The Unknown Known, Errol Morris, USA, 2013

Included in the PORTRAITS section, which presents biography films, The Unknown Known, a mesmerizing portrait of Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War. Rumsfeld takes the stage as the writer/performer of his own life, reading selections from his "snowflakes", out of hundreds of his own memorandums.
28 OCT / 16.30, Culturgest - Large Auditorium
02 NOV / 21.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

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The Ugly One, Eric Baudelaire, France, 2013
Winter, Beirut. On a beach littered with cans washed up from the sea, Lili and Michel meet. The deep voice of a Japanese narrator recounts his own experience of 27 clandestine years fighting alongside the Palestinians as a member of the Japanese Red Army. This film is included in the NEW VISIONS section. The director will attend the session on the 28th.
28 OUT / 22h, Culturgest - Large Auditorium
03 NOV / 21.30, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

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Cha Fang (The Questioning), Zhu Rikun, China, 2013
On July 24th, 2012, Zhu Rikun travelled to Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, to cheer Liu Ping and two other independent candidates and human right activists. At 12 o'clock at night, some policemen entered their room and started the so-called "room inspection", and so begins the camera roll. Cha Fang is competing in the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SHORT FILMS category.
28 OCT / 16.00 - São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

Kelly, Stéphanie Régnier, France, 2013
Europe seems like a vague entity. It continues unattainable for Kelly, who sees it with disdain. She replicates the destiny to the camera: the wise life in Peru, the clandestine life in the French Guiana, the family, and the loved one... Kelly dangles between three continents, three languages and three worlds. Tangier is depicted in fragments. Kelly is up for competition in the INTERNATIONAL FEATURE-LENGTH FILM category.
28 OCT / 16h - São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

Fim de Citação (End of Quote), Joaquim Pinto and Nuno Leonel, Portugal, 2013

"This show was created by Cornucópia theatre group when, in 2010, the financing for theatres received a huge cutback. The state claimed that the current world circumstance did not allow for theatres to continue being considered ‘art work' and instead should be a ‘cultural industry'. (...) The most personal and open-minded of all our shows." Film inserted in the SPECIAL PROGRAMME 7. Both directors will be present in the one-time only session.
28 OCT / 22h, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

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The Blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, Les Blank, USA, 1968
This is a profound film; it captures the essence of the great Texan blues musician, Lightnin' Hopkins. Blank reveals Lightnin's inspiration, which serves as a basis for a large number of classic blues. The film includes an intimate outdoor performance and a visit to his childhood hometown in Centerville, Texas.
28 OCT / 19.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3
02 NOV / 21.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3

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Chulas Fronteras, Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, USA, 1976
A complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most acclaimed Norteño musicians of the Texas-Mexican border, including Flaco Jimenez and Lydia Mendoza. Chulas Fronteras is part of the HEART BEAT programme.
28 OCT / 19.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3
02 NOV / 21.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3

Dizzy Gillespie, Les Blank, USA, 1964
Rare images of legendary jazzman Dizzy Gillespie as he talks about his beginnings and music theories - and blows on his famous bent horn. This piece by Les Blank is a part of the HEART BEAT section.
28 OCT / 19.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3
02 NOV / 21.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3

Aşura (Ashura), Köken Ergun, Turkey, 2012
The Battle of Karbala took place on October 10, 680 in Karbala (Iraq), between the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph and Hussein, the grandson of prophet Muhammad. This battle is central to Shi'a Muslim belief in which the martyrdom of Hussein is mourned by an annual commemoration, Ashura. Köken Ergun competes in the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SHORT FILMS category.
28 OCT / 16.45 - Cinema City Alvalade - 1
01 NOV / 21.45 - Cinema City Alvalade - 1

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Chroniques Équivoques (Equivocal Chronicles), Lamine Ammar-Khodja, Argelia/France,
2013
In a series of chronicles about the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, the film rolls out eight equivocal fragments as tories that resonate to form a complex mosaic of the city of Algiers. The film belongs to the INVESTIGATION section. The director will attend the session on the 1st of November.
28 OCT / 16.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1
01 NOV / 21.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

'A Iucata (The Bet), Michele Pennetta, Switzerland, 2013
Catania, Sicily. In the heart of the working class neighborhood lies a vast and lawless territory where makeshift stables can be found. One of them is owned by Concetto - aka "il farmacista" - a man respected and feared, with reputation in the world of clandestine horse racing. This illegal activity is the main source of income for him and his whole family. The first session will have the presence of the director.
28 OCT / 19.15, Cinema City Alvalade - 1
02 NOV / 19.30, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Cheveux Rouges et Café Noir (Red Hair and Black Coffee), Milena Bochet, Belgium, 2012
Hermanovce, Slovak Republic. A Romany village deep down in the valley, with old shacks and newer concrete ones. The spirit of Vozarania, the ancestor that still passes things on form mother to daughter wanders around. Four women tell us about their day-to-day life with words that travel near borders with different worlds. Milena Bochet's film belongs to the INVESTIGATIONS section and she will attend the first screening.

