The morning begins at 11 am at Cinema Medeia Nimas with the second screening of the International Meeting of Film Schools. The screening brings together three short films from INSAS, in Belgium: Nothing Sleeps, by Soleysa Taleb; Two Souls, by Cécili Matureli and Avril Poirier; and Looking for the lost tail of humankind, by Sofia Cecere. Admission is free, offering audiences an opportunity to discover emerging filmmakers and different approaches to cinema.
At 1 pm, Cinema Medeia Nimas screens Butterfly Jam, by Kantemir Balagov. At 2 pm, Culturgest (Small Auditorium) hosts Par 4 chemins, by Marie Vermillard, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker in French. At the same time, Cinema São Jorge (Manoel de Oliveira Room) screens The House That Jack Built, as part of the Lars von Trier retrospective, in a session attended by cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro.
The afternoon offers several opportunities to meet the filmmakers. At 4.30 pm, in Culturgest (Small Auditorium), Kelly Reichardt will be present for a screening of River of Grass, her feature-film debut and an opportunity to revisit the beginnings of one of contemporary cinema’s most distinctive filmographies. Earlier, at 3.30 pm, Cinema Medeia Nimas screens Everytime, by Sandra Wollner.
The Lars von Trier retrospective continues at 6 pm at Cinema Medeia Nimas with Europa. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Jean-Marc Barr and Barbara Sukowa, two actors closely associated with the Danish filmmaker’s work.
At 7 pm, Culturgest (Small Auditorium) presents Trouble Every Day, by Claire Denis. At Teatro do Bairro, audiences can see Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom, Pedro Almodóvar’s feature-film debut.
The evening brings together several more of this year’s festival guests. At 9.15 pm, Mario Martone will be at Cinemas NOS Vasco da Gama for a conversation following the screening of Trick. At 9.30 pm, Cinema Medeia Nimas screens Albert Serra’s latest film, Sixteen Moments of My Life, while Culturgest rounds off its evening programme at 9.45 pm with Shana, by Lila Pinell.
At 10 pm, Teatro do Bairro hosts an evening devoted to literature and the spoken word, featuring Angélica Liddell reading Georges Bataille, and Catarina Wallenstein reading the Marquis de Sade, alongside a surprise film screening. Two literary worlds that challenge the boundaries of morality, desire and transgression, extending some of the festival’s central concerns into the realm of literature.
The full programme for 11 November is available on the LEFFEST website.