The Portuguese Cinema Days began with a simple frustration. There was nowhere in Berlin to watch Portuguese films, and visiting Portugal only ever caught whatever happened to be showing that week. The logical solution was to bring the films here instead.
Since 2018, every November, we have screened recent Portuguese cinema at the Moviemento in Kreuzberg — one of the oldest independent cinemas in Europe. Award-winning features, documentaries and short films, in their original versions with English subtitles, across a wide range of genres and themes.
But the films are only half of it. What sets these evenings apart is everything around the screen: the directors who join us, the conversations after the lights come up, a glass of Port wine, the occasional pastel de nata. It is, in the most affectionate sense, an informal embassy of Portuguese culture in Berlin.
Who it is for
The festival speaks first to Berlin's international community — cinephiles who are used to consuming culture in English and who have an appetite for auteur cinema with a strong identity. You do not need to be Portuguese, or to have any prior connection to Portugal. What draws people in is the quality of the work and the experience of being in the room.
What comes next
This is where we will tell the parts of the story that do not fit on a poster: the films, the filmmakers, memories from past editions, and news from Portuguese cinema you can follow right now.
The 2026 programme will be announced here first.