25 June 2012
The Portuguese language film “All is Well” [Por Aqui Tudo Bem] , directed by Angola native Pocas Pascoal, won the top honors for best narrative film at the 18th annual Los Angeles Film Festival, held on Sunday at the Grammy Museum. The movie was awarded a $15,000 prize. Set in 1980, “All is Well” tells the […]
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24 June 2012
Portuguese interior designer, Cristina Jorge de Carvalho, was one of the recipients of the 2012 International Design Awards in the Interior Conceptual Design category.
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23 June 2012
The short film “Celeste”, by Portuguese director José Maria Norton, will debut in a private screening, June 30, at 6:00pm, at The Station, 200 Varick St (Hudson St.), Greenwich Village, NYC. The film, featuring Portuguese American actors Dinarte Freitas and Tiago Castro and actress Joana Pais de Brito, portrays the lives of Portuguese immigrants in […]
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22 June 2012
By Kathi Stafford, Contributor ♦ José Luis Peixoto is acknowledged as one of the most talented Portuguese writers working today. He covers a wide range of genres, with considerable success in his novels, poetry, and playwriting, as well as a musical collaboration with the band Moonspell. Peixoto’s novel, “The Implacable Order of Things,” won the […]
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20 June 2012
The Anthology of Film Archives is presenting a retrospective of Portuguese classic cinema featuring the work of António Reis (1927-1991) co-directed with his wife Margarida Cordeiro. The film screenings are scheduled for June 22 through June 25 at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. Born in Porto, Reis interest in film started in […]
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14 June 2012
Lesley University and Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal, have partnered to offer a joint graduate program in Global Portuguese Studies. Through the combined resources of both institutions, individuals of Portuguese heritage or those working with Portuguese communities in the United States or abroad will study online, as well as in residencies at both Lesley University in […]
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