AO NORTE film session. Invited commentators: Humberto Martins (UTAD) and Catarina Alves Costa (FCSH/Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
📍 Francisco Sampaio Auditorium, ESTG-IPVC (Avenida do Atlântico, n.º 644 4900-348 Viana do Castelo)
A Mestra, Silvana Torricella, 2024, 17min
- Eudósia, a young Spanish teacher, flees the civil war and finds refuge in the village of Castro Laboreiro. Between Spain, Portugal, Morocco and France, Eudósia crosses borders, tracing a legacy of resilience and freedom. Narrated by her children, Paul and Yvonne, this story traverses the dividing lines that mark conflict and meeting points between generations and cultures. Result of MDOC - Plano Frontal.
O Fole, Carlos Eduardo Viana, 2006, 32 min
- The fole, once common in the daily rural life of São Lourenço da Montaria, is almost unknown today. It was used to transport grain between the house and the mill, going with grain and returning as flour. On festive days, when the cabrito was on the improved menu, it was slaughtered with special care so that the skin could be treated and used as a sack. The fole was part of a self-sufficient rural economy, with little dependence on external goods. The acquisition of a fole for the Viana do Castelo Costume Museum, in the context of a research project on the mills of Montaria, led to the recording of the process - with its specific knowledge and gestures - repeated so many times over time, but now in danger of disappearing. Production Ao Norte.
Casamento - por Virgínia Vitorino/Fotografia Falada, Miguel Arieira, 2024, 12 min
- 60 years later, Virgínia Vitorino remembers her wedding in 1965 from a photograph of that day. Spoken Photography is a project to safeguard memory and intangible heritage. It records a testimony on video and takes as its starting point a photograph commented on by the person portrayed in it. They are asked to comment on the photograph and talk about the time and the family and socio-economic context in which it was taken.
A Savana e a Montanha, 2024, 77 min, Paulo Carneiro
📍 Prof. Lima de Carvalho Auditorium - IPVC (Praça Gen. Barbosa, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo)
- THE SAVANNAH AND THE MOUNTAIN tells the story of the community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, as they discover that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just a few meters from their homes. Faced with this imminent threat, the people decide to organize and fight to drive the company off their land.
English subtitles
With the presence of Elizabete Pires and Lúcia Pires, actresses in the film and residents of Covas do Barroso
Invited commentators: Rui Sá (ISCSP-ULisboa),
Ana Margarida Guerra (APA), Diogo Sobral (CRIA)
A Morte de Uma Cidade, 2022, 116 min, João Rosas
📍Francisco Sampaio Auditorium, ESTG-IPVC (Avenida do Atlântico, n.º 644 4900-348 Viana do Castelo)
- In the heart of Bairro Alto, in central Lisbon, the building of a former print shop is demolished to make way for luxury apartments. It is a perfect image of the death of a certain Lisbon in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the exponential growth of real estate and tourism that followed. This urban diary, which portrays the daily life of the construction site and those who work there, ultimately becomes the story of the filmmaker’s relationship with his hometown and with the people who built it.
English subtitles
Invited commentators: Catarina Sampaio (ICS-ULisboa), Ana Rita Alves (CeiED - U. Lusófona and CES - U. Coimbra)