Douro Film Harvest is the first totally decentralized international summit of

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

, that takes place in Alto Douro Wine Region,a area classified by

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as World Heritage Patrimony and homeland of

Porto Wine Port wine (also known as vinho do Porto, , or simply port) is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, often served with dessert, although it also comes in dry, sem ...

Douro Valley The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro () is an administrative division in Portugal. It replaced the ''Comunidade Urbana do Douro'', created in 2004. It takes its name from the Douro River. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Vila Real. D ...

receives in September this event allying the winery harvest to the film appreciation The awards assigned are *CastaDouro Career, to a person which career had been important to the history of 7th Art *CastaDouro Special Guest *CastaDouro Best Film, to the only section in competition, the ''Vintage Selection''. This event is organized by Turismo do Douro, with the support of Port and Douro Wine Institute (IVDP), Douro Mission Structure, Turismo de Portugal and production of Expanding World.

Douro Film Harvest 2009

On its first edition, Douro Film Harvest brought to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

the following guests: * Miloš Forman *

Andie MacDowell Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell's known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas. MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman ...

Kyle Eastwood Kyle Eastwood (born May 19, 1968) is an American jazz bassist and film composer. He studied film at the University of Southern California for two years before embarking on a music career. After becoming a session player in the early 1990s and lea ...

In competition, at ''Vintage Selection'', were the following films: * ''33 scenes from life'' by Malgoska Szumowska * ''About Elly'' by Asghar Farhadi * ''Alice in Land'' by Esteban Larrain * ''Dawn of the world'' by

Abbas Fahdel Abbas Fadhel (Arabic عباس فاضل) is an Iraqi-French film director, screenwriter and film critic, born in Babylon, Iraq. Based in France since the age of 18 years, he studied cinema at the Sorbonne University until Ph.D. In January 2002, ...

* ''Don't think about white monkeys'' by Yuri Mamin * ''March'' by Händl Klaus * ''Parque via'' by Enrique Rivero * ''Wolfy'' by Vasili Sigarev (winner)

Douro Film Harvest 2010

In 2010, Douro Film Harvest had as guests * Sophia Loren *

Gustavo Santaolalla Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for composing his film scores with his collaborator and acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, which composed the ...

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career t ...

In competition in the ''Vintage Selection'' were * ''5 x favela, now by ourselves'', several directors * ''Of Love and other Demons'' by Hilda Hidalgo * ''I, Don Giovanni'' by

(winner) * ''How ended this summer'' by Alexei Popogrebsky * ''Nanga Parbat'' by

Joseph Vilsmaier Joseph Vilsmaier (, 24 January 1939 – 11 February 2020) was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. He is internationally known for films such as ''Comedian Harmonists''. Life Born in Munich. Vilsmaier atte ...

* ''The last flight of flamingo'' by João Ribeiro * ''Solitary Man'' by David Lean and

Brian Koppelman Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American showrunner. Koppelman is the co-writer of ''Ocean's Thirteen'' and ''Rounders'', the producer for films including '' The Illusionist'' and '' The Lucky Ones'', the director for films inc ...

* '' South of the Border'' by Oliver Stone * ''

The Ghost Writer ''The Ghost Writer'' is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his '' Zuckerman Bound ...

'' by

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a ( né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, tw ...

Douro Film Harvest 2011

The third edition of Douro Film Harvest will take place between the 5 and 11 September 2011.

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Douro Film Harvest

Expanding World

Turismo do Douro

Turismo de Portugal

Porto and Douro Wine Institute (IVDP)

Douro Mission Structure
Film festivals in Portugal Recurring events established in 2009 2009 establishments in Portugal Annual events in Portugal Autumn events in Portugal