Willem Dafoe will attend the 20th edition of LEFFEST – NOS Lisboa Film Festival. This will mark the actor’s fifth appearance at the festival, where he was honoured in 2019. His visit is part of the Tribute to Lars von Trier (the most comprehensive retrospective of his work to date), which will bring together several of the filmmaker’s long-standing collaborators, including Barbara Sukowa (who will also be honoured at the festival), Stacy Martin, Jean-Marc Barr, Louise Mieritz, Jens Albinus, Anders Refn (who worked with von Trier for over 30 years, both as assistant director and editor), and Manuel Alberto Claro (cinematographer on several of his films, including Nymphomaniac (2013)). Willem Dafoe worked with the Danish filmmaker on Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), and Nymphomaniac.
Willem Dafoe will attend the screening of the first volume of Nymphomaniac – Director’s Cut on 8 November at 9:15 pm, in Culturgest’s Grand Auditorium – Emídio Rui Vilar, for a conversation with Stacy Martin. On 9 November, at 11 am, the actor will give a masterclass entitled “Working with Lars von Trier” at Cinema Medeia Nimas.