Cinema São Jorge is the great House of Film Festivals in Lisbon. Annually, it receives: Kino – German Expression Film Festival, PLAY – International Film Festival for Children, MONSTRA, Italian Film Festival, Festival Política, IndieLisboa, BoCA Bienal, Mental, Lisbon Motorcycle Film Fest, Outsiders, Motelx, Queer Lisboa, French Film Festival and Doclisboa.

The Cinema was inaugurated in 1950 and opened with the film “The Red Shoes”, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The building, designed by architect Fernando Silva, won the Municipal Architecture Prize.

Initially, it consisted of a single room, with a capacity for almost 2000 seats.

In 1981, the interior of the building underwent extensive works, with the aim of creating 3 rooms. In the former Audience, 2 rooms were born, Room 2 and Room 3. The Manoel de Oliveira Room, the largest in Lisbon, was born in the former balcony.

Today, Sala 2 has capacity for 154 seats (+3 reduced mobility), Sala 3 has 199 seats (+3 reduced mobility) and Sala Manoel de Oliveira 830 seats (+3 reduced mobility).

The Cinema also has a fourth Room, called Rank, more intimate and with a capacity of 21 seats. Allegedly, in this room, films were censored during the Estado Novo period.

The Cinema, in addition to Festivals, maintains some of its own programming, with several projects in operation, namely:

Final Credits: they intend to give a second life to a series of films that have just concluded their careers in the national cinematographic circuit. In an intimate setting such as Sala Rank, we want to program cinematic enjoyment sessions, meeting with filmmakers and, in spaces, for debate and thought. Sharing sessions, as the Seventh Art has accustomed us to.

Marsupial Sessions: The Afim de Filmes educational project programs these sessions adapted to the reality of new parents. The arrival of a baby is often a lonely journey for caregivers. Despite experiencing unique moments, their social life becomes non-existent. Here we propose Cinema sessions designed for mothers and fathers accompanied by their babies. In addition to watching a film, it is also an opportunity to exchange experiences.

Lights, Phone, Action! | Cinema Workshop: Cinema is a magical place. But also a place of learning. And imagination, a powerful tool. This is the tool we need for this workshop, whose purpose is to make tapes – in fact recreating cinematographic micronarratives – and take them to the cinema screen.

Visits: Here is a cinema that is many other things. Home of movies, but also of concerts. From stage dramas to comedy shows. Meetings and lectures. That is, a lot of blablablah of all kinds and shapes. Here is a cinema that is also made of memories and backstage, elements that we want to make known.

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