At the National Archive of Moving Images (ANIM) one finds the FILMar lab responsible for the digitisation of sea-related films deposited at Cinemateca—which is also a film museum—and in its custody. Nebulae guests will tour the heart of this operation, unveiling the processes through which one retrieves the memory and history of Portuguese cinema, in which the sea is a regular presence since 1896. The visit includes the screening of a few examples of political, industrial and tourist propaganda produced during Estado Novo, opening a discussion on preservation and access to the archive of colonial images, in which the sea has a relevant presence. Together with researcher Maria do Carmo Piçarra, we shall also dwell on issues concerning their study and use for artistic, research and programme purposes. The visit ends with a lunch at ANIM.
Capacity: 40 participants.
SOLD OUT
Departure from Culturgest at 10am and arrival at the same location at 3pm.
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During Estado Novo, the sea had a major role in the making of an idea of colonial empire. Its cinematic representation is one of the most complex readings of a moving images history, where what stays off screen often reveals what one sought to impose, state or expose, which was plenty. Doclisboa and the FILMar project partner in a programme around those representations, thinking about the necessary programming and framing ways to insert those films into contemporary rhetoric.
The project FILMar is carried out by Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema, with the support of the Financial Mechanism EEA Grants 2020-2024.