In Focus
This program presents the work of directors with established credits and a major influence on current world cinema, through retrospectives that allow their work to be shown and put into context.
Whit Stillman
Renowned for his comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" (1990), "Barcelona" (1994), and "The Last Days of Disco" (1998), American filmmaker Whit Stillman has built a career characterized by witty dialogue and ironic portrayals of urban elites.
The retrospective offers Portuguese audiences the chance to revisit Stillman's distinctive body of work, which has influenced 1990s American independent cinema. His presence at the festival will also include a session with a Q&A opened to the audience.
— BARCELONA, 1994, USA/Spain, FIC, 101'
— DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, 2011, EUA, FIC, 99'
— LOVE & FRIENDSHIP, 2016, USA/UK/Irland/The Netherlands/France, FIC, 96'
— METROPOLITAN, 1990, USA/Spain, FIC, 99'
— THE COSMOPOLITANS, 2014, USA, FIC, 23'
— THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO, 1998, USA, FIC, 113'
Whit Stillman, Photo: David Koskas
Mahdi Fleifel, Photo: Bas Bogaerts
Mahdi Fleifel
Known for works such as "A World Not Ours" (2012), "A Man Returned" (2016), and "A Drowning Man" (2017), Palestinian-Danish filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel has explored themes related to the Palestinian refugee experience and diaspora.
The festival will host the national premiere of his latest film, "To a Land Unknown" (2024), which had its world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival.
— 3 LOGICAL EXISTS (2020), UK/Denmark/Lebanon, DOC, 15'
— 20 HANDSHAKES FOR PEACE (2014), Palestinian Territories/Germany, DOC, 5'
— A DROWNING MAN (2017), Denmark/UK/Greece, FIC, 15'
— A MAN RETURNED (2016), UK/Denmark/The Netherlands/Palestinian Territories, DOC, 30'
— A WORLD NOT OURS (2012), Lebanon/UK/Denmark/Palestinian Territories/UAE, DOC, 93'
— ELEFSINA NOTRE AMOUR (2023), Greece/Palestinian Territories, EXP, 9'
— I SIGNED THE PETITION (2018), Germany/Switzerland/UK, DOC, 10'
— TO A LAND UNKNOWN (2024), UK/France/Germany/PThe Netherlands/Greece/Qatar/
Saudi Arabia/Palestinian Territories, FIC, 105'
— XENOS (2014), UK/Germany/Greece, DOC, 13'
Festival
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