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In Doclisboa 2026's Risks section, the Portuguese premiere of John Torres's The Remotes: days before emigrating, a grieving detective investigates two sisters linked to a sinister navigation app in a world of automation, surveillance and diffuse violence. Screenings on 17 and 20 October at São Jorge, Sala 3, in dialogue with Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light.

Manuel Mozos' documentary traces the history of the Jornal do Fundão, the weekly founded in 1946 that became a bastion of freedom, resistance and social cohesion, through clippings from its pages read by members of the community. World premiere on 20 October at 14.00, São Jorge, Room 3, in a school session open to the public.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Dalaga Si Misis, Binata Si MIster at the Cinemateca, a comedy about a married couple with swapped roles. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

Two Portuguese premieres paired in the 'From Earth to the Moon' section: Cold Call follows an unexpectedly tender conversation between an artist and a scam-baiter, while The Case Against Space, winner of the Doc Alliance Prize for Best Feature Film 2026, reconstructs the first labour strike in space, in 1973. Screening on 20 October at 16.15, São Jorge, Room 3.

This visit introduces the bird species that make up the avifauna of the Foundation's Garden, with a focus on their songs.

In this International Competition world premiere, Paula Gaitán engages in an intimate dialogue, filmed over the last decade in New York, with Ken Jacobs, one of the great masters of experimental cinema, revealing his thought and unseen images of him and Flo Jacobs. Screenings on 20 October at 18.30 and 23 October at 10.30, São Jorge, Room 3, with a conversation with the filmmaker.

Two world premieres in the PT Competition: in The Continuation, a writer sets out in a farewell letter the reasons for her sudden disappearance, and in Mysticisme du Sud three friends search for a magical lake that mysteriously appeared in southern Tunisia. Screening on 20 October at 19.00, São Jorge, Room M. Oliveira.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Bayan Ko:Kapit Sa Patalin at the Cinemateca, a drama about a country clinging on at the edge. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Wanted: Perfect Mother at the Cinemateca, a comedy in search of the perfect mother. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

A theatre play titled COCK.

The duo Curbside Lambsear — Magdalena McLean (caroline) and Annabelle Mödlinger — performs folk threaded with loops on the border between pop and experimental rock, on a bill that also includes Anaís.

Imarhan bring the desert blues revolution to Portugal, presenting their new album Essam in two concerts: 19 October at Casa da Música, Porto, and 20 October at Lisboa Ao Vivo, Lisbon.

Nemzzz, one of the biggest voices in UK Rap, brings his new project 'Locked In' to Capitólio, Lisbon, for a first headline show.

A curated jam session on the house sound system every Tuesday night until midnight — bring an instrument or just come to listen, with free entry at the door.

Falso nove perform their second album 'Não Sonho Quase Nada' live for the first time at the Coliseu Club, a Portuguese-language indie rock record built around childhood, memory and the anxieties of adult life.

A screening of Lino Brocka's Sa Kabila Ng Lahat at the Cinemateca, a drama about what lies beyond appearances. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

The 4K-restored director's cut of William Greaves' 1971 film records the 'fight of the century' between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, a bout that mirrored America's deep divisions over race, war and politics. Portuguese premiere on 20 October at 21.45, São Jorge, Room M. Oliveira.

Alex Bakri's documentary follows Hussein Darby, the last projectionist of Cinema Jenin, as he crosses the West Bank and even tries to enter Israel to repair the cinema's 50-year-old projector when a German NGO arrives to restore it — an analysis of development aid in Palestine and a tribute to a dying film culture. Screenings on 15 October at 14.00 (school session open to the public) and 20 October at 22.00, with descriptive subtitles, plus a round table on Palestinian film archives.