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Curtas Vila do Conde: Call for entries Entries are open for the competitions of the 28th edition of Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, which will take place between July 11 and 19, 2020. The films can be submitted online, on the various platforms available. New short films produced in 2019 or to be produced in 2020, with a maximum duration of up to 60 minutes (except where noted), in various genres and at festival competitions are accepted. Registration until April 30th 2020.

Finissage "Locus Amoenus, Locus Horribilis” by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática will receive, on January 12th, at 4pm, a guided tour by the artist himself to the exhibition "Locus Amoenus, Locus Horribilis", by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and then the launch of Contemporânea magazine #4.

The launch of the 4th edition of Contemporânea will feature a panel discussion on the use of image-movement in the visual arts, with Sara Castelo Branco, Mário Micaelo and Jonathan Uliel Saldanha.

Bustarenga awarded at DocEnCourts Ana Maria Gomes's documentary “Bustarenga” received the Grand Prix of the 19th edition of the DocEnCourts festival, which took place from 11 to 15 December in France. The film, co-produced by Curtas Metragens C.R.L (Portugal) and ECCE FILMS (France), tells the story of Ana who returns to Bustarenga in the summer, a mountain village in the interior of Portugal, where residents worry that Ana is still single at 36. Ana listens to the advice and warnings of the villagers for her to find the enchanted prince, according to the precepts of the village.

"Uncle Thomas, accounting for the days" at Clermont-Ferrand Regina Pessoa's film "Uncle Tomás, The Accounting of the Days" was selected for the competition of the 42nd edition of the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, that will take place between January 31st and February 8th, in France.

The film, which has been awarded at various festivals, is a moving tribute to a poet of the everyday and a testament to the director's love for her eccentric uncle.