Special Session Casa do Comum | InShadow Festival

Cinemateca Portuguesa 2026

A partnership between the InShadow Festival and the Cinemateca Portuguesa, which brings together cinema and dance. An exploration of the various relationships between the body, movement, and the image.

White Nights (1985)

Taylor Hackford

3rd of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

After a Soviet ballet defector's plane crash-lands in Russia, the KGB forces him to live with an American tap dancer who defected the other way, prompting the two men to team up for a daring escape to the West.

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A Chorus Line (1985)

Richard Attenborough

4th of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

Following a prelude, during which several passages from these works will be read, there will be a screening of Rita or Rito?…

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Nutcracker (1986)

Carroll Ballard

5th of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

It's Christmas Eve and the festivities are in full swing. Little Clara is thrilled when her godfather arrives with a bag full of presents, amongst them, an intriguing wooden nutcracker.

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Short Films Session: Rhythmus und Tanz (1932)

Wilhelm Prager

5th of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

A rhythmic, experimental German short film that captures the fluid, synchronized movements of dancers to explore the visual relationship between human choreography and cinematic tempo.

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Short Films Session: Martha Graham: A Dancer’s World (1957)

Peter Glushanok

5th of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham.

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Short Films Session: Tänzer Und Choreograph (1984)

Ulrich Tegeder

5th of December

Cinemateca Portuguesa

A short documentary that explores the meticulous reconstructive process of staging the historic, avant-garde avant-garde Bauhaus Dances originally created by artist Oskar Schlemmer.

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