The history of cinema is full of popular films that have been loved through the generations, but there have also been many that were quickly forgotten. Some, decades after their release, may be chosen for restoration and gain a new life on the festival circuit. But they don’t always make it to the public cinema auditorium. With two screenings a month, the Archive Treasures programme offers the (re)discovery of films recently restored by the most important laboratories, archives and cinema archives in the industry. Some of these works have already been recognised for their importance in the history of cinema, while others, from all over the world, for various reasons have yet to be seen by a general audience. In all of them we encounter compelling perspectives and issues that justify another look — regardless of whether they were made 20 or 80 years ago.
In March and April, we present films that, in different ways, tell us about women's relationships with their time and society. Works by women — Judith Elek, Sara Gómez, Chantal Akerman — that weave stories about love and desire, but also about ageing and loneliness. And Vie privée, a film by Louis Malle that depicts Brigitte Bardot as an object of desire and a victim of press pressure in the society of the spectacle.

Curated by Joana Canas Marques and Lídia Queirós.