Steering clear of the usual tendency to focus on Animated Cinema, this edition proposes, from March 2nd, a programme centred on the history of Portuguese Cinema, which includes: a main exhibition, film cycles, talks, as well as guided tours and themed workshops, led by the Curtas Metragens CRL's Educational Service.

Alongside the exhibition that occupies the Solar Gallery, ANIMar also has a film cycle, which will run from 2 March to 8 June at the Teatro Municipal de Vila do Conde's Municipal Theatre, in collaboration with the Cineclube de Vila do Conde, with the presence of Abel Coentrão, from the Bind'ó Peixe Cultural Association.

There will also be a special screening at the Cine-Teatro Garret, in partnership with the Cineclube Octopus.

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FILM SCREENINGS

02.03.2024 — 08.06.2024

Vila do Conde's Municipal Theatre 

Sat • 02 MAR • 04:00 pm

OPENING SESSION

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TITINA

Kajsa Næss

2022, ANI, 91’

Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile leads a quiet life with his beloved Titina, the dog he rescued from the streets of Rome. One day he is invited by the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to accompany him on an expedition to fly over the North Pole in an aeroplane. The unlikely trio Nobile, Titina and Amundsen set off on their adventure, unravelling the mysteries of the only undiscovered place on Earth. Everything goes smoothly until the two men start competing for glory and fame.

Sun • 10 MAR • 04:00pm w/ Abel Coentrão presentation • 09:30pm*

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E DO MAR NASCEU

Ricardo Costa

1977, DOC, 37’

In Caxinas, Vila do Conde, one of the largest fishing communities in the country, there are those who are trying to realise April through a local development association and fishing cooperatives. Three years after the revolution, this experience is being followed by a team from the film cooperative Grupo Zero, led by director Ricardo Costa.

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ALA-ARRIBA (Trailer)

José Leitão de Barros

1942, FIC, 4’

In a poor fishing village in the north of Portugal, João Moço and Julha fall in love. Unfortunately, they belong to two different fishing castes and the community and their families condemn their love.

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O NAUFRÁGIO DO VERONESE

Invicta Film

1913, DOC, 5’

Documentary about the sinking of a transatlantic liner in 1913, which ran aground near Boa Nova beach in Matosinhos, and the impressive operations to rescue the crew using a suspended cable.o.

*This session will also be shown at the Cine-Teatro Garrett, in Póvoa de Varzim, on March 7th at 9.45pm, with a screening of the film "O CORNO DO CENTEIO" by Jaione Camborda (2023, FIC, 105').

Sat • 16 MAR • 05:00pm

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A ALMADRABA ATUNEIRA

António Campos

1961, DOC, 26’

An ethnographic documentary paying tribute to the work of Algarve tuna fishermen and their families during the last "almadraba" on the island of Abóbora, before the camp was destroyed by the sea.

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AREIA, LODO E MAR

Amílcar Lyra

1977, DOC, 58’

A record of the life of an isolated fishing community on the island of Culatra. In contrast to the cosmopolitan forms of tourist "living" in the south of Portugal, and even far removed from the social and political transformations taking place in the country, this community survives by fishing and other means, in deplorable conditions.

Sat • 06 APR • 05:00pm

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OS PESCADORES DE AMANGAU

Miguel Spiguel

1958, DOC, 15’

Typical and characteristic aspects of the fishing village of Amangau, which lives daily on its boats in the harbour of Macau.

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DES PORTUGAIS

Jean Leduc

1970, DOC, 20’

Everything in Des Portugais denounces the collage with the official discourse of the lapsed regime. A very sad portrait of a country lost in darkness clouded by the fanfare of the discourse, the brightness of sunny colours, a rhythm that, in the acceleration of the supposedly vertiginous editing, confuses geographies and skips realities.

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PORTUGAL DESCONHECIDO

Manuel Faria de Almeida

1969, DOC, 17’

As part of the publicity campaign launched by the Secretary of State for Information and Tourism and the Directorate General for Tourism, the motto is "There is always an unknown Portugal waiting for you". Generic animation.

Sun • 14 APR • 04:00pm w/ Abel Coentrão presentation • 09:30pm*

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PESCA DO BACALHAU

Films Sanmael - Companhia Produtora

1931, DOC, 6’

The various stages of cod processing after the arrival of a three-masted cod ship at the Figueira da Foz bar: drying, salting, weighing and selling.

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Å SEILE SIN EGEN SJØ (VIDA COSTEIRA)

Øyvind Sandberg

2002, DOC, 97’

A documentary that brings together four portraits of those who live off what nature produces, from the sea and the land, on the Norwegian coast.

Sat • 20 APR • 05:00pm

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A EXTRAORDINÁRIA AVENTURA DO ZÉCA

Adolfo Coelho

1938, ANI, 7’

A boy has a doll called Zéca. He takes a boat to the island of Madeira, where he meets the Banana Queen. A giant spider leaves him a message that she is an imposter. The Queen is furious and orders a tournament to prove that bananas from Madeira are the most nutritious and strongest.

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ATÉ AMANHÃ, MÁRIO

Solveig Nordlund

1993, FIC, 76’

Mário, a kid who lives by begging in the tourist paradise of the island of Madeira. One day of his life, tomorrow night.

Sat • 08 JUN • 04:00pm

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CLOSING CEREMONY