As in previous editions, this year Porto/Post/Doc prepared a set of activities for professionals, aiming to promote networking and make the festival a meeting point of ideas and knowledge among the various professionals in the film industry.
The 5th edition of the Arché Development Lab, in collaboration with DocLisboa, has four participants with projects in different stages of production. Directors and producers have, here, the opportunity to work with a tutor to deepen the themes and reflect on the strategies to be implemented in the film. The programme also includes a pitching session for film professionals attending the festival. This edition, the Arché Development Lab will be tutored by the director and producer Sergio Oksman and the presentation will take place on November 25, at 2:30pm, at Rivoli. Access is free but implies reservation here.
In partnership with Filmaporto - Film Commission, the festival will host Industry Screenings for projects from producers and directors from Porto and Northern Portugal. These sessions are aimed at national and international programmers and film professionals, with the main objective of increasing the opportunities for promotion, distribution and internationalization of national work. The selected producers and directors will have the opportunity to present their works and meet with film professionals present at the event. The Industry Screenings will take place on November 23 and 24, at Rivoli, and the access is made by invitation only. The projects selected for this year’s edition are:
In Nature's Spite, by João Pedro Amorim
Lucefece, by Ricardo Leite (Red Desert)
At Sixteen, by Carlos Lobo (Olhar de Ulisses)
Palm, by Mónica Santos (Ukbar Filmes)
Life Railways, by Tomás Baltazar (Agente a Norte)
Saturn, by Luís Costa and André Guiomar (Olhar de Ulisses, Cimbalino Filmes)
Waters of Pastaza, by Inês T. Alves (Oublaum Filmes)
The Garbage Man, by Laura Gonçalves (Bando à Parte)
Ana Morphose, by João Rodrigues (Bando à Parte)
Xisto's Films, by Ângela Bismarck, Cassie Davis, Cosmin Nicoara, Francisco Melo de Magalhães, Igor Dimitri, Juliana Julieta, Paulo Carneiro, Pedro Nogueira, Tó Pinheiro (Casa do Xisto)
Filmaporto - Film Commission aims to boost Porto as a territory for film productions, facilitating filming through administrative and financial incentives. We support and finance film projects developed in our city and provide continuous and specialised training to the various film professions who carry out their professional activity in the city of Porto. This entity’s presentation will take place Wednesday, November 24, at 4:30pm, at Casa Comum - Reitoria UP. Access is free and open to general public.
