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The Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, conducted by Pedro Neves, performs Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which ends in the famous Ode to Joy, alongside Eurico Carrapatoso's A Canção da Urze and the world premiere of Alexêi Tolpygo's Três Poemas Portugueses.

Ico Costa's 'People and Power' portrays Mozambique's 2024 presidential elections, revealing a grave political crisis as FRELIMO, in power since 1975, loses the trust of a population disillusioned with inequality, corruption and the lack of freedom of expression; in a direct cinema style, the film gives voice to the people. World premiere, eligible for the Rights and Liberties Award.

Exiled director Nikita Lavretski (played by Belarusian filmmaker Sergey Kolosovski) tries to cross European borders to reunite with his wife, wondering whether he is condemned to relive the past forever; a playful take on autofiction and a Proustian experience of recovered time. World premiere in the International Competition.

A screening of 'Insiang' as part of the series dedicated to Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, young people, students and over-65s.

Doclisboa 2026's Earth to the Moon session brings three restored films by the Collectif Mohamed — The Garage, Immigration Zone and Ils ont tué Kader — to São Jorge, Sala 3 on 19 October at 16.30, with Portuguese premieres. A rebellious triptych about self-management, everyday violence and the murder of Kader Lareiche, presented by the Cinémathèque idéale des banlieues du monde.

A presentation session introducing the Oliveira Lima Library and its documentary and artistic collection to the research community and Portuguese academia.

In Doclisboa 2026's International Competition, Mariano Donoso Makowski world-premieres Saturn or a Brief Treatise on Melancholy, following Rubén Díaz, a craftsman, Falklands War veteran and healer known as Caballo Loco, who holds a secret winter-solstice ceremony in Lagunas del Rosario, Mendoza. Screenings on 19 and 23 October at São Jorge, Sala 3.

A Portuguese Competition session with two world premieres eligible for the Short Film Award: Inês Sapeta Dias's The House Is the Ruin of a House, which maps a century-old house standing in the mouth of a giant, nearly extinct volcano, and Raul Domingues's Hipogeus, inspired by the archaeoacoustics of prehistoric tombs. On 19 October at 19.00, São Jorge, Sala M. Oliveira.

A screening of 'Bona' as part of the series dedicated to Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, young people, students and over-65s.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Ina, Kapatid, Anak at the Cinemateca, a drama about the bonds between a mother, her children and their siblings. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

A theatre play titled COCK.

In Doclisboa 2026's Portuguese Competition, Inês Oliveira world-premieres Visits from a Distant Relative, in which photographer Mariana Viegas returns to the images of 35mm film sets she took over seven years while working with filmmakers such as Šarunas Bartas, Pedro Costa and Manoel de Oliveira. Screening on 19 October at 21.30, São Jorge, Sala M. Oliveira.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Cain e Abel at the Cinemateca, a portrait of the rivalry between two brothers. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

In Doclisboa 2026's Risks section, the Portuguese premiere of John Torres's Todo todo teros (2006), a surreal look at Manila built mostly from archive footage of close friends, Filipino musicians and performance artists, in which an artist wakes up in the skin of a terrorist. Screenings on 19 and 25 October at São Jorge, Sala 3.