The fourth Portuguese film festival, Entre Olhares, has been taking place in various locations since last Saturday to create a new cultural dynamic in the city. He intends to “concentrate films representing national production in Barreiro” and will hold new screenings on the 18th and 19th, at 19 and 22, and at 16:00, 18:30 and 22:00 respectively. event, which will be attended by several directors and several premieres.
According to the organization, this year’s program is divided into five separate sections: World View – Fiction and Animation, Territories – Documentary, Horror and Science Fiction, and Shorts at a Glance, dedicated to the first works. Considered “the largest on the Portuguese film scene” in the Lisbon metropolitan area (AML), this year’s festival for the general public includes a total of 68 films this year and, as before, will be held at the Cineclube. do Barreiro, in the cinemas of Forum Barreiro, as well as in the Municipal Hall of Augusto Cabrita, in Parque da Cidade, tickets cost from 2.50 euros, for young people under 30 and over 65 years old and 3.50 euros.
The initiative also has a partnership with Transportes Colectivos do Barreiro, with ticket holders having “free rides to the event’s venues,” according to Câmara do Barreiro, which is backing another event.“Entre Olhares”, which “seeks to promote and disseminate Portuguese cinematography by giving the public an opportunity” and “to have films face to face, turning the experience of watching a set of films into a socio-cultural experience.” value”, recognizing national production as “a cultural heritage that reflects on us and on what surrounds us”.
An event on the south coast with a purely national identity
It should be added that this initiative is also “the first cinematic event born in Arco Ribeirinho Sul (Margem Sul) with the characteristics of a film festival and the first in AML dedicated exclusively to Portuguese cinema”, with a program including dozens of works.
According to the promoters of the festival, “Entre Olhares” is also “a window overlooking the panorama of national production, which gives the public new perspectives on emerging cinema and stimulates the contact of authors with the audience” in a show that aims to be “a means to attract new directors, promote current films , promoting cinematic culture and recognition” of Portuguese films.
The event also aims to “expand the distribution of films”, and in this sense, “Entre Olhares” contributes to its expansion to other places in the region, as part of the strategic mission of “expanding the scope of work and creating a network with other municipalities”. “, fighting literacy in this area and reaching more viewers. The 2022 program, which began with the work of dozens of filmmakers, ends on the 19th.