28 OCT / 19.15, Cinema City Alvalade - 1
02 NOV / 19.30, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Kutchi Vahan Pani Wala (From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf) Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran|
(CAMP collective members)
The film, included in the INVESTIGATIONS unit, is a result of four years of dialogue, friendship and exchange between CAMP and a group of sailors on the Gulf of Kutch. Their travels, and those of co-seafarers from Pakistan and Southern Iran, through the Persian and Aden Gulfs show us a world cut into many pieces. We follow the physical crossings made by these people who also make videos.
28 OCT / 22h, Cinema City Alvalade - 1
31 OCT / 16.30, Culturgest - Large Auditorium

Nichnasti pa'am Lagan (Once I entered a Garden), Avi Mograbi, France/Israel/Switz., 2012
The film fantasizes an Old Middle East, wherein communities were not divided along ethnic and religious lines, in which even metaphorical borders had no place. In Ali and Avi's joint adventure, in the journey they take to their own communal histories, the Middle East of yore - the one in which they could coexist effortlessly - resurfaces with ease. Nichnastipa'am Lagan is up for competition in the INTERNATIONAL FEATURE-LENGTH FILM category.
25 OCT / 22h, Culturgest - Large Auditorium
28 OCT / 16.15, Cinema City Alvalade - 3

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Un Voyageur (Ain't misbehavin), Marcel Ophüls, France, 2013
Marcel talks with and about personalities like Jeanne Moreau, Bertold Brecht, Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick and his friend François Truffaut. A filmmaker without memory doesn't exist. Here is Marcel Ophuls' "memorabilia store".
28 OCT / 18.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 3
02 NOV / 17h, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman, USA, 2013
At Berkeley shows how one of the most important American universities is managed and advocates the complex relation between all of its stakeholders - the students, the university, its managers, the graduates, the city of Berkley, the State of California and the federal government. Exhibited in a one-time only session, the work debuted at this year's Venice Film Festival and is incorporated in the SPECIAL PROGRAMME 6.
27 OCT / 15h, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema

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Flor e Eclipse (Flower and Eclipse), Marcelo Felix, Portugal, 2013
Flower and Eclipse evokes the invisibility of the plants that we do not distinguish, proposing the acknowledgement of their names, the perception of their appearance, the mentioning of their physical properties and the gathering of all those elements into an unpredictable story of conflict and resilience. Sessions with the presence of Marcelo Felix - the director. The film is competing in the PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM category.
27 OCT / 19.45, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema
29 OCT / 16.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Salomé Lamas, Portugal, 2013
As the film unwinds it allows us to decipher time and space, thanks to its intervals between the light beams. Without this key, in the sea, time would not exist. The director will attend both sessions. The film is incorporated in the PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM CATEGORY.
27 OCT / 19.45, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema
29 OCT / 16.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Where to Sit at The Dinner Table?, Pedro Neves Marques, Portugal, 2013
This film, of a hypothetical tone, narrates the relation between ecology and economy, from the concept of homeostasis to the necessity of growth for the expansion of capital. This cybernetic narrative is intersected by practices of cannibals in the 16th
century in Brazil. Pedro Neves Marques is up for competition in the PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM category.
27 OCT / 19.45, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Cinema
29 OCT / 16.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Tempo/Espaço (Time/Space), Tiago Afonso, Portugal, 2013
Time/Space is a part of the SPECIAL PROGRAMME 3. It emphasizes how the language, memory and body determine the way of filming. The film documents a series of activities throughout a year, taking place in a Guimarães prison and is described through the motto of Memórias de Cárcere (The Memories of Cárcere), by Camilo Castelo Branco. It highlights the barrier between an observational documentary and its triggered mechanisms. The director will be present in both sessions.
27 OCT / 16.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3
02 NOV / 18h, Forum Municipal Romeu Correia

