ART&TUR E-Magazine 2016 nr 2 | Page 8

ART&TUR 2016 Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese movie director, used to say “there is no closest Art to life than the cinema. And the cinema is but a synthesis of all Arts – like life, that has all its aspects, being sculpture, painting or even music”. APTUR dared to dream of the day when cinema and tourism could be put together. That dream turned into a project which is called “ART&TUR” The ART&TUR FILM FESTIVAL is still an event without a long past, as this is the 9th edition, but it has accomplished internationally a great success, mainly due to its hard-working and passionate organizing team. It would be unfair not to praise in this Editorial the devoted dedication from all those that with their effort and time made possible the 2016 edition of ART&TUR. This E-MAGAZINE is the best mean we found to share with you what the Festival is and intents to be. The 2016 edition of ART&TUR brought new insights to the event. The Competition entered 301 films from 52 countries worldwide, of which 96 films from 31 countries have been selected to be projected, organized into 19 different categories.