We sat down with
Luis Apolinario, General Manager and co-founder of Portugalâs Alambique, to discuss the situation of the Portuguese market for independent film distribution. Apolinario points out the necessity to address the structural problems hindering the Portuguese market, such as the serious lack of independent screens, while asking for more flexibility in terms of the different support schemes, both on a national and European level.
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Cineuropa: How did the company start, and what is your editorial policy?
Luis Apolinario: My partner
Hugo Lopes and I founded Alambique in 2009. I had worked in two other distribution companies before, and I always wanted to try a different approach. We started with very few resources, which kind of forced us to commit to the strategy we had in mind: we decided to focus on titles that other companies were not looking for. As you can tell from our catalogue, we have a lot of first an