Natpwe, le Festin des Esprits (Natpwe, the Feast of the Spirits), Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel, France, 2013
Taungbyon, a small village in the centre of Myanmar, hosts an annual pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of believers that celebrate the Nats millenary cult. There are five days to this ceremony that encompasses trance rituals for liberation of the bodies and souls. The documentary is included in the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SHORT FILM.
27 OCT / 21.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3

Dime quién era Sanchicorrota (Tell me about Sanchicorrota), Jorge Tur Moltó, Spain, 2013
Sanchicorrota was a 15th century crook that stole from the rich to give to the poor. The search for his remains and lost memories navigate between history and myth within the Bardenas desert. Session will be receiving the presence of the director. Jorge Tur Moltó is a part of the INVESTIGATIONS section.
27 OCT / 21.15, Cinema São Jorge - 3

Mauro em Caiena (Mauro in Cayenne), Leonardo Mouramateus, Brazil, 2012
"I really admire your ability, Mauro. To change into another thing. Like a dinosaur or a memory." Exhibit with the presence of the director.
27 OCT / 15.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

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The Island of St. Matthews, Kevin Jerome Everson, USA, 2013
A film about the loss of family history and the physical and social impact of a natural disaster - the Tombigbee river flood in 1973 - in the Westport Mississippi community, the director's hometown. The piece is up for INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FEATURE-LENGTH FILM category.
27 OCT. 15.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

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Let Us persevere in what We have resolved before We forget, Ben Russell, USA/France, 2012
We are happy. (Silence.) What do we do now, now that we are happy? - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot. Let Us persevere in what We have resolved before We forget is competing in the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SHORT FILM category. Ben Russel will be present in the 27th of October session.
27 OCT / 22h, Cinema City Alvalade - 3
31 OCT / 18.45, Cinema City Alvalade - 3

O Corpo de Afonso (The King's Body), João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal, 2013
What would, the first king of Portugal's body be like? D. Afonso Henriques, a consecutive target of myths throughout our history. A short film included in the RISCOS section, commissioned by Augusto M. Seabra. Director will be present at the session.
27 OUT / 21.45, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium

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Redemption, Miguel Gomes, Portugal/France/Germany/Italy, 2013
21st of January 1975: in a village, a child writes to his parents in Angola to tell them how Portugal is sad. 13th of July 2011: in Milan, an elderly man relives his first love. 6th
of May 2012: in Paris, a man tells his baby daughter that he will never be a true father. 3rd
of September 1977: in Leipzig, a bride fights against an opera that still belongs to her. The film belongs to the NEW VISIONS section. The director will be present at the one-time
only session.
27 OCT / 21.45, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium

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Allegoria della Prudenza (Allegory of Prudence), João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal, 2013

Hécate, is a body with three heads: Ticiano, Mizoguchi and Paulo Rocha. The wind takes us from two temples in Tokyo and Kyoto to Ovar, where the Rocha's ashes remain. João Pedro Rodrigues stands as part of the NEW VISIONS programme and the session will have the presence of the director.
27 OCT / 21.45, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium

Grosse Fatigue, Camille Henrot, France/USA, 2013

"In the beginning there was no earth, no water, nothing. There was a single hill called named Nunne Chaha. In the beginning everything was dead. (...) In the beginning there was an immense unit of energy. In the beginning there was nothing but shadow and darkness and water and the great god Bumba. In the beginning there were quantum fluctuations." - excerpt from Grosse Fatigue. This piece is part of the PASSAGES section at Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa.
27 OCT / 11h, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Shakkei: Geborgte Landschaft (Shakkei: Borrowed Landscapes), Harmut Bitmosky, USA/Germany/Vietnam, 2010-2013
The meaning of the Japanese word "shakkei" is "loaning of scenario" or "lent scenery", describing garden construction, an old concept that harvests exterior elements from the garden into an internal visual structure. The art installation consists uniquely of borrowed landscapes. This piece by Bitomsky can be seen at Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa. The director will be present at this projection.
27 OCT / 11h, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

Woolworth's Choir of 1979, Elizabeth Price, United Kingdom, 2012
Composed of three parts, the video congregates different materials in a clashing montage (photographs of churches architecture, internet images of pop performances and images of a renowned fire at Woolworths department store in 1979), creating video installations that stray between social history and fantasy. Elizabeth Price is the winner of the Turner Prize 2012, and this piece is currently exhibited at Carpe Diem.
27 OCT / 11h, Cinema City Alvalade - 1

