Today, at the School of Arts, Católica University in Porto.

Locarno78 • Top 7

Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze
Hair, Paper, Water…, Nicolas Graux, Truong Minh Quy
Mare’s Nest, Ben Rivers
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Abdellatif Kechiche
The Seasons, Maureen Fazendeiro
Two Seasons, Two Strangers, Sho Miyake
With Hasan in Gaza, Kamal Aljafari

Solar and Curtas Vila do Conde are hosting an exhibition from Maryam Tafakory, with many of her film works.

I tried to write about Maryam’s work for the leaflet: her mastery in speaking about national cinema, touch, violence, censorship, and the women’s place.

Also in solar.curtas.pt

Today, Maryam Tafakory opens her exhibition at Solar and Curtas Vila do Conde.

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Today, at Cinemateca Portuguesa, the book launch of “Seleção Nacional • Five Constellations”. 18:30.

Writing for @publico.pt about the Portuguese release of On Falling, by @lauracarreira.bsky.social.

Nos primeiros 2 anos do Batalha, o Paulo Cunha e eu programamos a Seleção Nacional. O Batalha publica agora um livro que arquiva o trabalho que fizemos — tanto sobre o cinema português, a sua história e os seus fantasmas; como da proposta de curadoria, organizada em constelações.

Happy to collaborate in the book “Dive-In: Design In Projection”, with a text on the cinema of Teddy Williams — “Impasse and Indulgence in Eduardo Williams”, mostly drawing in Lauren Berlant theory, and her concept of impasse.

Thanks to Joana Rafael & Patricia Sequeira Bras (editors).

X-Novo is a new film program at Batalha Centro de Cinema, in Porto. I was fortunate to curate it with such good programmers: Delphine Jeanneret, Adam Piron, Jacqueline Nsiah and the artistic team of Batalha, Guilherme Blanc, Lídia Queirós and Justin Jaeckle.

Top Ten 2024
All We Imagine as Light, Kapadia
Anora, Baker
Bogancloch, Rivers
Eureka, Alonso
Invention, Stephens
La bête, Bonello
Quando a Terra Foge, Lobo
Monólogo colectivo, Rinland
Tardes de soledad, Serra
Youth (Hard Times), Bing

Hoje, em Serralves, à conversa com João Canijo sobre “Benilde”, de Manoel de Oliveira

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Spring Seminar 2025
Escola das Artes, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Politics of Curatorship

Call for Papers • until Feb 21

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La Internacionale Cinéfila 2024.

My top 5
All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia, 2024
Anora, Sean Baker, 2024
Bogancloch, Ben Rivers, 2024
Tardes de soledad, Albert Serra, 2024
Youth (Hard Times), Wang Bing, 2024

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Today at @publico.pt, I propose a reading on Portuguese cinema in 2024: www.publico.pt/2024/12/18/c...

Writing for @publico.bsky.social about True Detective: www.publico.pt/2024/03/01/c...

I wrote a report on DocLisboa for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

www.sensesofcinema.com/2024/festiva...