04/11/2013 - Gonçalo Tocha’s The Mother and the Sea makes a splash in the local competition section

After the trophies conquered at the latest editions of the festivals of Locarno (Switzerland) and Valdivia (Chile), Joaquim Pinto’s What Now? Remind Me [+see also:
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What Now? Remind Me is a filmed diary of Joaquim Pinto, who has been living with HIV and Hep C for twenty years. The director has meanwhile concluded his new film, O Novo Testamento de Jesus Cristo Segundo S. Joao, starring Luis Miguel Cintra, which will be presented at the upcoming Rome Film Festival (news).

A special mention was given to Italian actor-turned-director Pippo Delbono’s film Sangue [+see also:
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Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha, who conquered DocLisboa’s top prize two years ago with his film It’s the Earth, Not the Moon [+see also:
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