Returns to Film Festival – Newspapers Hardmusica

The Feast of Cinema returns on Monday with three days of performances with tickets at 2.5 euros, hoping to win at least 200,000 spectators, told Lusa Nuno Sousa agency, organization .

This is the first edition of the Film Festival, an initiative organized by exhibitors and Portuguese distributors to “ celebrate the cultural and social act going to the movies “, a panorama of consecutive breaks of spectators and ticket revenue.

Between Monday and Wednesday, 11 and 13 May, tickets will cost 2.5 euros for any session (except for films with 3D glasses) at any of the 500 adherents movie theaters, universe that covers all district capitals.

“ The expectation is great “he admitted Nuno Sousa, representing the exhibitors in the organization of the Film Festival. Only the fact that exhibitors and distributors have joined to this initiative “ is a victory ” he said.
“ When we are talking about 500 rooms, are all. Will the large display groups to the smaller rooms, to film clubs “he said.
The Feast of Cinema is a replica of a similar initiative exists in France and in particular in Spain, whose edition happens precisely the same dates.
But while in Spain it takes a prior registration to go to the movies, in Portugal access is simplified, explained Nuno Sousa. Just choose the session and buy the ticket. You can purchase tickets in advance in exhibiting that have sales and reservations ‘online’.
To Nuno Sousa, the least that is expected in the first Festival of Cinema is the membership of 200 000 spectators in three days and if surpass expectations , the organization is considering doing a second edition in the fall.
The exhibitor also expects the Film Festival marque presence on the calendar, create and print custom viewers in a dynamic market that justifies “that produce domestic films to debut in the context of Party “. “ This is what happens already in Spain “.
The poster are some Portuguese films on display, including “Captain Falcon” by João Leitão, “other country”, Sergio Tréfaut, and . “Stop me suddenly thought,” Jorge Pelicano
Cinema Ideal display within the party, three films by Paulo Rocha: “If I were a thief stole …”, “Green Years” and “Change of life”, these digital version restored.