List of Portuguese films of 2016

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The following is a list of Portuguese films that were first released in 2016.

Highest-grossing films[edit]

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing domestic films in Portugal that were first released in 2016, as of December 28, 2016, according to the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual).[1]

Rank Title Gross
1 A Canção de Lisboa €944,564.76
2 O Amor É Lindo... Porque Sim! €149,533.33
3 Letters from War €110,071.54
4 Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor €56,914.00
5 A Mãe É que Sabe €47,379.62
6 Jogo de Damas €31,537.22
7 Axilas €18,276.61
8 The Ornithologist €18,386.57
9 Os Belos Dias de Aranjuez €12,908.00
10 Cinzento e Negro €7,493.80

List of films[edit]

Release date Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref
January 28 Jogo de Damas Patrícia Sequeira Ana Nave [pt], Ana Padrão, Fátima Belo [pt], Maria João Luís [pt] and Rita Blanco Drama [2][3]
January 28 Quatro João Botelho Documentary [1]
February 11 Lisbon Revisited Edgar Pêra Documentary [4]
March 3 Gelo Luís Galvão Teles [pt], Gonçalo Galvão Teles Drama, fantasy [4]
March 10 O Amor É Lindo... Porque Sim! Vicente Alves do Ó [pt] Comedy [4]
March 17 Posto Avançado do Progresso Hugo Vieira da Silva [pt] Drama [4]
March 31 John From João Nicolau [pt] Drama [4]
April 21 Gesto António Borges Correia [pt] Documentary [4]
May 5 Axilas José Fonseca e Costa Drama [4]
May 5 Mudar de Vida: José Mário Branco, Vida e Obra Nelson Guerreiro, Pedro Fidalgo Documentary [4]
May 5 Rio Corgo Sérgio da Costa, Maya Kosa Documentary [4]
May 19 Aqui em Lisboa: Episódios da Vida da Cidade Gabriel Abrantes, Denis Côté Drama [4]
May 19 Cinzento e Negro Luís Filipe Rocha Drama, thriller [4]
June 16 Grandes Esperanças Miguel Marques Documentary [4]
June 30 Olmo e a Gaivota Petra Costa, Lea Glob Documentary [4]
July 14 A Canção de Lisboa Pedro Varela Comedy [4]
August 25 Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor Luís Galvão Teles [pt] Comedy [4]
September 1 Letters from War Ivo M. Ferreira Drama [4]
October 13 O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu João Botelho Documentary [4]
October 20 The Ornithologist João Pedro Rodrigues Drama [4]
October 20 Rasgar o Passado João Costa, Luís Diogo [pt], Cláudio Jordão, José Miguel Moreira Drama [4]
November 3 A Toca do Lobo Catarina Mourão Documentary [4]
November 10 SACA: O Filme de Tiago Pires Júlio Adler Documentary [4]
December 1 Estive em Lisboa e Lembrei de Você José Barahona [pt] Drama [4]
December 8 A Mãe É que Sabe Nuno Rocha Comedy [4]
December 15 The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez Wim Wenders Drama [4]
December 29 Never Ever Benoît Jacquot Drama [4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ranking dos filmes nacionais estreados - 2016" (PDF). ica-ip.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Jogo de Damas". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  3. ^ Ana Sousa Dias (January 28, 2016). "Jogo de Damas. Cinco amigas, uma casa e um funeral". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Longas metragens estreadas - 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual. Retrieved 15 September 2017.