Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

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.

A hypnotized woman has a futuristic dream. It's a dream about love, sidereal trips and an attack of alien robots, through archival footage from the television of the future.

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.

The life and work of Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns, considered the most important Brazilian cardinal of the last century, for his uncompromising defense of human rights, for having confronted the military regime like few others, and for organizing the poor of the city of São Paulo so that they could claim their fundamental rights.

“Prune me in January Tie me up in February Dig me up in March And you’ll see what I’ll do to you.”

Three researchers embark on a study, "10 Years of Social Reintegration in the Casal of Boba neighborhood". A film camera used for their research is stolen and, as it is passed from hand to hand, records a crime. Nada Fazi (Creole for "It's inevitable") is a shared and fragmented view of the day-to-day life of a neighborhood. An outside view that morphs into an intimate journey through the lives of a group of youths.

The characters touch and separate, dance and stand still, fall asleep and wake up, animated by a game of reflections that lasts longer than ever. Among them are several paintings by Luís Noronha hanging on the walls, especially the famous representation of poor Lusíada floating on the raft with the green and white flag.

In the 19th century, Hortênsia a fugitive court lady is abandoned at the altar by Isabel a bankrupt princess who decides to live a love story with Jorge, a slave she freed.

Making of the opera "Riders to the Sea".

Lian is a young man from a South American border conflict with his father, is an smuggler undercover of insect creator. With a camera that records what not everyone can see, Lian travels in search of freedom and a car won on a TV contest, and finds an unknown world.

PP decides to invest all his family fortune in a new line of production of his new project for a new FAMEL motorcycle, but he doesn’t expect that someone has other plans for his project.

A short essay on narrative possibilities... "...to the memories of the hugs we didn't give, the smiles we didn't share, the times when 'I love you' remained unsaid..." Natália Salinas...

A young man has his time divided between his band and taking care of his sick grandmother. And the night is long.

Portuguese standup comedy by Fernando Rocha.

The odyssey of a man who became a hermit for ills of love and receives a pair of angel wings after defeating the demon.

After leaving Belgium to pursue a master’s degree in photography in Portugal, a young woman finds herself chasing love instead of the future she imagined. Between failed romances and the challenges of building a life abroad, during this diary entry like confession she rediscovers what truly this new phase means. A candid and deadpan humorous reflection on homesickness, growing up, and finding happiness far from home.

Between January 12 and 17, 1945, it snowed every day in the Lisbon region. This was an unprecedented event that has not been repeated since and that was captured in this short documentary.

Gil learns to control his dreams with the help of his boyfriend.

In Ace, two friends live on opposite banks of the Tagus River, bound by a closeness that begins to reveal itself as something else. Amid this encounter, one of them discovers a feeling that has yet to be named. The film explores this latent passion through subtle gestures, in which every detail carries hidden meanings and suggests more than it reveals, building an atmosphere of anticipation and suspense. (Liedson Carvalho)

Documentary by Raquel Soeiro de Brito.

Tonight we move, unaware that the dead still live here and our children forever sleep in the bedrooms they were born. Go down ahead. Give me a moment to hear my own footsteps in these empty rooms.

"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.

Fisheress, beware not to catch in your nets the sulfurous Seranha! The malefic Venenus, from her mouth injected, will inflame your sleeping ecstasy and transform you forever…