The event
was supported by MovieBox Group, Lagoa Municipality, Arvad wines, Oja Agency
and CineTendinha as media partner. As for the films exhibited, we had the
European Premiere of "Macbeth" by Kit Monkman, "unSin" by
Marcus André, "Moço" by Bernardo Lopes and "Blood Steel" by
Tim Goodill.
“unSin” had
its first private viewing with Marcus André and the American actress, Paula
Lobo Antunes, in the leads as the Walker siblings. This is a joint production
by local producers (Ber/Liner Production House, Fat Kat and MovieBox Studios)
with the support of the Municipality of Lagoa. This film also marks Marcus
André’s debut as a showrunner (writer and producer).
One the key
roles of the weekend was a Q&A with major figures from the industry such as
Rui Vilhena (TvGlobo, Netflix); Rita Nunes (RTP, Opto); Jô Monteiro (HBO,
Netflix) and Leticia Veiga (TvGlobo, Netflix). With an international list of
guests and companies related to the entertainment industry coming from various
parts of the world, some of the notorious presents were Julian Hicks (MovieBox
Group), Paula Lobo Antunes (actress); Paulo Rocha Cardoso (Comic Con), Rui
Tendinha (SIC, Golden Globes jury) and Luis Encarnação (Mayor of Lagoa).