The “Cinema nas Aldeias” (Cinema in the Villages) initiative is the touring exhibition of films and documentaries in rural villages or isolated regions of the Gralheira Mountains (in partnership with local villages’ organizations) in order to provide moments of fun, promoting parallel contact the people with realities and issues similar to theirs, but also with the diversity that comprises today’s world, thereby enhancing a sense of understanding and tolerance towards different ways of thinking.
From 2010 it is to extend the exhibition of films to more villages, laying the foundations for a wider promotion of the initiative, particularly among the public outside the villages, continuing the search for new films and documentaries, thus guaranteeing a programming diversified and renewed. Where possible attempt will be attended by the directors of some of the films to encourage communication between artists and audiences.
List of some documentaries already displayed in villages as Covas do Monte, Rompecilha, Candal, Sequeiros and Nodar:
A Marca Humana (Zito Marques)
Vozes no Tempo (Franco Piavoli)
Abrigo (Rui Silveira)
Milho à Terra (Carlos Eduardo Viana)
Névoa no Vale (Victor Salvador)
11 Burros Caem No Estômago Vazio (Tiago Pereira)
Arritmias (Tiago Pereira)
O Fole (Carlos Eduardo Viana)
Contra Corrente (Carlos Eduardo Viana)
O País Aonde Nunca Mais se Volta (José Vieira)
A Vida Secreta dos Lobos (Jacinto Godinho)
Contos do Paiva (Martin Clarke)
Os Souvenirs de Carmela (Vered Drod)
O Tempo dos Bullós (Jesús Dominguez)
