Douro Film Harvest


Douro Film Harvest is the first totally decentralized international summit of cinema, that takes place in Alto Douro Wine Region,a area classified by UNESCO as World Heritage Patrimony and homeland of Porto Wine.
Douro Valley 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, 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 the following guests:
In competition, at Vintage Selection, were the following films:33 scenes from life by Malgoska SzumowskaAbout Elly by Asghar FarhadiAlice in Land by Esteban LarrainDawn of the world by Abbas FahdelDon't think about white monkeys by Yuri MaminMarch by Händl KlausParque via by Enrique RiveroWolfy by Vasili Sigarev

Douro Film Harvest 2010

In 2010, Douro Film Harvest had as guests
In competition in the Vintage Selection were5 x favela, now by ourselves, several directorsOf Love and other Demons by Hilda HidalgoI, Don Giovanni by Carlos Saura How ended this summer by Alexei PopogrebskyNanga Parbat by Joseph VilsmaierThe last flight of flamingo by João RibeiroSolitary Man by David Lean and Brian KoppelmanSouth of the Border by Oliver StoneThe Ghost Writer by Roman Polanski

Douro Film Harvest 2011

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