Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

A jury is summoned to appear online, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and must reach a unanimous verdict on a murder involving father and son. Free adaptation of “12 Angry Men”, by Reginald Rose.

In the middle of a pandemic, Laura has been following a routine with social distance for 70 days and is uncomfortable doing some activities that are out of her own. When she successfully performs the tasks, she realizes that the discomfort she felt was for a much deeper reason.

Insomnia drains the soul, only the body remains. Gustavo decides to get rid of the body.

In the near future in São Paulo, a family of three women deals with a technological breakthrough.

A young boy living in an orphanage in the Amazon, while creating situations to draw the attention of adoptive parents, conceives an imaginary friendship with his only toy, a doll named Shala.

You are haunted by your past. You can't live your present. What will you do with your future?

A group of young dancers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas use dance to fight for a brighter future.

War movie made by one adult and two children with the help of a BB Gun.

Who would say that in the early 90s, when hip-hop itself was developing in the USA, a bunch of kids from the other side of the ocean were intensely listening to Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill or De La Soul? And who would say that these same kids literally from the other side of the world, influenced by those artists, were starting to create a strong and lively hip-hop culture in Porto, Portugal? In a journey that begins in the late 80s when the first echoes of American hip-hop began to shyly arrive in Portugal through television (MTV), movies ("Style Wars", "Beat Street") and radio, the documentary takes a deep look at the history and memories of Porto's rap culture until today.

In the heart of Salvador, we follow the party preparations in honor of the Sailor, a religious entity, patron of the last drag bar of the city.

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The stories, adventures and misadventures of Alfredinho Rocha, a fado singer, a Karate fighter, a former drug dealer, an owner of a cafe in Fontainhas, Oporto, a nutter, a dancer, a nightingale and a whole family.

In the hot summer of 1975, in the middle of the revolution, in the heat of political and social conflicts, a crime is committed in a slum neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon. Analyzing this crime, as its causes, its protagonists, its local and national context, the film proposes a hot reflection on the Revolutionary Process in Progress (Processo Revolucionário em Progresso ) that throughout the year and throughout the country, and on how political contradictions, Social and economic rights that divided Portugal as a result of the military coup of 25 April 1974.

Aldo, a former photographer, is fired from his college professor job a little before his retirement. With no job perspective, he decide to sell his old work tools,and burn some of his pictures.

One day, no date, in unknown locations, five subjects meet around a table. The cloth is green. The cards fly, roll the chips and the air is redolent of cigar smoke. Amid eyes crossed, mouth torn laughter and lies, one will learn that everything in life has consequences.

Earlier this month Adele stopped by a studio in Harlem to perform a six-song set for VH1 Unplugged. We have the song known as “The Contradictions Track,” which is “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman,” in advance of the show’s online premiere March 3. It may seem like a dangerous move for any singer to cover Aretha Franklin. Is there a more surefire way to feel inadequate?

This documentary examines the controversial theory that a Chinese Ming Dynasty fleet, led by Zheng He, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope and crossed the Atlantic to discover the Americas, decades before Christopher Columbus.

Going through a grieving process, Bia comes into contact with death for the first time in such a personal and harrowing way. The drama follows the day of the burial in which death, assumed to be a consequence of the city's violence, attracts uncomfortable comments. Bia faces the feelings of others while repressing her own suffering for losing Iris, who returns in insistent memories, alternating between warmth and melancholy. The memories reveal the intimate relationship between the two as they fall in love, and reveal an abusive relationship in Iris' past. Bia's anger contrasts with the affection between the two, in a truce amid pain, the memory of love makes life worth living.

At Christmas dinner, Judas recounts to his strange group of friends the misadventures of his encounter with an old rival.

When we stop we're so focused on productivity and efficiency that we feel guilty and confused about our own limitless time giving rise to a silent restlessness: the feeling that we should be producing, moving forward, and justifying every minute. With a new emerging force, the human being in its essence becomes increasingly scarce: we can no longer think, speak, and, above all, be. But ultimately, why does it have to be this way?

The following documentary started as a promotional video of "the making of" for the film "Plan A". Unfortunately, during the process, this film was cancelled. These images are now all that's left.

Two people meet in a park. As they get to know each other, the world outside trembles.

A strange dive into the night. Sami is returning home after six months in Italy. Between nightmares and dreams, he leaves behind an abandoned construction work, visions of ghosts and a mysterious sunset over the Mediterranean Sea.

The arid and spacial environment is the setting for this sacrifice. A lost tribe in an outer planet, both physical and psychologically, they worship their God, blinded they will carry out their ritual, sacrifice the animal and incorporate it. In this metaphorical world time has infinite dimension, the acts are perpetuated and the cycles are repeated.

Pedro occupies a bankrupt shopping center, where he lives haunted by his lack of future. The temporary stay of a new girl in the town is going to change his condition.

Upon receiving the news that he's dying, a man searches for his friend, hoping to seek a final moment with him.

Tommi Musturi is one of today’s most complex comic book authors. Much like a chameleon, this artist employs different illustration styles to create comics without ever losing his creative identity. Same as Pessoa, who granted his heteronyms different styles, Musturi makes use of a variety of languages according to the issue at stake.

Panará characters and filmmakers comment on the creation process of both The agout's peanut and After the egg, the war and discuss about the use of video in their community.

A young boy lives his life in a magical way, surrounded by the picturesque atmosphere of his village.

I came here to make a map.

In the small town of Reguengo Grande, Portugal lives Bênção, known as the living saint. People come from all over the world to be emotionally touched by this saint. The only problem is that Bênção isn't sure if all this power people believe in, is real anymore and starts questioning everything.

An experimental journey that goes from a rollercoaster ride to a drive through the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

The young Rui Ramos constantly turns his life into amazing dreams due to the influence of novels, comic-books and movies.

A man drives his car. Something obscure is deep inside his mind.

First work of José Neves which portrays the artistic personality of Jorge Molder, focusing on the figure and photographic work of Molder in the preparation of his exhibition presented at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999 where he represented Portugal. The title comes from a previous exposure Molder and an inscription on the door of his photo lab, where part of the film's action is concentrated.

Jaque is an independent singer and songwriter supported unconditionally by her girlfriend. She is noticed by an abusive producer and works beside him for a year. Suddenly dropped by the record company, her life becomes a ruin while her personal relationship crashes. The artist reveals a will to give herself completely in order to make her wishes come true, sacrificing what ever's in her way.

For two years, we filmed in an ancient convent of the seventeenth century, which houses the Conservatory of Music of Lisbon. Moved by our love for this anachronistic place, for the music that is played there and for the richness of its teaching, Il Sogno mio d'amore immerses us into the universe of the transmission of music between teachers and pupils. Sounds and words mingle with gestures, form a unique language and reveal what is most profound in the human being: the expression of his sensibility.

A fire causes panic inside a building. Joel will have to know his priorities.