Luís Lima Barreto / Guests // LEFFEST'23 - Lisboa Film Festival

Writer and Director

Peter Handke is one of the leading figures of Austrian and German-language literature.

Director of the French Cinematheque

With a background in journalism and radio broadcasting, film critic Frédéric Bonnaud is the current director of the French Cinematheque.

Film Director

Danielle Arbid is a Lebanese filmmaker whose latest film Passion Simple (2020) is part of the Out of Competition section at LEFFEST’20.

Actress

Marianne Basler is a French actress who plays the main role in the film Un Soupçon D’amour (2020) selected for the main competition of LEFFEST ‘20.

Actor

Jean-Philippe Puymartin is a French actor who takes part in the film Un Soupçon D’amour (2020) selected for the main competition of LEFFEST ‘20.

Violinist, filmmaker and writer

Bruno Monsaingeon is a French musician, filmmaker and writer who has filmed and documented some of the biggest musicians of our time.

Filmmaker, Visual Artist

Young master of the visual arts, Clément Cogitore dominates the fusion of film, photography and experimental video-art.

Filmmaker, Visual Artist

Filmmaker and artist Gabriel Abrantes has produced and directed more than twenty award-winning short films, exhibited all over the world.

Art Curator, Writer

Neville Wakefield is an English art curator and writer who carries art into a new and creative environment outside of its conventional institutional context.

Dancer, performer, choreographer, artist, director

Cecilia Bengolea is an Argentinian multifaceted artist who translates her dance and performance practice through video, sculpture and installation.

Pianist

Piotr Anderszewski is one of the greatest contemporary pianists living today.

Film Director and Actor

VViggo Mortensen is a critically-acclaimed actor and director whose first first feature film Falling (2020) will be screened at LEFFEST’20

Director and Actress

With experience in front and behind the camera, Ana Rocha de Sousa is an actress and filmmaker.

Geographer, Professor and Researcher

Álvaro Domingues is a geographer, professor and researcher in the fields of human geography, urbanism and landscapes.

Landscape architect and professor

Aurora Carapinha is a landscape architect and professor at the University of Évora.

Architect

Gonçalo Byrne (Alcobaça, 1941) is an architect graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Lisbon holding an Honorary Degree from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon and from the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero, in Italy. In

Film Director

As a frequent guest of LEFFEST - Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival, Sharunas Bartas returns once more to this year's 14th edition with his most recent feature In The Dusk, selected in the festival’s competition.

Musician and Songwriter

Salvador Sobral is a musician and composer who brought new rhythms to the panorama of jazz music in Portugal.

Curator

Hans-Ulrich Obrist is a Swiss curator and the current Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London.

Film Director

Agnieszka Holland is one of Poland’s most distinguished filmmakers whose latest work, Charlatan (2020), is part of the Out of Competition section at LEFFEST’20.

Professor at NOVA University of Lisbon

José Bragança de Miranda is an Associate Professor at NOVA University of Lisbon in the Department of Communication Sciences at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.

Cultural Journalist and Critic

António Guerreiro is a journalist and essayist who writes for the cultural section of Jornal Público.

Curator

Honorary General Curator, Marie-Laure Bernadac has worked at the Picasso Museum and the Center Pompidou, and is now in charge of contemporary art at the Louvre Museum.

Art Critic and Curator

Bernard Marcadé is a French art critic, curator and Art History professor in Paris.

Actress

Sophie Semin is a French theater and film actress

Landscape Architect and Professor

Ana Luengo Añon is a Spanish landscape architect and Vice President of the Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens.

Professor of Human Geography

Víctor Fernández Salinas is a professor of Human Geography at the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Seville.

Regional Head of Culture of Alentejo

Specialist in Restoration of Architectural and Landscape Heritage, Ana Paula Amendoeira is the Regional Head of Culture of Alentejo.

President of Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, S.A.

Graduated in Law at Nova University in Lisbon, Florinda Sofia Augusto Cruz is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, S.A.

Maestro

Martim Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese maestro, collaborator of diverse orchestras and author of several musical projects.

Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Music Service

Risto Nieminen has been the Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Music Service since April 2009.

Choreographer and Dancer

Rui Horta is a choreographer and dancer, and one of the most important drivers of a new generation of Portuguese dancers and choreographers.

Actor, playwright and director

Tiago Rodrigues is a Portuguese actor, playwright and director who was awarded the Pessoa Prize in 2019.

Textile Designer

Born in Lisbon, Constança Entrudo is a young textile designer who marked her debut at the 2017 Lisbon Fashion Week.

President of ModaLisboa

Eduarda Abbondanza is a design consultant and the co-founder and President of the ModaLisboa Association.

Mayor of Sintra

Basílio Horta is the current Mayor of Sintra.

Actress

Actress Joana Barrios explores not only theatre but also television, the internet, fashion and cooking.

Activist at Extinction Rebellion

Duarte Marques is a young Portuguese musician and member of Extinction Rebellion Portugal, a sociopolitical movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to pressure governments and bring awareness on the climate crisis to the wider public.

Activist in the Student Climate Strike

Bianca Castro is a Portuguese student and an activist for climate justice in the Student Climate Strike. She has written articles in the P3 section of Público newspaper and actively participates in events, demonstrations and debates on climate issues.

Actress

Catarina Wallenstein is a Portuguese actress working both on film and television.

Artist and Researcher

Nithya Iyer is an interdisciplinary researcher and performing artist whose practice involves experimental psycho-spatial methodologies

Bookseller and representative of the RELI association

José Pinho is a bookseller, founder of the acclaimed Ler Devagar bookshop and representative of the RELI association

Climate activist and member of the association Zero

Acácio Pires is a member of the association Zero - Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável.

Writer, journalist and scriptwriter

Rui Cardoso Martins is a writer, journalist and the co-screenwriter of the film A Herdade directed by Tiago Guedes