16/10/2013 - Winners of big international festivals such as Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour to be shown out of competition

The Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, whose competitive section has exclusively focused on European films so far, will be open to worldwide productions in the festival’s upcoming edition (November 8 – 18, 2013). The competitive programme, unveiled yesterday by the director of the festival, Paulo Branco, will be backed by several side-bar sections and retrospectives in a melting pot of titles which will bring to the cities of Lisbon and Estoril some of the best films presented this year at the main international festivals.

Vying for the top prize are Serge Bozon’s Tip Top [+see also:
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interview: Serge Bozon
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To judge them the festival invited US musician and producer Arto Lindsay, French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Portuguese artist Vhils.

Like in previous editions however, the most awaited films can be found among the 14 titles to be shown out of competition, like Cannes winner Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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interview: Calin Peter Netzer
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interview: Albert Serra
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Also in the programme are tributes and retrospectives of Portuguese director Jorge Silva Melo, US director James Gray – who will introduce his latest film The Immigrant [+see also:
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