The 'Portuguese Cinema in the Islands' project aims to promote Portuguese cinema in two of the country's most beautiful regions: Madeira and Porto Santo.
The initiative will include screenings of national films at various iconic cultural venues across the Madeira archipelago. As well as screening feature films and short films by Portuguese directors, the project will create a space for dialogue and cultural exchange, going beyond the scope of a simple film festival. Conversations and gatherings will give the public the chance to interact with directors, composers, actors, and other film industry professionals, encouraging deep reflection on the art of cinema, its challenges, and its place in contemporary culture.
The project not only aims to promote national cinema, but also to introduce the island audience to the creative richness of Portuguese cinema, providing them with enriching and unforgettable cultural experiences.
28 June: John Dos Passos Cultural Centre, Ponta do Sol.
A Sibila
A film by Eduardo Brito
Starring Maria João Pinho and Joana Ribeiro.
This film adaptation of Agustina Bessa-Luís's novel of the same name portrays the relationship between a young writer and her aunt. The characters are inspired by real figures and the film is set in the northern interior of Portugal in the mid-20th century. The great Portuguese writer magnificently portrays feelings of jealousy, admiration, and the complex magnetism between two strong women in her most iconic book, which has been adapted for the cinema with great precision.
A Noiva
A film by Sérgio Tréfaut
Starring Joana Bernardo, Hugo Bentes and Lola Dueñas.
A European teenager runs away from home to marry a Daesh fighter. She becomes a Jihad bride. Three years later, her life has changed dramatically. She now lives in a prison camp in Iraq. She is now the mother of two children and is pregnant again. A 20-year-old widow, she will soon be tried by the Iraqi courts. What effect have war and brainwashing had on her?
