The Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities is promoting the second edition of Films Without Borders – Regional Film Festival on Migration over the next few weeks in all the municipalities of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities and in partnership with the Terceira Island Film Club.<\/p>\n
With a new format compared to the first edition, held last year, the initiative runs from November 18 to December 18, including 19 public screenings, one in each of the municipalities of the nine islands of the Azores.<\/p>\n
All sessions of the 2nd Regional Film Festival on Migration are free to the general public. They aim to raise awareness among the Azorean population of the theme of interculturality with the screening of six films about migration stories.<\/p>\n
The selected films include “Flee,” an animated documentary directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, which portrays the experience of a refugee in Denmark, and “The Merger” by Mark Grentell, a dramatic comedy about the decline of an Australian club that recruits refugees to stay in business.<\/p>\n
“Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures” by Portuguese director Marco Martins tells the drama of Portuguese emigrants in the UK with Brexit as a backdrop\u00a0and \u201cEu Capit\u00e3o,\u201d a moving drama directed by Matteo Garrone, which follows the journey of two Senegalese cousins who decide to leave their family to try their luck in Europe, are other films in this regional showcase.<\/p>\n
The II Films Without Borders also features “Tory and Lokita” by brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, awarded at the 75th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, which focuses on the harsh conditions of exile in which two young Africans find themselves in Belgium. In turn, “Mediterr\u00e1neo” by Spanish director Marcel Barrena is a drama about two men who travel to Greece to create a team that rescues people in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n
The island of Corvo will host the opening of this regional exhibition on November 18, with the screening of the film “The Merger” at the Multipurpose Hall of Corvo Ecomuseum scheduled for\u00a03 p.m.<\/p>\n
On November 22, the Teatro Ribeiragrandense on the island of S\u00e3o Miguel will screen the film “Flee\u2019” \u00a0at 8:30 p.m., while “Eu Capit\u00e3o” will be screened at the Santa Cruz da Graciosa Cultural Centre.<\/p>\n
The following day, the 2nd Regional Film Festival on Migration comes to the island of Flores, with a screening of “The Merger,” scheduled for 8:30 pm at the Lajes das Flores Museum.<\/p>\n
Six days later, on November 29, the same film will be shown at the Povoa\u00e7\u00e3o Municipal Auditorium on the island of S\u00e3o Miguel at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
November closes with two screenings on the islands of S\u00e3o Miguel and Terceira. On November 30, the Cineteatro Lagoense in Lagoa will screen”Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures” at 5 p.m., and the Ramo Grande Auditorium in Praia da Vit\u00f3ria will screen “The Merger.”<\/p>\n
On December 6, “Eu Capit\u00e3o” will be at Nordeste Secondary School in S\u00e3o Miguel at noon, and “The Merger” will be at S\u00e3o Roque do Pico Basic Education and Secondary School at 8:45 am. Also on Pico, the film “Mediterr\u00e1neo” will be shown the following day at 9 p.m. at the Whaling Museum Auditorium in Lajes do Pico.<\/p>\n
On December 13, “Films Without Borders” will be on three islands.\u00a0“Flee” will be shown at the Santa Cruz das Flores Cultural Centre (8 p.m.) and\u00a0the Francisco Lacerda Museum in Calheta de S\u00e3o Jorge (8:30 p.m.), while \u201cTora e Lokita\u201d will make its debut at the Vila Franca Campo Cultural Centre in S\u00e3o Miguel at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, December 14, the Madalena Municipal Auditorium on Pico Island will screen “Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures” (9 p.m.), the Aeroporto Cinema on Santa Maria Island will screen “Flee2 (9 p.m.) and the Velas Municipal Auditorium in S\u00e3o Jorge will present “The Merger” (9:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n
On the last day of the festival, \u00a0December 18, which coincides with International Migrants Day, \u201cFlee\u201d will reach the Angra do Hero\u00edsmo Cultural and Conference Centre on Terceira Island (6 p.m.), while \u201cTora e Lokita\u201d will be shown at the Jo\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 da Gra\u00e7a Public Library and Regional Archive on Faial Island (9 p.m.). The event closes with a screening of “Mediterr\u00e1neo” at the Santa Clara Civic Centre, in Ponta Delgada at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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