The morning begins at 10 am at Cinema Medeia Nimas with the third session of the Tiago Guedes retrospective, Dialogues After the End, which brings together O Lago, A Quimera, O Inconsolável, A Flor, O Hóspede, Os Fogos, with the director in attendance.
At 1 pm, Cinema São Jorge (Room 3) screens The Collector, by Éric Rohmer, as part of (im)moralities.
At 2 pm, Cinema Medeia Nimas presents Charles Burnett’s My Brother’s Wedding, in a 4K restoration, as part of Memory of Cinema. At the same time, Culturgest hosts Lee Chang-dong’s Peppermint Candy in the Pequeno Auditório, in a 4K print, as part of the retrospective devoted to the South Korean filmmaker. Half an hour later, Cinemas NOS Vasco da Gama screens Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Lola, with Barbara Sukowa in attendance, whom the festival honours this year.
The afternoon brings the screenings of the winning films. At 3 pm, Cinema São Jorge (Room Manoel de Oliveira) screens the winner of the Grand Jury Award João Bénard da Costa. At 3.30 pm, Room 3 presents Barbet Schroeder’s The Terror’s Advocate, as part of (im)moralities.
At 5 pm, Cinema Medeia Nimas screens Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, while Culturgest presents Lars von Trier’s Medea, as part of the homage to the Danish filmmaker.
At 6 pm, Cinemas NOS Vasco da Gama screens Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care, out of competition, followed by a conversation with the director via Zoom. At 6.30 pm, Cinema São Jorge presents the winner of the NOS Grand Prize in the Sala Manoel de Oliveira and, in Sala 3, Tiago Guedes’s Noite Sangrenta, with the director present. At 7.15 pm, in the Small Auditorium at Culturgest, there will be a screening of Djibril Dipo Mambèty’s Hyenas.
The evening begins at 8 pm at Cinema Medeia Nimas with David Cronenberg’s M. Butterfly, as part of the homage to Barbara Sukowa, followed by a conversation between the director and the actress, who preside over the juries of the Official Competition and the Discoveries Competition respectively. At 9 pm, Cinema São Jorge (Room 3) screens the winner of the Revelation Award of the Discoveries Section.
The programme concludes at 9.15 pm, with a new screening of Bunker, followed by a zoom conversation with Florian Zeller, and, at 10 pm, in the Small Auditorium at Culturgest with Lucrecia Martel’s The Headless Woman, as part of The Devil’s Death, with the curators in attendance.
The full programme for 15 November is available on the LEFFEST website.