La Batalla de Chile I (The Batte of Chile: Part 1) Patricio Guzmán, Chile/France/Cuba, 1975

Allende places a transformation into action to revolutionize social and political conditions in order to modernize the State and obstruct poverty. Traditionalists put together a series of strikes while the Whitehouse smothers them economically. This documentary is inserted in the section 1973 - 2013. THE CHILEAN MILITARY COUP D'ÉTAT: 40 YEARS LATER and will receive the presence of the director of the film on the 30th of October.
26 OCT / 17.15, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium
30 OCT / 21.30, Romeu Correia Municipal Forum - Forum Romeu Correia

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La Batalla de Chile II (The Battle of Chile: Part 2) Patricio Guzmán, Chile/France/Cuba, 1976

Nixon finances the main strikes whilst simultaneously installing social chaos. On the 4th of September, almost one million people march in front of Allende. One week later, Pinochet bombards the government palace. Inserted in the section 1973 - 2013. THE CHILEAN MILITARY COUP D'ÉTAT: 40 YEARS LATER. Patricio Guzmán will be present on the 31st of October session.
26 OCT / 19.45, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium
31 OCT / 21.30, Romeu Correia Municipal Forum - Forum Romeu Correia

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Élevage de Poussière (Dust Breeding), Sarah Vanagt, Belgium, 2013

Vanagt traces an important chapter of recent European history: the International Penal Court for ex-Yugoslavia. She examines the obstacles to the reconstruction of a war, which in the meantime, is well documented. This documentary is inserted in the INVESTIGATION unit. The director will be present the 26th of October.
26 OCT / 22h, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium
02 NOV / 19h, São Jorge - Hall 3

Ein Neues Produkt (A New Product), Harun Farocki, Germany, 2012

Competing in the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS category, the film reveals several debate sessions regarding new concepts for mobile workspaces, which provides workers with great autonomy. The concept of the product is bold but lacks intellectual strength, reflecting the current world order.
26 OCT / 22h - Culturgest - Grand Auditorium
02 NOV / 19h - São Jorge - Hall 3

Untitled, Jorge Romariz, Portugal, 2013

With the director being present in both sessions, this short film speaks to us about a man and a cat living in a house. Through his objects, photographs and paintings, the presence of a past and its affections are revealed. The film by Jorge Romariz is up for competition at the PORTUGUESE SHORT FILM category.
26 OCT / 16.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
28 OCT / 21.15, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

Os dias com Ele (The Days with Him), Maria Clara Escobar, Portugal/Brasil, 2013

A young filmmaker dives into her father's almost unknown past. He is an intellectual Brazilian arrested and tortured by the military dictatorship never spoke of it since. She is the daughter in search of her identity. This work of art by Maria Clara Escobar is up for competition in the PORTUGUESE FEATURE FILM category.
26 OCT / 16.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
28 OCT / 21.15, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

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Vida Activa (Active Life), Susana Nobre, Portugal, 2013

The New Opportunities programme encourages students to elaborate and reinterpret their life experience, forcing workers to reflect on their employment conditions and its origin. This is a echo of the working environment in the contemporary world. The 26th of October session will have the presence of the director. This film is competing in the PORTUGUESE FEATURE FILM category.
26 OCT / 19.15, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
31 OCT / 19h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1

Jardin des Deux Rives (Garden of Both River Banks), Amel El Kamel, France, 2013

A poetic documentary about a project of Union, a vast abandoned 80-acre land in the commune of Roubaix, Tourcoing and Wattrelos, where a masculine voice recites poems by Mahmoud Darwish. Amel El Kamel is included in the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM category.
26 OCT / 19h - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1
31 OCT / 22h - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1

Une Feuille dans le Vent (Leaf in the Wind), Jean-Marie Teno, France/Cameroon, 2013

Ernest Ouandie, a hero in the fight for the independence of Cameroon, was executed in 1971 leaving behind Ernestine, a daughter that he never met. In 2004 she confessed to Jean-Marie Teno her tragic life story in a live recording. Six years later Jean-Marie discovered that Ernestine had committed suicide. This news led her to explore the recordings of 2004 once again. The story is included in the SPECIAL PROGRAMME 1 that traces personal history and the destiny of the nation for women to whom the encounter between memories and words are a vital and generous act. Director will be present on the 26th of October.
26 OCT / 19h - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1
31 OCT / 22h - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1

