Heart Beat

Marie Losier returns to Heart Beat, opening the section with Peaches Goes Bananas. Two iconic 1990s bands, Blur and Pavement, come back to the stage for their final reunions. Chris Smith infects us with the synth-pop energy of Devo, while Mathieu Amalric joins the Emerson Quartet, this time with soprano Barbara Hannigan. Thom Zimny reveals the backstage intensity of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, while Alessandra Dorgan presents a portrait of Rio singer-songwriter Luiz Melodia.

Léo Favier reveals Miyazaki’s deep connection to the environmental themes expressed in his works. Jacques Demy and François Truffaut are the protagonists of the portraits of Florence Platarets and Frédéric Bonnaud, on the one hand, and David Teboul, on the other, while Richard Copans takes us through the world of Robert Kramer.

There are still many paths to explore: we walk down John Galliano’s red carpet, visit a ruined castle to the sound of the album Ressaca Bailada, delve into the traditions of the Entrudo de Lazarim through the eyes of Diogo Varela Silva, get to know Ruy Cinatti’s Timor with Fernando Vendrell and arrive in Cesena, where Paulo Catrica meets photographer Guido Guidi.

Abel Ferrara, backed by the voice of Patti Smith, offers a tribute to the Ukrainian people.

Luca D’Introno

One Screening Only
18 Oct / 18:45 / 75’
Culturgest - Auditório Emilio Rui Vilar

Peaches Goes Bananas

Marie Losier

For the past 17 years, Marie Losier has captured the dynamic and provocative essence of Peaches. “A transgressive queer icon, an uncompromising feminist, a woman in constant transformation. I am…

19 Oct / 19:15 / 53’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
21 Oct / 14:00 / 53’
Culturgest - Pequeno Auditório

After Dance – A Concert Film

Sebastião Varela

A large, time-worn house sits on a towering, untouchable pedestal. Ressaca Bailada – Filme Concerto follows individuals as they navigate their relationship with freedom, unity, and isolation within this setting.…

19 Oct / 21:45 / 105’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
20 Oct / 21:45 / 105’
Cinema Ideal

Blur: To the End

Toby L.

“The Blur fan does not want for documentaries. From the ramshackle Starshaped in 1993 to the slick New World Towers in 2015, this is a band that knows what the…

20 Oct / 16:30 / 77’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
24 Oct / 19:45 / 77’
Cinema Ideal

Turn in the Wound

Abel Ferrara

A film about performance, poetry, music and the experience of people at war. Searching for meaning in the never-ending suffering and conflicts that echo the past, Turn in the Wound…

20 Oct / 19:00 / 92’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
26 Oct / 19:00 / 92’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3

Guido Guidi Lives in Hiding

Paulo Catrica

This visual biography delves into the life and creative process of Guido Guidi, a prominent name in contemporary photography, offering insights into his photographic philosophy and connecting the viewer to…

One Screening Only
20 Oct / 21:45 / 99’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Thom Zimny

Twenty Grammy Awards, record-setting concerts, albums charting in the Top 5 in each of the last six decades — as a musician, Bruce Springsteen has conquered just about every mountain…

21 Oct / 21:45 / 64’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
23 Oct / 19:45 / 64’
Cinema Ideal

Before It’s Too Late

Mathieu Amalric

After 47 years together, the Emerson String Quartet records their last album, Infinite Voyage, in three days. For this farewell, they invited soprano Barbara Hannigan, and a film was born.…

23 Oct / 18:45 / 71’
Culturgest - Auditório Emilio Rui Vilar
26 Oct / 16:45 / 71’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3

The Flight of The Crocodile – Ruy Cinatti’s Timor

Fernando Vendrell

“I am totally in love with Timor!”, said the Portuguese poet, anthropologist and agronomist Ruy Cinatti upon arriving on the island. From 1946 to 1974, he led a nomadic experiment,…

23 Oct / 19:30 / 73’
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala Luís de Pina
26 Oct / 19:00 / 73’
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala M. Félix Ribeiro

Looking for Robert

Richard Copans

“I evoke my 20 years of work with filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in 1999. With Route One USA as its centre of gravity, this is an account of the…

23 Oct / 21:30 / 128’
Culturgest - Auditório Emilio Rui Vilar
25 Oct / 21:45 / 128’
Cinema Ideal
Pavement

Pavements

Alex Ross Perry

How best to commemorate the career of Pavement, one of the defining indie rock bands of the 1990s? A museum exhibition? How about a jukebox Broadway musical? Or perhaps a…

24 Oct / 18:30 / 85’
Culturgest - Auditório Emilio Rui Vilar
27 Oct / 21:45 / 85’
Culturgest - Pequeno Auditório

Luiz Melodia – Within the Heart of Brazil

Alessandra Dorgan

Narrated entirely in the first person, the film seeks to give voice to Luiz Melodia, one of the greatest and most underappreciated singers and composers in Brazilian popular music. By…

24 Oct / 19:15 / 52’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
27 Oct / 17:00 / 52’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3

The Shrovetide Devil

Diogo Varela Silva

Lazarim’s shrovetide is one of the most genuine and ancient carnival celebrations in Portugal. O Diabo do Entrudo explores the fascinating caretos and their elaborate costumes, enabling not only an…

25 Oct / 19:00 / 60’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
26 Oct / 21:45 / 60’
Cinema Ideal

Ricardo Aleixo: Afro-Atlantic

Rodrigo Lopes de Barros

Brazilian poet and intermedia performer Ricardo Aleixo is depicted through Boston, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte, where he vocalizes his poems, interacts with the environment, and talks about his…

25 Oct / 21:30 / 113’
Culturgest - Auditório Emilio Rui Vilar
27 Oct / 19:15 / 113’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3

High & Low – John Galliano

Kevin Macdonald

Widely recognized as one of the most influential and successful fashion designers of our time, John Galliano dressed the most beautiful and influential women and men in the world in…

26 Oct / 16:30 / 84’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
27 Oct / 19:45 / 84’
Cinema Ideal

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

Léo Favier

For over 50 years, Miyazaki has enchanted the world with his films and iconic characters such as Totoro and Princess Mononoke, which have become cult classics. His work, often autobiographical,…

26 Oct / 21:45 / 99’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira
27 Oct / 16:45 / 99’
Culturgest - Pequeno Auditório

François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay

David Teboul

François Truffaut likened films to trains, stating, “They move like trains, you understand? Like trains in the night.” His life mirrored that pace: swift and unwavering. He was 52 when…

One Screening Only
27 Oct / 16:30 / 89’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira

Jacques Demy, the Pink and the Black, de Florence Platarets e Frédéric Bonnaud

Jacques Demy, the Pink and the Black

Florence Platarets

Jacques Demy’s ability to enchant audiences was rooted in his personal struggles and doubts as a showman, establishing him as one of French cinema’s greatest artists. Written by Frédéric Bonnaud,…

One Screening Only
27 Oct / 19:00 / 95’
Cinema São Jorge - Sala M. Oliveira

Devo by Chris Smith

Devo

Chris Smith

Few groups embraced sci-fi, satire, and surrealism like the Dada-inspired, new wave, art punk band Devo. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Devo were music video pioneers, and satirical…