28 jul 29 jul 30 jul 31 jul 1 aug 2 aug 3 aug

Program

28 jul Monday
Hour Activity Location
18:00

Exhibition

Exhibition opening


Iron Tears

Museu de Cinema Jean-Loup Passek
19:00

Exhibition

Exhibition opening


Popcorn and Paper

Casa da Cultura de Melgaço
19:00

Frontal Shot

Opening of photography exhibitions from Frontal Shot - Photography Residency 2024


How long will a tradition last

by Felícia Pinho Oliveira


Inês Negra’s daughters

by Sabrina Alves


Until the river tires out

by Teresa Coutinho

Casa da Cultura
22:00

Frontal Shot

Premiere of documentaries Frontal Shot - Film Residency 2024


Birds change colour

Beatriz Moreira, Rui Oliveira and Marta Oliveira | PT 2025 13'


Tales of Minho

Radek Ševčík, Petr Chromčák and Pavol Guman | PT, SK 2025 27'


PO-19-51

Duarte Rodrigues, Afonso Machado and Bernardo Agostinho | PT 2025 13'


Diary From There

Fernando Oikawa Garcia, Lucas Coca Matias and João Pedro Filippini | PT, BR 2025 20'

Casa da Cultura
29 jul Tuesday
Hour Activity Location
15:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


The inhabitants

Maureen Fazendeiro | PT, 2024, 41'


Children of your love

Rui Pedro Lamy | PT, 2025, 43'

Casa da Cultura
17:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Object of Study

Raúl Alaejos | ES, 2024, 60'

Casa da Cultura
18:15

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Mistress Dispeller

Elizabeth Lo | US, CN, 2024, 94’

Casa da Cultura
21:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Bedrock

Kinga Michalska | CA, 2025, 102’

Casa da Cultura
30 jul Wednesday
Hour Activity Location
15:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


When I leave this land

Francisco Moura Relvas, Rita Senra | PT, 2024, 16’


The Shrovetide Devil

Diogo Varela Silva | PT, 2024, 52’

Casa da Cultura
17:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Revolution 3.0

Reza Bird | CZ, US, 2025, 79’

Casa da Cultura
18:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


My Brother Ali

Paula Palacios | ES, 2024, 85’

Casa da Cultura
21:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Holding Liat

Brandon Kramer | US, 2025, 97’

Casa da Cultura
22:00

Outdoor screening


Melgaço - Biodiversity and Natural Values

Miguel Arieira | PT, 2022, 46’

Largo do Mosteiro - Paderne
31 jul Thursady
Hour Activity Location
15:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Soft Sea

Sara N. Santos | PT, 2025, 15’


Demain Dans La Bataille

Maria Pinto | FR, 2025, 59’

Casa da Cultura
17:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


My memory is full of ghosts

Anas Zawahri | SY, 2024, 75’

Casa da Cultura
18:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Home Game

Lidija Zelovic | NL, 2024, 98’

Casa da Cultura
21:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Moondove

Karim Kassem | LB, 2024, 120’

Casa da Cultura
1 aug Friday
Hour Activity Location
10:00

Masterclass


Exploring the Self:
Self-referential Cinema and Identity in the Work of Sandra Ruesga

with director Sandra Ruesga

Casa da Cultura
15:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Orlando Pantera

Catarina Alves Costa | PT, 2025, 105’

Casa da Cultura
17:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Flowers of Ukraine

Adelina Borets | UA, 2024, 70’

Casa da Cultura
18:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Evidence

Lee Anne Schmitt | US, 2024, 75’

Casa da Cultura
21:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Afterwar

Birgitte Stærmose | DK, 2024, 84’

Casa da Cultura
2 aug Saturday
Hour Activity Location
10:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


In retrospect

Mila Zhlutenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | DE, 2025, 15’


Fear Fokol

Tuva Björk | SE, 2025, 15’


Tin City

Feargal Ward | IE, 2025, 20’


Citizen-Inmate

Hesam Eslami | IR, 2025, 15’

Casa da Cultura
12:30 Lunch
14:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Cutting Through Rocks

Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni | US, 2025, 94’

Casa da Cultura
16:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Hacking Hate

Simon Klose | SE, 2024, 87’

Casa da Cultura
18:15

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Ancestral Visions of the Future

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | FR, DE, LS, QA, SA, 2025, 88’

Casa da Cultura
20:00 Dinner
21:30

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Mr. Nobody Against Putin

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin | DK, 2025, 90'

Casa da Cultura
22:00

Outdoor screening


Children of your love

Rui Pedro Lamy | PT, 2025, 43'

Branda da Aveleira (Gave)
3 aug Sunday
Hour Activity Location
10:00

X-RAYDOC

Film screening


Lettre de Sibérie

Chris Marker | FR, 1957, 67'


...à Valparaiso

Joris Ivens | CL/FR, 1963, 27'


Talk / debate

with Jorge Campos

Casa da Cultura
13:00

Lunch at Melgaço Hot Springs

Termas de Melgaço
16:00

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


The last day

Mahmoud Ibrahim | EG 2024, 5’


The Orchards

Antoine Chapon | FR, 2025, 25’


Koka

Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk | PL, 2024, 48’

Casa da Cultura
17:45

Screening films running for the Jean-Loup Passek Award


Kora

Cláudia Varejão | PT, 2024, 28'


The Men’s Land

Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani | GE, 2025, 15'


Beneath Which Rivers Flow

Ali Yahya | IQ, 2025, 16'

Casa da Cultura
20:00

Jean-Loup Passek Awards ceremony

Casa da Cultura
22:00

Cinema at the Tower / Outdoor screening at Torre do Castelo


O Homem do Cinema

José Vieira | PT, 2025, 51'

Torre do Castelo