long time.
The first one is really known among the cinema community, as it belongs to the Cohen brothers. "Burn After Reading" was an hilariant movie that I presented here a few months ago. But here it is again:

The actors were really good, specially the fabulous John Malkovich. I totally recomend it!

The second one was "Son of Rambow", a movie from the director Garth Jennings.


It was about a relationship between two little boys who decided to make a shortfilm about the son of Rambo.

With a very good guide, "Son of Rambow" is not just a film for children, as it can also have a huge impact on adults.

You can find more information about BIFF 2008 on its official website.

Bergen Animation Festival

It is a little bit late to talk about this festival, but...

I had the opportunity to watch two short movies and a long one.

The first short-film was about blindness but, unfortunately, it was in Norwegian.

The other two prima-donnas were from the same director, Bill Plympton. "Hot Dog" was the name of his short-film in this festival, a funny movie with a typical American humour. This was the 2nd sequel of "Guard Dog" from 2004.

But the main reason that took me there was "Idiots and Angels". This is the last feature of Plympton. "Idiots and Angels", as described on his website, is a "dark comedy about a man's battle for his soul".

For more information check the BAF website, the Billy Plympton website or the IMDB.

Queer Lisboa 12

This is a really peculiar cinema festival, but it is worth it anyway.

Queer Lisboa 12 is the 12th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. They will select films from three diffent categories: long-film, documentary and short-film, among many other activities, such as discussions about social impacts.

The Festival will take place at "Cinema S. Jorge" from 19th to 27th of September.

More information at the Official website.

Source: Red Carpet

MOTELx 08

MOTELx – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa é um festival não competitivo com o intuito de revelar em Portugal o melhor do Cinema de Terror de todo o mundo e em todas as suas variantes: das grandes produções aos independentes, do clássico ao experimental, do culto às novas tendências.

O MOTELx é organizado pelo CTLX – Cineclube de Terror de Lisboa, conta com a Câmara Municipal de Lisboa e a EGEAC como parceiros estratégicos e é realizado em co-produção com o Cinema São Jorge.

Terá lugar no Cinema São Jorge, entre os dias 3 e 7 de Setembro. Mais informações no site oficial.
Aqui fica a programação:

Quarta 03, Setembro

21h45 · Sala 1
Sessão de Abertura
A Morte de Tchaikovsky (8') de Nuno Felix
Doomsday (106') de Neil Marshall (site oficial)

00h15 · Piso 1
Inauguração da Exposição " Concurso Ourives CTLX'08"

Quinta 04, Setembro

15h30 · Sala 3
[Filme a anunciar brevemente]

17h00 · Sala 1
The Quiet (3') de Kike Mesa
Black Water (90') de Andrew Traucki e David Nerlich
(site oficial)

17h30 · Sala 3
Columba Palumbus (4') de Koldo Almandoz
Hyena (87') de Grzegorz Lewandowski

19h00 · Sala 1
Stagman (23') de Virginie Gourmel
Fritt Vilt (96') de Roar Urthaug (site oficial)

19h30 · Sala 3
The Night that Dead... (9') de Yasamin Rizan
Virtual Truth (26') de Negar Azarbaijani
Hiss (68') de Sayed Fahim Hashimy

21h45 · Sala 1
Aparências (8') de Liz Marins
Encarnação do Demônio (90') de José Mojica Marins
(site oficial)

22h00 · Sala 3
Blood, Boobs and Beast (75') de John Paul Kinhart
(site oficial)

00h00 · Maxime
Concerto - [Banda a anunciar brevemente]

Sexta 05, Setembro

10h30 · Sala 3
Sessão Extra "Secção Lobo Mau"
La Antena (90') de Esteban Sapir (site oficial)

15h30 · Sala 3
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (88') de Mike Bohusz

17h00 · Sala 1
Tercero B (18') de Jose María Goenaga
Haute Tension (91') de Alexandre Aja (site oficial)

17h30 · Sala 3
Animal (86') de Angel Mora (site oficial)

19h00 · Sala 1
Carrinho de Mão (8') de Fernando Jesus
El Rey de la Montaña (90') de Gonzalo López-Gallego
(site oficial)

19h30 · Sala 3
Anatomy (3') de Vincenzo Pandolfi
Roman (92') de Angela Bettis

21h45 · Sala 1
…ya no puede caminar (8') de Luis Berdejo
Alone (90') de Banjong Pisanthanakun e Parkpoom Wongpoom (site oficial)

22h00 · Sala 3
À Meia Noite Levarei a Sua Alma (84') de José Mojica Marins

00h00 · Sala 1
El Tren de la Bruja (18') de Koldo Serra
À L'Intérieur (83') de Julien Maury e Alexandre Bustillo

00h15 · Sala 3
Las Horas Muertas (14') de Frederico Gonçalves e Vasco Santos
36 Pasos (98') de Adrián García Bogliano (site oficial)

Sábado 06, Setembro

15h30 · Sala 3
Ray Harryhausen Presents: The Pit and the Pendulum (8') de Marc Lougee
La Antena (90') de Esteban Sapir (site oficial)

17h00 · Sala 1
Diary of the Dead (96') de George A. Romero (site oficial)

