LEFFEST18º
Lisboa Film Festival 08–17.11.2024

Sections and films 2016

Official Selection In Competition

The Official Selection - In Competition will gather some of the best films produced or premiered during 2016.
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Official Selection Out of Competition

One of the key aims of this section is to have an overview of the world film production.
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Jean-Luc Godard Tribute

Jean-Luc Godard is undeniably the filmmaker whose thought and film work were the most influential (and aroused/excited the most theoretical and critical analysis, with an incalculable, still lasting effect) on modern cinema and other artistic domains.
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Jerzy Skolimowski Tribute

Born in the city of Lódz in Poland, director Jerzy Skolimowski has embodied versatile talents as a filmmaker, scriptwriter, poet, playwright, painter and actor
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Emir Kusturica Retrospective

Born in Sarajevo, Emir Kusturica is a filmmaker, actor and musician and the author of a singular filmography, marked by an intense magical realism, a celebration of life and cinema
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Teresa Villaverde Retrospective

Director, screenwriter and producer, Teresa Villaverde is one of the most important names of a generation of Portuguese film directors that emerged in the 90s
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Pascal Bonitzer Retrospective

Screenwriter, director, writer and essayist Pascal Bonitzer (Paris, 1946) began his career as a cinema critic for the Cahiers du Cinéma.
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Agustín Diaz Yanes Retrospective

Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, with a background in History, Agustín Díaz Yanes begins his path in cinema by writing scripts
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Daniel Rosenfeld Retrospective

Daniel Rosenfeld (Buenos Aires) wanted to be a pianist composer, but ended up making films.
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Tribute to Jean-Marie Straub / Danièle Huillet

The 10th Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival presents a selection of four films by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet whose raw material is Music
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Bloody Daughter Special screenings

By Stéphanie Argerich, with the presence of Martha Argerich
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Julien Samani Special screening

Julien Samani, director, director of photography and sound engineer, was born in 1973 in France.
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Enrique Vila-Matas Special screening

Book launch of MARIENBAD ELÉCTRICO and screening of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's most recent films
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Atiq Rahimi Special screenings

Writer and filmmaker, Atiq Rahimi was born in 1962, in Kabul.
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Peter Handke Special screenings

One of the greatest names of German literature, Peter Handke has had a strong connection to cinema for a long while.
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Lola Peploe Special screening

Actress and director, Lola Peploe was born in England and studied English and French Literature at Oxford University.
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Gabe Klinger Special screenings

Gabe Klinger is a critic, teacher, archivist, curator, and filmmaker.
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Giada Colagrande Special screenings

Giada Colagrande (Pescara, Italy, 1975), began her career creating video art and directing documentaries on contemporary art.
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Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Special screenings

Spotted by André Téchiné, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet got his first role in Strayed, alongside Emmanuelle Béart and Gaspard Ulliel.
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Francisco Márquez and Andrea Testa Special screenings

Andrea Testa studied, along with Francisco Márquez, at ENERC, the school that effectively originated their partnership.
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Alberto Morais Special screenings

Alberto Morais was born in Valladolid in 1976. He completed his studies in fine-arts and cinema at the University of Valencia.
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Buongiorno Principessa

The object of one of cinema’s most unforgettable lines, Nicoletta Braschi is Roberto Benigni’s eternal lover, onscreen and offscreen.
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Meeting with Monica Bellucci

We asked the actress to choose a film that featured one of her leading roles: MALÈNA was her choice. It will be screened at the festival in a special session introduced by Monica.
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30 Years of Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet proved to be an absolutely unprecedented surrealistic and eccentric experience for the 1986 public.
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Je M'appelle Varsovie

World premiere of the film directed by Piotr Anderszewski
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Pessoa/Lisboa

World premiere of the movie directed by Alberto Ruiz Samaniego and José Manuel Mouriño
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Beckett Soirée

Film by Samuel Beckett, Notfilm by Ross Lipman
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Redes

The result of a 1935 commission from the Mexican government for the production of a documentary film that portrayed the social reality of the fishermen of Alvarado
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  • Redes

    by Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann

Short Film Competition

The International Cinema School Meeting is a space for the discovery of new creators and the discussion of different visions and teaching methods in the field.
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