Introduction: Prof. Ana Paula Ferreira (Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota)
All Lusophone Film Festival screenings are FREE to the public.
Named after F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty’s 1931 classic, Tabu is an intoxicating mix of formal, daring, political commentary, haunting romance and exquisite beauty. Filmed in black and white, and divided into two parts – “Paradise Lost,” set in the present and filmed in 35mm, followed by an extended flashback to the bygone “Paradise,” rendered in beautifully grainy Super 16mm – Tabu intertwines a chronicle of illicit love with a subtle overview of Portugal’s colonial history and its reverberations in the present. (TIFF [Toronto International Film Festival 2012])
The Lusophone Film Festival showcases the contemporary cinema of the Portuguese-speaking world. It is the first of its kind in Ann Arbor and at the University of Michigan. The festival features recent critically acclaimed films from Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and Angola, that have limited or no presence in the commercial film circuit. With the exception of veterans Flora Gomes from Guinea-Bissau and LicÃnio Azevedo from Brazil/Mozambique, the filmmakers are emerging directors. All of them share a commitment towards the cinematic representation of social, cultural, and historical issues that are critical to their respective nations through a variety of innovative narrative forms and aesthetic approaches.
Co-sponsored by: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Brazil Initiative; African Studies Center; Department of Afro-American and African Studies; Department of Romance Languages and Literatures; Sheldon Cohn Fund, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures; and Center for European Studies.
All Lusophone Film Festival screenings are FREE to the public.
Named after F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty’s 1931 classic, Tabu is an intoxicating mix of formal, daring, political commentary, haunting romance and exquisite beauty. Filmed in black and white, and divided into two parts – “Paradise Lost,” set in the present and filmed in 35mm, followed by an extended flashback to the bygone “Paradise,” rendered in beautifully grainy Super 16mm – Tabu intertwines a chronicle of illicit love with a subtle overview of Portugal’s colonial history and its reverberations in the present. (TIFF [Toronto International Film Festival 2012])
The Lusophone Film Festival showcases the contemporary cinema of the Portuguese-speaking world. It is the first of its kind in Ann Arbor and at the University of Michigan. The festival features recent critically acclaimed films from Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and Angola, that have limited or no presence in the commercial film circuit. With the exception of veterans Flora Gomes from Guinea-Bissau and LicÃnio Azevedo from Brazil/Mozambique, the filmmakers are emerging directors. All of them share a commitment towards the cinematic representation of social, cultural, and historical issues that are critical to their respective nations through a variety of innovative narrative forms and aesthetic approaches.
Co-sponsored by: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Brazil Initiative; African Studies Center; Department of Afro-American and African Studies; Department of Romance Languages and Literatures; Sheldon Cohn Fund, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures; and Center for European Studies.
Related Links
Explore Similar Events
-
Loading Similar Events...
