From November 14 to 19, Doc’s Kingdom returns to Odemira for the third consecutive year with a program dedicated to collaborative filmmaking practices, showcasing the work of both historic and contemporary collectives such as CAMP (India), Grupo Zero (Portugal), Mujeres Creando (Bolivia), Ogawa Productions (Japan), Sueli and Isael Maxakali with collaborators (Brazil), and Video Tracts for Palestine (an anonymous transnational project).

With free and open admission to the general public, the six-day program includes a selection of rare films, an exhibition, and two festive gatherings, alongside a full-participation format reserved for registered participants. Below is the schedule of public sessions.

Film Screenings

at Cineteatro Camacho Costa

Friday, November 14

17h. Polifonias – Paci é Saluta, Michel Giacometti, Pierre-Marie Goulet (Portugal | 1997 | 82 min.)

with an introduction by José Manuel Costa

21h. A Luta do Povo: Alfabetização em Santa Catarina, Grupo Zero (Portugal | 1976 | 25 min.) + A Lei da Terra, Grupo Zero (Portugal | 1977 | 67′)

followed by a discussion with two members of Grupo Zero

Saturday, November 15

10h. Surprise screening (70 min.)

11h40. Surprise screening (65 min.)

17h30. Assim Começa Uma Cooperativa, Grupo Zero (Portugal | 1976 | 15 min.) + Summer in Sanrizuka, Ogawa Productions (Japan | 1968 | 108 min.)

Sunday, November 16

10h. Surprise screening (150 min.)

Monday, November 17

21h45. From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf, CAMP (India | 2013 | 83 min.)

Tuesday, November 18

10h. Surprise screening (77 min.)

11h30. Surprise screening (Brazil | 2024 | 93 min.)

Wednesday, November 19

10h. The Sundial Carved with a Thousand Years of Notches – The Magino Village Story, Ogawa Productions (Japan | 1987 | 222 min.)

Talks with filmmakers

at Mirabolante — Bookshop Café

Friday 14.11

10.30am. Talk with Ghassan Salhab

12pm. Talk with Isael Maxakali e Roberto Romero

Parties

Saturday, November 15, 10pm. Mercado Municipal de Odemira

Tuesday, November 18, 10pm. Quintal da Música

Exhibition

at Espaço CRIAR

DESERTOS LÍQUIDOS / LIQUID DESERTS

Opening and guided tour: Friday, November 14, 3.30pm

Opening hours: November 15–18, from 2pm to 7pm

Desertos Líquidos / Liquid Deserts presents a selection of work created over the past years from the Alentejo Research Unit, a research studio from the Environmental Architecture department at the Royal College of Art. The studio and works exhibited investigate the environmental transformations taking place in Alentejo, Portugal associated with the expansion of extractive monocrop agricultures and water irrigation projects across the territory.

The works explore the use of film, sound and documentation as forms of intervention,  tracing the different scales of extractivism at stake – resource exhaustion, environmental contamination, exploitation of migrant labour – whilst aiming to produce a meaningful contribution to new forms of socio-ecological resistance, above and below ground.

In partnership with:

Royal College of Art, Alentejo Research Unit (London)

CACO – Association of Artisans of the Municipality of Odemira