17h30 · Sala 3
Esta Noite Encarnarei no teu Cadáver (108') de José Mojica Marins

19h00 · Sala Buondi (antiga Sala 2)
Entrada Livre
Masterclass (90') - [Convidado a anunciar brevemente]

21h45 · Sala 1
Down the Road (16') de Rune Christensen
Stuck (94') de Stuart Gordon

22h00 · Sala 3
Tight (10') de Sergi Vizcaino
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (91') de Gregory M. Wilson
(site oficial)

00h00 · Sala 1
O RIM (10') de Fernando Alle
Frontières(s) (108') de Xavier Gens (site oficial)

00h15 · Sala 3
Codename Reanimator (3') de Frederico Gonçalves e Vasco Santos
Blood Car (76') de Alex Orr (site oficial)
Dard Divorce (85') de Olaf Ittenbach (site oficial)

Domingo 07, Setembro

15h30 · Sala 3
Reel Zombies (97') de Michael Masters e David J. Francis
(site oficial)

17h00 · Sala 1
O Ascensorista (10') de João Loff, José Artur Lourenço e Artur Pedro Lourenço
Sheitan (94') de Kim Chapiron (site oficial)

17h30 · Sala 3
O Despertar da Besta (91') de José Mojica Marins

19h00 · Sala Buondi (antiga Sala 2)
Entrada Livre
Masterclass Zé do Caixão (90')

21h45 · Sala 1
Sessão de Encerramento

Serão (3') de Joana Toste Teeth (94') de Mitchell Lichenstein (site oficial)

Fontes: MOTELx 08, Bela Lugosi is Dead, Red Carpet.

16º Curtas Vila do Conde

O "International Film Festival Curtas" está na sua 16ª edição.

O 16º Curtas Vila do Conde a par com o 12º Mercado da Curta Metragem decorre entre os dias 5 a 13 de Julho, contando com diversas sessões competitivas de curtas-metragens, mas também sessões de longas-metragens, exposições, filmes concerto (Loosers, Mão Morta e The Legendary Tiger Man), masterclasses e conferências.

Mais informações no site oficial.

(Não estou a conseguir coloca imagens. Logo que possível tentarei pô-las. Até lá, bons filmes!)

Porto7

O Porto7 trata-se do Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens do Porto.

Este festival realizar-se-á entre os dias 20 e 24 de Junho, no Auditório do Círculo Católico dos Operários do Porto, contando com apoios do Instituto Português da Juventude (IPJ) e da Câmara do Porto. O objectivo é "promover a produção e exibição de obras neste formato [curtas-metragens] e o intercâmbio cultural entre as diversas nacionalidades presentes".

O festival Porto7 é composto por duas secções competitivas: a Competição Internacional de Curtas-Metragens e a Competição de Curtas-Metragens Porto7, destinada a trabalhos de ficção, sob o tema Porto. O festival termina com uma festa/jantar na noite de São João.

Mais informação no site oficial.

IX Sé Vídeo Festival

No dia 20 de Junho, em Faro, decorrerá o IX Festival de Vídeo da Sé.

Serão distribuídos prémios e será possível o visionamento dos trabalhos a concurso.

Este festival terá lugar numa sssão pública na Biblioteca Municipal António Ramos Rosa em Faro, pelas 21 horas. A sessão é aberta a todo o público.

Os prémios a atribuir para qualquer um dos temas são:

1º Prémio - 500 Euros(oferecidos pela Câmara Municipal de Faro)
- 1 Troféu

2º Prémio - 175 Euros (oferecidos pela Junta de Freguesia da Sé - Faro)
- 1 Troféu
- 1 Estadia (1 noite) para 2 pessoas em qualquer Pousada da Juventude em Portugal

3º Prémio - 125 Euros (oferecidos pela Junta de Freguesia da Sé - Faro)
- 1Troféu
- 1 Conjunto de Livros

Todos os participantes receberão também um diploma de participação.

A organização é da responsabilidade da Câmara Municipal de Faro e da Junta de Freguesia da Sé. O júri será composto por: Câmara Municipal de Faro, Junta de Freguesia da Sé, CCDR Algarve, Região de Turismo do Algarve, Cineclube de Faro, Direcção Regional de Educação do Algarve e Direcção Regional de Cultura do Algarve.

Fonte: Red Carpet.

8 1/2 FESTA DO CINEMA ITALIANO

Mais um festival. Desta vez trata-se do 8 1/2 Festa do Cinema Italiano.


De 5 a 11 de Junho, nas salas do Cinema King, irá realizar-se a primeira edição de 8 ½, Festa do Cinema Italiano, em colaboração com o Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Lisboa e com a La Cappella Underground, prestigiado centro italiano de pesquisa cinematográfica.

Mais informação no site oficial.

Fonte: CineDoc.

Festroia

Festroia trata-se do Festival Internacional de Cinema.

Com um novo patrocinador, o Casino de Lisboa, este festival garante boas novas, tanto na cidade habitual, Setúbal, como na capital, Lisboa. Realizar-se-á de 6 a 15 de Junho.

Mais informação pode ser vista no site oficial.

Fonte: Royale With Cheese.