Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

Candide never loved her. Manipulation is his favourite game.

Three mutant pigs with a voracious appetite for human flesh live in an abandoned factory. As time passes, one of the pigs realizes that he is not alone in the factory. A werewolf emerges from the darkness, ready and determined to put an end to the mutants' feast.

1. Libere a Mente 2. Além do Horizonte 3. Na Moral 4. As Dores do Mundo 5. Sunshine In Ipanema 6. Dias Melhores 7. O Que Eu Também Não Entendo 8. Mais Uma Vez 9. O Sol 10. De Volta Ao Planeta 11. Palavras de Um Futuro Bom 12. Do Seu Lado 13. Já Foi 14. Até Onde Vai

João Ricardo de Barros Oliveira defines himself as a musician-sound-sculptor and lives surrounded by materials, which he criteriously gathers from dumps and trash containers. He makes vulgar trash the basis for his art, out of objects considered useless he builds sound sculptures with which he performs on stage, in concerts and in workships. Born in Viana do Castelo, he left early to discover other universes, but it was in Berlin that he settled and built his sound workshop. Without an instruction manual he slides some sounds over others and travels and it's a very peaceful journey.

Pedro is an excellent editor, but since he started living on his own, he has been unable to deal with his procrastination issues. One morning, Pedro receives a very important job for his career, which has a five-day deadline, and is forced to face his problems.

Audiovisual essay about walking through the streets of Lisbon. It explores discrimination and moving through spaces where one is not welcome.

In exile, a Brazilian child develops strategies to rise.

A man attempts to destroy an almost unstoppable force.

The pieces silently start gathering into the room, while the giants, unaware, keep living their macabre routines.

Short film for the 48h Film Project directed by Hernâni dos Santos.

The life and work of the Infantryman of Sagres D. Henrique, through an historical reconstitution of his most relevant feeds.

The aim of this documentary – especially in the subtitles – is to promote the benefits of civilization. The buildings and roads, built by Africans, commanded by settlers. The agricultural facilities, the hospital. Then the camera lingers with a certain fascination on dances – including warriors – and topless women. This curious documentary concludes with two “visions of the future”: a Portuguese dance of white and black schoolchildren, and the graduation of Portuguese teenagers.

Nina must return to her home country after two years of living abroad. On the eve of the flight, she has a dinner with friends, during which stories are told of this group of foreigners in the new country. The next morning, on the day of the trip, Nina experiences a nightmare.

The film brings out the overwhelming reality of abusive relationships. There are several stories that connect from the characters. At work, at home or with the one you love most, each new situation opens up the sickest side of relationships and society.

The poetry and life of the poet Júlio Allen Vidal, told by himself.

When Leonardo meets an older boy named Felipe, he discovers for the first time what ‘love’ is.

Fake trailer for a lost Azorean space-opera rip-off film.

Description: Very rare images of a bullring. Children playing at home. The docks. Family in front of the moored ships. Child in front of a race announcement at the Jockey Club. Travel by train in the direction of the suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Cine Oriente, in Olaria. Party at Penha Church. Picnic. Rare images of street carnival with black musicians and revelers, possibly in Estácio de Sá. Costumed family. Carnival blocks. Carnival corso on Avenida Rio Branco. Woman killing chicken. Men dressed as women at the carnival. Battle of confetti and rice powder.

Upon entering adulthood, a young woman recounts her days within a dysfunctional family; her fears, desires, and frustrations, which lead her on a relentless search for a peace that stubbornly refuses to come.

A broke Count awaits for a bot that never comes.

The story of a planet where people of different colors cannot mix. Stop-motion animation made with chocolate.

Founded in 1974, O Bando has known how to grow artistically. From an initial project, almost exclusively dedicated to a younger public, it developed the idea of a community theatre where different generation can meet. O Bando tries to find the anthropologic roots of our imaginary and tries to create poetic visual, at a risk accepted by the experimental contemporary art.

The Manoki people live in northwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil, and one of their main economic activities is selling pequi, a local fruit, on the highways that cross their land. During a video workshop, the youngsters decided to present aspects of their villages and the process of gathering and selling the pequi fruit to the outside world. Incited by the possibility of filming and starring in their own film, they looked for the elders in the villages in attempt to find myths about the pequi. The making of this film was a process between indigenous and non-indigenous videomakers: from the main concept and filming to the editing and post-production. All images were recorded by the Manoki videomakers.