Lotus Film

06/05/2026

Esta semana o Enviado Especial estará na Praia em Cabo Verde e em Lisboa. Ambas as sessões contam com a presença da realizadora Nalini Elvino De Sousa.
A não perder!

06/05/2026

No dia 𝟮𝟮 𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰̧𝗼, às 𝟭𝟵𝗵, a galeria de arte Carpe Diem, em Goa, recebe a exibição do filme 𝗢 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯𝗲, de Nalini Elvino De Sousa. O evento integra a iniciativa 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 e contará com a presença da realizadora.

06/05/2026

Who does not know Mario de Miranda’s cartoons? The reprints of his cartoons are everywhere in Goa, whether it is a café, a market, or a hotel, his work is easily recognizable.

On his birth centenary, his life and work, in the form of sketches, caricatures, illustrations, paintings, cartoons, portraits, and drawings of life in various countries, were celebrated at Clube Ténis de Gaspar Dias, thanks to the effort of Aristides Alvares.

The audience had the opportunity to marvel at his originals.
The event was also marked by the release of a Mário de Miranda Postal Stamp by the Department of Posts, an audio-visual presentation by Doordarshan National (DD1), and, of course, the cutting of the birthday cake.

Music was also well represented by violinist Sherwyn Sequeira, Sonia Shirsat, Carlos Meneses, Sigmund De Souza, Rocky Lazarus, Omar De Loiola Pereira, Joanne, amongst others.

05/05/2026

I have been involved in the production of Hora dos Portugueses for more than 10 years.

The rhythm of life is such that most of the time, Tanya and I deliver and never watch it again or launch it on social media. As such, I decided to start by sharing some of our favorite episodes to celebrate the nearing of our 200th episode.

This was episode 157, released on RTPi (International Portuguese television) in 2023, featuring Sonia Shirsat conducting a course on fado at Goa University, accompanied by Carlos Menezes and Franz Schubert Cotta.

Watch the full episode on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqi-fcxP0nM

Sonia Shirsat has also appeared in other episodes. To learn about her project FADO IN THE CITY, you can watch episode 17:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjnoA3bc7gY&t=112s

You can also watch episode 55 featuring the project Sonia developed with the support of Taj Hotel Group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkCV4tl-PTs&t=39s

Although she is quite well known in Goa, she remains a very down-to-earth person, ever ready to help, and that is what I most appreciate about her, apart from her lovely voice, of course.

Cheers to Sonia Shirsat!

Edited by Mishka Fernandes
A special thank you to my team, who accompanied me all these years:
John Lino, Agnelo Lobo and Tanya Távora

27/09/2025

It's tomorrow at ESG, Panjim.
Join us!

20/12/2024

My documentary "Kantar Goa," edited by Gasper D'Souza, is being screened at ESG (ground floor) as part of the exhibit The Goan Stage: Narratives of Identity—Serendipity Arts Festival.

The documentary will be screening until December 22nd, from 11am to 7pm. Do make it a point to see it and leave a comment in the visitor's book!

"Kantar Goa" will be next screened at the 48th edition of ICTMD in Wellington, New Zealand, on January 13th, and I will discuss it with my colleagues on January 14th 2025.

Thank you Lina Vincent , Akshay Mahajan and Goa Familia.

02/11/2024

There is a lot of news about the celebration of Aquino de Bragança's birth centenary. Here is on Herald by Frazer Andrade:

As Goa commemorates the birth centenary of Tomaz Aquino Messias de Bragança (1924-1986), one may reflect on the profound impact he had on the region’s cultural