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WORDS STEVE O’ROURKE | STILL FROM THE FILM EFIMERI POLI<br />
Film Buff’s<br />
Guide to Lisbon<br />
CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA<br />
(THE FILM MUSEUM)<br />
Known locally<br />
as the home<br />
of Portuguese<br />
cinema, the longestablished<br />
Film<br />
Museum is located<br />
in the heart of<br />
Lisbon and based<br />
within a beautiful<br />
19th-century<br />
building adjacent<br />
NEXT MONTH<br />
21–28 JANUARY, 2010<br />
Trieste Film Festival<br />
LJUBLJANA<br />
What’s it all about?<br />
A leisurely 90-<br />
minute drive from<br />
the Slovenian capital,<br />
Ljubljana, sits the<br />
beautiful Italian<br />
coastal city of Trieste,<br />
just over the border.<br />
The picturesque<br />
seaport was both<br />
one-time home and<br />
inspiration to literary<br />
giants Jules Verne<br />
and James Joyce<br />
and philosopher<br />
Sigmund Freud.<br />
Now it plays host<br />
to the 17th Trieste<br />
Film Festival,<br />
an event that<br />
showcases features,<br />
to Avenida da<br />
Liberdade, one of<br />
the city’s busiest<br />
boulevards.<br />
The institute<br />
boasts two<br />
auditoriums, an<br />
impressive archive,<br />
bookstore, a<br />
museum and a<br />
restaurant called<br />
documentaries and<br />
shorts from central<br />
and eastern Europe<br />
to an audience of<br />
more than 15,000.<br />
Where to watch<br />
the fi lms<br />
Festival fi lms are<br />
screened in several<br />
of the city’s eight<br />
theatres and<br />
subtitled in both<br />
English and Italian.<br />
The pick of the<br />
festival cinemas are<br />
the Excelsior (2 Via<br />
Muratti) and the<br />
Ariston Cinema (14<br />
Viale Romolo Gessi)<br />
in a more subdued<br />
part of town that’s a<br />
39 Steps dedicated<br />
to the Hitchcock<br />
classic. Outdoor<br />
screenings are held<br />
during the summer<br />
and there’s also<br />
a raft of debates,<br />
presentations<br />
and specialist<br />
screenings.<br />
cinemateca.pt<br />
popular destination<br />
for locals.<br />
Where to spot<br />
the stars<br />
Trieste doesn’t do<br />
nightlife in the same<br />
way as Rome or<br />
Milan. But it has a<br />
casual charm that<br />
means famous<br />
faces can mingle in<br />
intimate cafés and<br />
bars without hassle.<br />
Boston Blvd (41 Viale<br />
XX Settembre) is<br />
a popular spot for<br />
actors on the festival<br />
circuit as it’s located<br />
near all the city’s<br />
main cinemas.<br />
triestefi lmfestival.it<br />
More than a watch<br />
Tissot, Innovators by Tradition.<br />
www.tissot.ch
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