CLASSICS
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Programmed for its 100th birthday, the film ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ is a tale that takes place in an Arab country, inspired by oriental shadow theater and directed solely using stop-motion with cutouts, in what is a true artisanal accomplishment. Considered the first animated feature film, this marvelous adaptation by the German artist Lotte Reiniger of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ uses cutout silhouettes and colourful backgrounds to bring to life the story of an Arab prince that is taken on a flying horse to an enchanted land, where he gets tangled up with a wizard, saves a princess, and joins forces with Aladin. Carefully directed by Reiniger over the course of 3 years, it is a true triumph of visual imagination. Accompanied on the piano by Catherine Morisseau
21 March | CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA | 15:00
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Cartoon Modern
Modern Cartoon asserts itself as a rupture with the Disney tradition, bringing aesthetic and narrative innovation to cartoons and decisively marking the history of animation. In the United States, pieces like ‘Gerald McBoing-Boing’ (1950) and personalities like Mr. Magoo (1949) brought refined visual humor and iconic characters who influenced generations. In Europe, films like ‘Boomerang’ or ‘Surogat’ (1961) explored a more graphic and conceptual animation, reflecting social and cultural changes. Together, these pieces reveal the diversity, boldness and modernity of _cartoon_ as a universal artistic language. Screening curated by historian Amid Amidi.
16 March | CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA | 19:30
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Bruno Bozzetto Retrospetive - Allegro non Troppo
A tribute to the 50 years of the third feature film by Bruno Bozzetto, a musical film which depicts six pieces of classical music by Debussy, Dvo?ák, Sibelius, Ravel, Vivaldi e Stravinski, in a fun and imaginative way.
13 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 19:15
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Bruno Bozzetto Retrospetive - short films
A session that brings together 16 short films by Italian filmmaker Bruno Bozzetto, short comedies seasoned with irony and always containing implicit criticism directed at the consumerist world and the ethics of the human beings that inhabit it.
17 March | CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA | 19:30
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Aardman Retrospetive 50 Years - Shaun the Sheep Movie
MONSTRA joins Aardman in the celebration of the studio’s 50th anniversary and the production of their first clay animation with a screening of Shaun the Sheep’s first feature film, produced in 2015. After his first appearance in ‘Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave’ in 1995, and a very successful TV spinoff in 2007, Shaun the Sheep has his first full length adventure in an Academy Award nominated film, among many other distinctions.
20 March | CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA | 19:00
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Aardman Retrospetive 50 Years - Wallace & Gromit
The second screening that pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of Aardman Studios gathers three of Wallace & Gromit’s first short films, directed by Nick Park between 1989 and 1995. A grand tour on the moon in the search for cheese, an exciting thriller triggered by the visit of a mysterious penguin, and a shave that brings us the iconic Shaun the Sheep. British humor and puppet animation’s perfection in three Academy Award nominated films, of which the last two left as winners.
21 March | CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA | 18:00
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