One of Lisbon’s top annual cultural events is back. From today until May 3rd, the city’s independent film festival will screen over 200 movies, most of them international productions from the past year but also some of the best of Portuguese cinema. In addition to the screenings, the IndieLisboa festival also organizes parties, concerts, and debates, bringing together more than 600 guests, with this year including German director Werner Herzog and Jacques Nolot from France.

Judging the competition which will select the best film and other awards will be the directors of the Venice Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival, and you can see all of the films in the São Jorge Cinema on Avenida da Liberdade or Cinema Londres on Avenida de Roma uptown. Each ticket costs €3,50 and you can check the schedule on the official website www.indielisboa.com (click on “EN” at the top left corner of the screen for the English version).

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