He runs, since 1978, the company Cinema Novo and he is the president of the Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival, which was one of the founders of the European Fantasy Film Festival Federation. The festival goes now in his 36th edition and is considered one of the leading festivals of the world by Variety.
Mário Dorminsky received from the Portuguese State the Golden Medal of Cultural Merith as well as the Golden of Cultural Merith from the Oporto Town hall.