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Cha Fang (The Questioning), Zhu Rikun, China, 2013

On the 24th of July 2012, Zhu Rikun travelled to Xinyu, a Jiangxi province, to support Liu Ping and two other independent local candidates and activists of the human rights. At midnight policemen entered their room and start the "room inspection", and so begins the camera roll. Cha Fang is up competing in the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM category.
26 OCT / 21.15 - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3
28 OCT / 16.00 - São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall

Kelly, Stéphanie Régnier, France, 2013

Europa seems like a vague entity. It continues unattainable for Kelly, who sees it with disdain. She replicates the destiny to the camera: the wise life in Peru, the clandestine life in the French Guiana, the family, and the loved one... Kelly dangles between three continents, three languages and three worlds. Tangier is depicted in fragments. Kelly is up for competition in the INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM category.
26 OCT / 21:15 - Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3
28 OCT / 16h - São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall

Grosse Fatigue, Camille Henrot, France/USA, 2013

"In the beginning there was no land, no water, nothing. There was only one hill named Nunne Chaha. In the beginning everything was dead. (...) In the beginning there was an immense unit of energy. In the beginning there was only shade and darkness and water and the great god Bumba. In the beginning, there were quantic fluctuations." - extract from Grosse Fatigue. This artwork is inserted in the PASSAGES section at the Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa.
26 OCT to 14 DEZ - Tuesday to Thursday, from 15h to 20h; Friday and Saturday, from 15h to 22h

Shakkei: Geborgte Landschaft (Shakkei: Borrowed Landscapes), Harmut Bitomsky, USA/Germany/Vietnam, 2010-2013

The meaning of the Japanese word "shakkei" is "loaning of scenario" or "lent scenery", describing garden construction, an old concept that harvests exterior elements from the garden into a visual internal structure. The installation art consists uniquely of lent scenery. The artwork by Bitomsky can be seen at Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa.
26 OCT to 14 DEZ - Tuesday to Thursday, from 15h to 20h; Friday and Saturday, from 15h to 22h

Woolworth's Choir of 1979, Elizabeth Price, United Kingdom, 2012

Composed of three parts, the video congregates different materials in a clashing montage (photographs of church architecture, internet images of pop performances and images of a renowned fire at Woolworths department store in 1979), creating video installations that stray between social history and fantasy. Elizabeth Price is the winner of the Turner Prize 2012, and her artwork is exhibiting at Carpe Diem.
26 OCT to 14 DEZ - Tuesday to Thursday, from 15h to 20h; Friday and Saturday, from 15h to 22h

Nichnastipa'am Lagan (Once I Entered the Garden), Avi Mograbi, France/Israel/Switz., 2012

The film by Avi Mograbi fantasizes about the old Middle East in which the communities were not divided ethically or religiously. Here, Avi and Ali's adventures are depicted and what used to be of the Middle East is shared by their own stories. Nichnastipa'am Lagan is up for competition in the INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM unit.
25 OCT / 22h, Culturgest - Grand Auditorium
28 OCT / 16.15, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

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Moving Stills Session: Auto-retratos (Self-Portraits)

This segment of Doclisboa'13, MOVING STILLS, is intended to analyze the relation between the documental film and photography. In Auto-retratos four case studies are presented, in which the author himself describes in the documentary.
Autoportrait (Self-Portrait), Man Ray, France, 1936
Conversations in Vermont, Robert Frank, USA, 1969
Born to Film, Danny Lyon, USA, 1983
De Verliefde Camera (The Infatuated Camera), Ed van der Elsken, Holland, 1971
25 OCT / 16.15, Culturgest - Minor Auditorium
31 OCT / 18.45, Culturgest - Minor Auditorium

Alain Cavalier Session

La Petite Usine à Trucages, Alain Cavalier, France, 2006
Otto, a grey parrot from Gabon attacks anything he can get his beak on, the camera lens, Françoise W.'s computer or the filmmaker's notes, meanwhile Cavalier describes the philosophy of the Filmeur in voice-over.

