Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Original title: As Fado Bicha
Directed by Justine Lemahieu
Duration 80’ | Portuguese with English subtitles
In Portugal, the songs of Lila and João, the two artists of the band Fado Bicha, give body and voice to LGBTQI+ stories and struggles. In the intimacy of the dressing rooms, words and glances cross paths, questioning our relationship with appearances, gender norms, language, and sexuality.
Justine Lemahieu is a French-Portuguese documentary director and editor. She has lived and worked in Lisbon since 2005, making Portugal both her adopted country and the focus of her movies. She is particularly concerned with socio-economic issues, discrimination, and daily forms of resistance. Her first feature film, Sousa Martins, was released in cinemas in 2019.
Also shown on Saturday, 25 October at 18:00 at Arthouse Cinema Niagara.
Production Country, Year Portugal, 2024
Produced by Wonder Maria Filmes
Producer Bruno Moraes Cabral
Directors of Photography Pedro Ivo Carvalho and Justine Lemahieu
Sound Hugo Leitão
Music Fado Bicha
Editor Justine Lemahieu
Distributed by Wonder Maria Filmes
Original title: As Fado Bicha
Directed by Justine Lemahieu
Duration 80’ | Portuguese with English subtitles
In Portugal, the songs of Lila and João, the two artists of the band Fado Bicha, give body and voice to LGBTQI+ stories and struggles. In the intimacy of the dressing rooms, words and glances cross paths, questioning our relationship with appearances, gender norms, language, and sexuality.
Justine Lemahieu is a French-Portuguese documentary director and editor. She has lived and worked in Lisbon since 2005, making Portugal both her adopted country and the focus of her movies. She is particularly concerned with socio-economic issues, discrimination, and daily forms of resistance. Her first feature film, Sousa Martins, was released in cinemas in 2019.
Also shown on Saturday, 25 October at 18:00 at Arthouse Cinema Niagara.
Production Country, Year Portugal, 2024
Produced by Wonder Maria Filmes
Producer Bruno Moraes Cabral
Directors of Photography Pedro Ivo Carvalho and Justine Lemahieu
Sound Hugo Leitão
Music Fado Bicha
Editor Justine Lemahieu
Distributed by Wonder Maria Filmes
