Cinema of Portugal - Sound Films - 2000s

2000s

I'm Going Home, directed by Manoel de Oliveira, was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The Uncertainty Principle, also directed by Manoel de Oliveira, was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the following year. In 2004 Manoel de Oliveira won an Honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 2005, there were 13 Portuguese feature films released, one of them an animation co-produced with Spain, Midsummer Dream. The most successful film this year was O Crime do Padre Amaro, with more than 300 000 viewers, grossing more than 1.3 million euros. The following year, 22 feature films were released, five of them documentaries. The most successful film this year was Filme da Treta, with more than 270 000 viewers, grossing more than 1 million euros. In 2006 there were 19 feature films produced. In 2007, 15, in 2008, 21 and in 2009 23. Colossal Youth, directed by Pedro Costa, was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009 Arena, directed by João Salaviza, won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.