Le Filmeur (Filmman), Alain Cavalier, France, 2005
Alain Cavalier compressed ten years of video diaries in 90 minutes. Here we discover whether improvisation and suspense match the films with screenplay.
25 OCT / 18.45, Culturgest - Minor Auditorium

Os Caminhos de Jorge (Jorge's Paths), Miguel Moraes Cabral, Portugal/Belgium/France,
2013

The national competition of feature films begins with Os Caminhos de Jorge, by Miguel
Moraes Cabral. It entails Jorge's story, an artisanal knife sharpener that never stops. This
documentary is inserted in the PORTUGUESE FEATURE FILMS competition.
25 OCT / 18.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
27 OCT / 16h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

Ao Lugar de Herbais (To Herbais Hamlet), Daniel Ribeiro Duarte, Portugal, 2012

The starting point of Ao Lugar de Herbais begins at the house where the property of the
writer, Maria Gabriela Llansol's work is kept. The film by Daniel Ribeiro Duarte opens this
year's Doclisboa'13 PORTUGUESE SHORT FILMS competition, in which it is also up for
competition.
25 OCT / 18.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
27 OCT / 16h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

Olho Nu (Naked Eye), Joel Pizzini, Brazil, 2013

From a conjunction of images and sounds gathered by the artist with authentic time frames,
Joel Pizzini portrays the life and masterpiece of Ney Matogrosso. Olho Nu reveals the man
behind the character. The film about the life of the Brazilian musician opens the HEART
BEAT unit, which makes the connection between the documentary to the music and the
performing arts.
25 OCT / 21.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall
3 NOV / 19.30, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall

Noon-o-Goldoon (A Moment of Innocence), Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran, 1996

During the Czar's regime Mohsen Makhmalbaf was a 17-year-old belonging to the guerrilla.
He and a girl attack a policeman to disarm him and the girl disappears. Twenty years later
Makhmalbaf makes a film about it and discovers that the policeman fell in love with the
guerrilla girl and looked for her all these years.
25 OCT / 16.15, São Jorge - Hall 3
03 NOV / 21.30, São Jorge - Hall 3

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Natpwe, le Festin des Espirits (Natpwe, the Feast of the Spirits), Tiane Doan na Champassak e Jean Dubrel, France, 2012

The INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM competition begins on the 25th with a film by Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel, Natpwe, le Festin des Espirits, is a film that shows the annual pilgrimage that brings dozens of thousands of believers to the small town of Myanmar, Taungbyon, for five days of offerings, ceremonies and trance rituals.
25 OCT / 18.45, São Jorge - Hall 3
27 OCT / 21.15, São Jorge - Hall 3

Mauro em Caiena (Mauro in Cayenne), Leonardo Mouramateus, Brazil, 2012

Leonardo Mouramateus presents Mauro em Caiena at Cinema City Alvalade. The film is up
for competition in the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS category.
25 OCT / 22h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1
27 OCT / 15.45, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1

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The Island of St. Matthews, Kevin Jerome Everson, USA, 2013

A film about the social and physical impact of a natural disaster, the Tombigdee river flood in
1973 in Westport, Mississippi, the director's hometown. The Island of St. Matthews is competing for INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM.
25 OCT / 22h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1
27 OCT / 15.45, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 1

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El Impenetrable, Danièle Incalcaterra e Fausta Quattrini, France and Argentina, 2012

The director intentions are to build a national park of 5000 acres with the land that his father
left him, however the neighbors, the petrol companies and the modified soy farmers, that are
destroying the forest do not like the idea.
25 OCT / 16.15, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3
1 NOV / 22h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

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Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, USA, 1967

On a 1966 evening, Shirley Clarke and a small team gathered at Hotel Chelsea and recorded
for 12 hours whilst Jason Holliday told stories, sang, changed clothes and reminisced about
his good and bad habits as a homosexual prostitute. This is a 2013 restored version from the
original film of 1967.
25 OCT / 18.30, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3
1 NOV / 22h, São Jorge - Manoel de Oliveira Hall

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Die Zeit vergeht wie ein Brüllender Löwe (Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion), Philipp
Hartmann, Germany, 2013

The director, statistically in a mid-life crisis, suffers from chronophobia and he must find a way to slow down the passage of time. A film regarding a personal thesis which explores the
essence of time.
25 OCT / 21.15, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3
29 OCT / 16h, Cinema City Alvalade - Hall 3

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Passages Unit

Berlin Alexanderplatz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany and Italy, 1980 - Installation

The PASSAGES unit begins on the 25th at the Electricity Museum with the artwork of Rainer
W. Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz. This unit explores the conjunction of two movements;
the exit from cinema to museums and the entry of documentaries in contemporary art.
25 OCT to 15 DEZ - Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00, Installation at the Museu da
Electricidade.