O Doc’s Kingdom é um encontro de reflexão sobre o cinema documental contemporâneo.
Inclui a projecção de obras relevantes produzidas nos últimos anos e faculta a oportunidade de contacto directo com os seus autores.

Visa uma melhor compreensão dos caminhos do cinema contemporâneo, proporcionando debates colectivos que partem sempre de obras concretas. Favorece o conhecimento de realizadores consagrados e a descoberta de jovens autores em início de carreira.

PROGRAM 2006: Um ponto de vista sobre o mundo é um ponto de vista sobre o cinema

PEDRO COSTA, PIERRE-MARIE GOULET, KEJA HO KRAMER, CATARINA MOURÃO, PEDRO SENA NUNES, RAHUL ROY, FREDERICK WISEMAN

If one expects any given film to incorporate a point of view on the world, it is important, today, to make almost the symmetrical claim: considering the present saturation of audiovisual production, there is a need for an even stronger commitment and clarity concerning the way one places cinema in the modern world. As much as a point of view on the world, the current boom in production claims for a point of view on cinema as a consequent part of our vision of the world.

The 2006 seminar will include examples of this, films and filmmakers that define a territory and, as such, will guide us along a journey through some key trends of contemporary cinema. Starting with films where each shot and frame reveals a detailed work of construction, we will then concentrate on recent methodologies of direct cinema. Regarding the latter, a confrontation between different filming strategies will be proposed, including an analytic approach to several parameters: treatment of space and time, handling of the camera, sound, editing.

The seminar will keep its original distinguishing features, i.e., promoting contact between different generations and documentary trends, concentrating upon a reduced number of films and building up a cumulative informal debate. The 2006 edition will also be structured into three types of debates: one-to-one panel discussions about specific films, thematic presentations on formal strategies and open floor discussions.

The 2006 edition, as in previous years, will also include a screening of works done in the context of the “Primeiro Olhar” (“The First Look”) project, dealing with the introduction of young people to film practice.

TUESDAY, JUNE 13th
9.30 pm ENCONTROS
Directed by Pierre-Marie Goulet in collaboration with Teresa Garcia, Portugal, 2006, 105’

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14th

10 am Follow-up on ENCONTROS: Pierre-Marie Goulet talks with Cyril Neyrat and Serge Meurant; open floor discussion.

12 am TOUT REFLEURIT
Directed by Aurélien Gerbault, France, 2006, 80’

3 pm JUVENTUDE EM MARCHA
Directed by Pedro Costa, Portugal, 2006, 155’

6 pm Follow-up on JUVENTUDE EM MARCHA: Pedro Costa talks with Emmanuel Burdeau; open floor discussion.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15th

10 am Direct cinema brought into question: analysis of its basic parameters in latest developments; confrontation of different methods; screening and discussion of excerpts in the presence of the filmmakers. Presented by José Manuel Costa and Nuno Lisboa.

12 am À FLOR DA PELE
Directed by Catarina Mourão, Portugal / France, 2006, 64’

2.30 pm ELOGIO AO ½
Directed by Pedro Sena Nunes, Portugal, 2006, 70’

4 pm Follow-up on À FLOR DA PELE and ELOGIO AO ½: discussion with Catarina Mourão and Pedro Sena Nunes moderated by José Manuel Costa and Nuno Lisboa.

6 pm THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Directed by Rahul Roy, India, 2003, 78’

7.20 pm Follow-up on THE CITY BEAUTIFUL: Rahul Roy talks with Catarina Alves Costa; open floor discussion.

FRIDAY, JUNE 16th

10 am BELFAST, MAINE
Directed by Frederick Wiseman, USA, 1999, 248’

4 pm Follow-up on BELFAST, MAINE: Frederick Wiseman talks with José Manuel Costa; open floor discussion.

SATURDAY, JUNE 17th

10 am Presentation of films made in the context of the Project The First Look – Pierre-Marie Goulet, Teresa Garcia, Kees Bakker.

12 am LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE
Directed by Frederick Wiseman, France, 2002, 61'

4 pm Frederick Wiseman: CLOSE READING. Analytic approach to his recent films; discussion of excerpts suggested by F.W.

SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH

10 am I'LL BE YOUR EYES, YOU'LL BE MINE
Directed by Keja Ho Kramer and Stephen Dwoskin, France, 2006, 47’

10.50 am Dialogue with Keja Ho Kramer, followed by open floor discussion.

12 am Final debate

Edições Anteriores
Nas edições anteriores estiveram presentes convidados como Sergei Dvortsevoy, Rithy Panh, Pedro Costa, Avi Mograbi, José Luis Guerín, Catarina Alves Costa, Sato Makoto, Ivo Ferreira, Zhong Hua, Andrijana Stojkovic, Catarina Mourão, Gert de Graaff, Klaus Wildenhahn, Mercedes Alvarez, Victor Erice, Giuseppe Morandi, Li Yifan, Mohamad Al Roumi, Joaquim Sapinho, entre outros.