Arte Institute presented the opening of NY Portuguese Short Film Festival 2017 in New York and Cascais.

Watch the best moments and the interview with Ana Ventura Miranda, director of the Arte Institute.

NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – VII Edition will be presented by the Arte Institute on May 18 at Lincoln Center and May 19 at Tribeca Film Center in New York and O Cinema da Villa in Cascais.

MAY 18
Lincoln Center – Francesca Beale Theater, New York
144 West 65th Street
7 PM
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MAY 19
Tribeca Film Center, New York
375 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013, EUA
7 PM
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O Cinema da Villa, Cascais
Cascais Villa Shopping Center – Av. D. Pedro I
9.30 PM

The NY Portuguese Short Film Festival (NYPSFF) was the first Portuguese short film festival in the United States.

It showcases the freshest short film production from Portugal, including fiction, animation and documentary.

2017 Official Selection

Carga by Luis Campos
The Wood Craver or The World´s Most Beautiful Workshop by João Vasco
The Fear Installation by Ricardo Leite
Once Upon a Thread by Patricia Figueiredo (Guest Short Film)
You by Hugo Pinto
A Room in Lisbon by Francisco Carvalho
Alvanéu by André C. Santos
A Long Day by Sérgio Graciano (Guest Short Film)
Manuel by Bruno Carnide
The Amazing Ordinary Man by Paulo Portugal
Ribbon Tooth by Sara Gouveira

Opening Film in NYC (World Festival Premiere)
Echoes of Fado by Yuri Alves
+ With the presence of the director.

The Festival is now in its seventh year of existence, and in 2016 it was presented in United States, Brazil, Australia, China, United Kingdom, France, Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Canada, Germany, Poland, Kenya, Check Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Thailand, Romenia and Hungary – 19 countries and 38 cities.

The NYPSFF was the first Portuguese film festival in NYC and the US. The Festival show the work of the new generation of young Portuguese directors. By organizing the Festival annually in several countries, the Arte Institute intends to expand and win new audiences for the Portuguese cinema worldwide.

The official selection for the VII Edition of NYPSFF was made by a judging panel composed by film experts from the US, Brazil and Portugal.

Music – Tears of Liberty (Brass Wires Orchestra)

Support
| Turismo de Portugal
| ICA
| Pestana
| Dreamplay
| Newest Americans
| Fundação D. Luis
| Bairro dos Museus – Cascais
| O Cinema da Villa

Media Partners
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