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CINEholidays

Summeris vacation time.
Now add Cinema and come to MDOC.

So that you can enjoy the festival with reduced rates and experience the world from Melgaço, we propose two forms of participation:

• CINEholidays (July 28, 29, 30 and 31 and August 1)

• Hop to Melgaço (August 2 and 3).

You can register for both options, CINEholidays and A Hop to Melgaço*, choose just one, or select the specific days you’d like to participate in the Festival.

If you only want to join for meals and socialize with other festival participants, you can purchase meal vouchers at the Secretariat on the day(s) you’re in Melgaço.

Entry form

CINEholidays

July 28, 29, 30, 31
and August 1

1 pax - 60€/day

Hotel (single room), meals, and access to screenings

2 pax - 80€/day

Hotel (double room) meals, and access to screenings

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Hop to Melgaço

August 2 and 3

Option A (1 pax) - 40€

Participation in all the program’s activities and meals (lunch and dinner)

Option B (1 pax) - 85€

Activities + Meals (days 2 and 3) + Accommodation in a single room (night of August 2).

Option C (2 pax) - 135€

Activities + Meals (days 2 and 3) + Accommodation in a double room (night of August 2).

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Meal
purchases

You can buy meal tickets at the festival's Secretariat (Casa da Cultura) for the meals of your choice.

Each meal - 10€

Hop to Melgaço

During the sixties thousands of Portuguese people emigrated to France "on the hop", such was the name of the clandestine journey of those looking for a new destination.

We propose that you take, not a bumpy ride like the ones from that era, but a leap to Melgaço on August 2 and 3, and share with us the program we have prepared as part of MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival.

Program
Hop to Melgaço

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 ago 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 ago 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 ago 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