showcase of Portuguese independent cinema

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October 9, 2022

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Two young filmmakers created the digital exhibition platform Novocine in response to the lack of an alternative free space to promote independent cinema in Portuguese.

“The idea is that there is an opportunity for people who don’t know where their films will premiere or have already premiered and the film is lost. It’s really a shame. Many people leave this path at a disadvantage,” director Madalena Fragoso told Lusa.

The platform, which has been running for just over a week, is featured on novocine.pt as “an online movie theater that makes a new movie free every twenty days.” For each new film that is screened, there will be a reward for the respective director.

The first film available is House of Dogs (2019) by Madalena Fragoso and Margarida Meneses.

“There is a conflict of interest in launching a website for our film, but we thought it would be symbolic because we are asking directors to take a vow of faith in us. This is a very symbolic film about what our generation is doing, which should come together and make a film with different hands and with a different look,” said Madalena Fragoso.

O Novotsin was developed in 2020, at the height of the covid-19 pandemic, and begins with the financial support of a special program of the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual of 2,500 euros and a program of Guarantee Culture of 10,000 euros.

For this amount, the creators of Novocine – Madalena Fragoso and director Afonso Mota – want to program for a year, rewarding directors of selected films.

Madalena Fragoso thinks Novocine is just another alternative cinema window, but it fills a gap.

“There is a lack of a scheme to show more independent films, many people of our generation, where films are shown once at festivals and then eventually get there, but people don’t have access to them. He was seen once, twice – and he is gone, ”he said.

This is a space for films that don’t use an exhibition and distribution structure, that aren’t distributed by many festivals, and that either don’t reach streaming platforms or require a paid subscription to watch them.

In addition to screening the film for free, the platform includes context, whether it be an interview or an introductory text, and the content is also in English to reach overseas audiences.

“O Novotsin It’s just another alternate space. Since no one creates them for us, we thought about creating them ourselves,” summed up Madalena Fragoso, 30 years old.

“House and Dogs” will be “online” until October 17, giving way to a 1964 Brazilian short film whose title Madalena Fragoso does not reveal, although she says it refers to the real thing.

Madalena Fragoso also said that the timetable until March has already been confirmed and that the goal is to continue to seek financial support and support the project: “Let this be something that will continue.”

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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