Culture

Ten cities all across Portugal commemorate the Italian Cinema. In Porto, the celebration takes to Cine Trindade, from 5 to 12 November. "The most relevant event linked to Italian culture in Portugal and one of the most appreciated cinema festivals in the country". That is the way the organisation describes the event on the festival's webpage.

The 2020 edition of the French Cinema Festival takes to the Invicta from 29th October to 4th November, at Teatro Rivoli and Cine Trindade. Besides Porto, the festival tours Lisbon, Coimbra and Almada. The programme features premieres and a selection of French films that haven't yet been released in Portuguese commercial movie theatres.

The programme "Cultura em Expansão" suspended its programmed activities until 15th November owing to the current pandemic and following the unfavourable opinion of the Northern Regional Health Administration.

Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) features a cycle on the work by Marlene Monteiro Freitas, themed "Foco Marlene", from 21 to 30 October. The choreographer and dancer's creative doing, a household name all across international stages, comprises the presentation of two plays, her newest project and a symposium that features free activities as cinema sessions and conferences.

'Manoel de Oliveira Fotógrafo' is the theme of the exhibit that inaugurates this 23rd October at the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, in Serralves, unveiling a somewhat unknown facet of the renowned Portuguese film director. The exhibition also features a cinema cycle, a conferences programme and a catalogue.

'A Cidade do Depois' ["The After City", free translation] is the theme of this year's edition of the cinema festival Porto/Post/Doc, which runs between 20 and 29 November, both on site an online, at the usual venues: Rivoli, Passos Manuel and Porto Planetarium.

The Theatre Carlos Alberto premières "Folle Époque", on 22nd October, at 9pm, a performance by the Collective SillySeason. The show will be on stage until 25th October and it offers "a parallel between present time and an era of prosperity and bankruptcy".

The festivities of São João do Porto, aka St John in Porto have been selected "Best Festivity" under the Iberian Festival Awards 5th edition, which was held this past Saturday, 17th October. The ceremony was held online, owing to the new coronavirus pandemic.

Unpublished work by the first Portuguese Pritzker Prize, Álvaro Siza, will be on display in the city of Porto, starting 17th October. Two exhibitions will mark the opening of the Foundation Marques da Silva (FIMS): "Siza - Inédito e Desconhecido" and "Mais que Arquitetura" are the telling exhibits that open doors to the Casa-Atelier and the Palace Lopes Martins. Entrance is free on the day of the opening - 17th October - and the exhibitions can be visited between 2pm and 6pm.

This is one of the most awaited shows of the year: "Mal - Embriaguez Divina" by Marlene Monteiro Freitas takes to the stage at the Grand Auditorium at Rivoli, on 29 and 30 October. This play debuted in Hamburg about two months ago and was presented, for the first time in Portugal in Lisbon, at Culturgest. On stage, there is a tribune where nine performers explore evil under diverse ways. This performance includes carnival, cinematic, poetic, philosophical and also political and ideological...