Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Cinema no Feminino

Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Cinema no Feminino is an international festival of films made by Mediterranean women directors. The festival takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, in the first weekend of June at the Cinema São Jorge and is part of the Festas de Lisboa.

Apart from the films, the Festival offers a diversity of cultural activities that take place during the whole festival at the same venue. A call to submissions will be held from January on.

After a successful first edition, in 2014, the film festival made an upgrade and took it to the competitive level.

2015 winners

The winners of the 2nd edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino in 2015 were:

Jury award

• Best Feature Film: KUMUN TADI (SEABURNERS), by Melisa Önel, Turkey, fiction, 2014
• Best Short Film: NÃO SÃO FAVAS, SÃO FEIJOCAS, by Tânia Dinis, Portugal, documentary/experimental, 2013
• Honorable Mention: DONA FÚNFIA, by Margarida Madeira, Portugal, animation, 2013

Audience Award

• Best Film: THIS IS MY LAND, by Tamara Erde, France, documentary, 2014
• Honorable Mention: SIMSHAR, by Rebecca Cremona, Malta, fiction, 2014

The awards were made by Isabel Bernardes da Silva and Thomas Kahrel.

External links

• Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Cinema no Feminino - official site