The journalist Julian Assange, the actor John Malkovich, actress Maria de Medeiros and musician Arto Lindsay are some of the guests that were announced in Lisbon, for organizing the 8th edition of the Lisbon & amp; Estoril Film Festival.
“We do not know what form Julian Assange may be in Portugal, but we already have the direct collaboration of it,” said Paul White, referring to the fact that the journalist and activist living since 2012 in exile in Ecuador’s embassy in London.
One of the highlights, according to the organizer, is the realization of the international symposium that aims to discuss the issues of exposure of the privacy of citizens and global monitoring.
In addition to Assange, a founder of WikiLeaks, were also invited to join the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, the writer Roberto Saviano and the linguist Noam Chomsky.
The premiere of the film “Casanova Variations ‘Michael Sturminger, is scheduled for November 8, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with the presence of the director and John Malkovich, who will also be honored with the screening of new films.
Paul White said though the actress Maria de Medeiros will be honored: “It is a unique figure in film activity for projection had in the movie Pulp Fiction [Tarantino] but never abandoned the Portuguese cinema ‘, stressed the producer
. This year’s festival will run from 7:16-November.
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