40 Years of Fantasporto (2021)
A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 "contos" (75EUR), since 1981 it hasn't stopped bringing us cinema, and given its weight and peculiarity, The project developed and soon became a reality, with the screening of several sessions a day, the realization of retrospectives and, also, in parallel, the promotion of concerts and art exhibitions. It is considered the biggest film festival in Portugal, and internationally recognized as one of the most important worldwide, and is now entering its 40th edition.
Director: Isabel Pina
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Lauro António as Self |
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Georgia Chara as Self (archive footage) |
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Bruno Chatelin as Self |
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João Dorminsky as Self |
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Ivan Cardoso as Self (archive footage) |
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João Alves as Self |
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Christian Hallman as Self |
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João Costa Menezes as Self |
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Michael Melski as Self |
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Vasilis Mazomenos as Self |
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Julian Richards as Self |
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Mariette Rissenbeek as Self |
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Milan Todorović as Self |
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António-Pedro Vasconcelos as Self |
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Károly Ujj Mészáros as Self |
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Fernando Vendrell as Self |
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Paulo Trancoso as Self |
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Wen Ren as Self |
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Rui Reininho as Self |
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Luís Moya as Self |
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Filipe Melo as Self |
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José Pedro Lopes as Self |
| Writing | Isabel Pina | Writer |
| Directing | Isabel Pina | Director |
| Sound | Álvaro Melo | Sound |
| Editing | Isabel Pina | Editor |
| Editing | Cashell Horgan | Editor |
| Production | Isabel Pina | Producer |