Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

Rats are getting out of the sewers. A new poison strikes the market: Ratox CH7.

First part of the trilogy that approaches puberty in three Brazilian socio economic classes: A, B and C. The youngsters talks freely about their fears and projects, unveiling a broad outlook about the pre-adolescence universe in São Paulo.

On this DVD you will find a show recorded at Olympia in São Paulo with the artists who helped create the best national rock of all time, such as Leoni, Nasi, Kid Vinil and others. The project is led by Leo Jaime and has already toured the entire country, with hits from the 80s, songs that brought everyday facts in the lyrics and that reflected the thoughts of young people

Young Pim and the villain Avelino race against each other. In order to win the race, and the prize, Avelino cheats as much as he can.

Documentary by Raquel Soeiro de Brito.

"We Are a Lost Generation" is a collective film, made by the young people of the "My Place in the World" Association, with the participation and support of the Anselmo Braamcamp community in Porto. The film follows a group of young people who come together to organize a surprise party for one of the street's honorary residents, Dona Esmeralda, inviting the entire neighborhood to join in the celebration.

Short film made alongside Máscaras (1976).

Swept away by the current of the turbulent period in Portugal's recent history known as PREC (Ongoing Revolutionary Process), which followed the April 25th revolution that overthrew the dictatorship and ended the colonial wars, a young teenager is influenced by the radical excesses of Maoist ideology and finds himself entangled in an adventure hardly appropriate for his age.

A week following the Alva River on foot, on the Grande Rota do Alva (GR51). On the map it is 75 km — we did almost 100. Between river beaches, morning fog, brutal heat inland, nettles, and dubious “shortcuts,” this trail was much more than just scenery: it was a string of unlikely encounters. A gate that opens on an uphill climb, a beer that appears when the water runs out, a 92-year-old party in the middle of nowhere... and, in the end, the Alva meeting the Mondego.

A lonely mantis ears a strange sound in the forest. What it encounters will change its life forever. Louva a Deus means in Portuguese mantis, the insect, but it can also mean ‘praise God’, because of their arms.

On a vast glacier, where ice cubes live trapped in a cycle, one of them begins to question its existence and decides to rebel against the monster that controls them.

At the conservatory, two teenagers are destined to play together, which blossoms into a peculiar relationship between music and feeling.

Brief flashes of life, like dreams, revealed by a passionate and sensitive gaze upon the cosmos.

In the mid-1980s, during a summer day, Rui Carlos and his friends Maranau and Tomané enjoy their free time in the neighborhood, between football matches and playful games. Rui Carlos repairs his worn-out shoes and heads out to borrow a valuable football from their neighbor, Dona Olinda, who daily entrusts it to him. As the teams are chosen and the game begins, typical neighborhood interruptions ensue: a visit from Mascote the dog, a break for lunch, and spontaneous games. But when the ball gets punctured, Rui Carlos is left to face responsibility and the realities of growing up.

When the origami world of Foldara crumples and unfolds out of control, three unlikely friends must journey into a treacherous maze that shifts into strange realms to stop the mysterious force reshaping their world before it's too late, and finding their purpose along the way.

Months after Inês' death, Bia is still tormented by the loss of her sister. Between dreams and memories, she decides to talk to the last people who were with Inês in life to try to find out what led to her death. Along the way, she is forced to confront the different forms of grief from a father to a neighbor, from a friend to an ex-boyfriend and, most importantly, with herself.

Fábio is a character. The Delivery man is a character. The Neighbor is a character. But are they aware of it? If film brings them alive it also imprisons them within the limitations of its own time. But the film is always the same, and He's tired of waiting.

Behind the unmistakable sound and international reputation of the Gulbenkian Choir lies a group of people with parallel lives, where music is not always their main occupation. They are teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, who come together at nightfall and work tirelessly to form an artistic body with a single voice.

Ema tries to end her insomnia. However, in her last effort, while walking by the sea, the line between sleep and reality merges, leading her to question what has been real until now.

This video is inspired on the first vision of the prophet Ezechiel (Ezechiel 1:4):

The fight for better working conditions for female workers at the Sogantal clothing factory.

'Secrets of Nature' was a series of short films produced by the BBC in the 20s and 30s about animals, plants and our relationship to them. In 2021, and in tandem with the 'Cinema e Razão Ecológica' conference, Teresa Castro gives it a new reading in four episodes in which she explores the world of lichens, mushrooms and ruderal plants. An unprecedented mini-video series, produced by Culturgest.

A play by the Cidadela Theater Club.

A movie by Sério Fernandes and his students.

A film made by Sério Fernandes and his students

Produced for the "Favolistica Europeia" series, the film evokes sea voyages of Portuguese navigators at the beginning of the 16th century. It is one of the most ambitious works of this period of Portuguese animation and describes an Atlantic Ocean plunged into constant darkness and inhabited by terrible monsters that could sink any ship in its fearsome waves and bubbling waters.

Shot in slow motion across rural Kenyan landscapes, the film unfolds like a hypnotic visual poem.

Consumed by intrusive thoughts, Alice uses an online forum to express her fantasies, several users follow and react to her problematic passion daily. Upon unexpected news, she is faced with the last chance to make the first move.

Mars, a teenage girl, travels between her conscious and her unconscious, reflecting about her place and her environment and the role she plays in her own life.

Four friends gather for dinner, but the absence of a fifth lingers in the room. While Maya longs to return to the past, the evening reveals that everything — the friends, the town, and even herself — has irrevocably changed.

It's night time. Jazz music playing, a man enjoys his cigar, a drink and, later on, a midnight snack. Just another peaceful night during the pandemic's lockdown... until...

E NESTE NADA CABE TUDO is shot for television (already on video – thus exploring its plastic potential) and examines the work of the sculptor with a special focus on the famous and polemic 25 de Abril monument.