Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the April 25th Revolution, this session focuses on the theme ‚ Womanhood: The life of women under the Estado Novo regime‘.

O que podem as palavras: In 1972, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa published the book As Novas Cartas Portuguesas [New Portuguese Letters], addressing topics forbidden and censored during the Estado Novo regime such as the colonial war, adultery, rape and abortion. The book was immediately banned and the writers were prosecuted for crimes against morality. The legal proceedings caused waves of protest around the world, giving rise to an international network of solidarity. In the film, the “three Marias” tell their story.

TÃO PEQUENINAS, TINHAM O AR DE SEREM JÁ CRESCIDAS /

SO SMALL, LOOKING ALL GROWN UP

Tânia Dinis, 2024, 20’ – Doc.

MENINA / YOUNG LADY

Simão Cayatte, 2016, 15’ – Drama

Lisbon, 1971. A young housewife has the courage to find out if there is more to her world than her husband, her baby, and her home. What she discovers is a reality that will change her forever.