Portuguese Cinema

Year
0
Academic year
2021-2022
Code
01012671
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The classes in this course combine theoretical lecture sessions with practical interactive sessions:

- theoretical lecture sessions: the teacher offers theoretical explanations on the topics, styles, films and directors addressed in the syllabus of the course with the support of excerpts from films;

- practical interactive sessions: students present their synthesis work, which must consist of introducing, screening and discussing sequences of Portuguese films related to some of the issues included in the program.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) know the aesthetic evolution of Portuguese cinema within the history of world cinema through the example of different films and filmmakers of the 20th and 21st centuries; (2) identify and interpret different elements of film language used in the most important works in Portuguese film history; (3) relate the main aesthetic movements in Portuguese cinema with the contemporary intellectual and artistic movements, at the national and international levels; (4) understand the relationship between Portuguese cinema and Portugal, as well as between Portuguese cinema and cinema at large, in its artistic, cultural, political and historical dimensions.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Silent cinema in Portugal (1896-1931)

2. The Portuguese comedy (1933-1947)

3. Neorealism (1942-1965)

4. The New Portuguese Cinema (1962-1982)

5. Documentary fiction in Portugal (1930-)

6. The films of João César Monteiro (1970-2004)

7. Portuguese cinema as transnational cinema (1982-)

8. The films of Pedro Costa (1989-)

9. The films of Miguel Gomes & O Som e a Fúria (2004-)

10. Portuguese austerity cinema (2006-2019).

Head Lecturer(s)

Xosé Iván Villarmea Álvarez

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

BAPTISTA, T. 2009. “Nacionalmente Correcto: A Invenção do Cinema Português”. Revista Estudos do Século XX 9: 307-323.

CUNHA, P. e SALES, M., org. 2013. Cinema Português: Um Guia Essencial. São Paulo: SESI-SP.

FERREIRA, C. O., org. 2007. O Cinema Português Através dos Seus Filmes. Lisboa: Edições 70.

LIZ, M., ed. 2017. Portugal's Global Cinema: Industry, History and Culture. Londres: I. B. Taurus.

MUÑOZ, H. e VILLARMEA, I. (eds.). 2014. Jugar con la memoria. El cine portugués en el siglo XXI. Santander: Shangrila.

RAMOS, J. L. 1989. Dicionário do Cinema Português: 1962-1988. Lisboa: Caminho.

RAMOS, J. L. 2005. Dicionário do Cinema Português: 1989-2003. Lisboa: Caminho.

RIBAS, D. e CUNHA, P., eds. 2020. Um Novo Olhar Sobre o Cinema Português do Século Vinte e Um. Vila do Conde: Curtas Metragens CRL.

VILLARMEA, I. 2016. “Mudar de Perspetiva: A Dimensão Transnacional do Cinema Português Contemporâneo”, Aniki: Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento 3(1): 101-120.