Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

Examining queer Black men's relationship to traditional masculinity and how societal expectations pressure them to conform and silence their true selves. Through four acts of fashion, each act symbolises a stage from repression to bold authenticity.

Some time passed and Felícia narrates important moments in her life that took place during this period. She and still has a feeling of incompleteness. Upon meeting Sandra, she will begin to question her dreams and goals in life.

Alexandrina is a Portuguese truck driver who works alone delivering goods across Europe. During these long journeys, her only connection to other people is through the Internet and phone calls. The feeling of being trapped inside a metal can on wheels begins to suffocate her. 42.ZE.66 is a portrait of this strong woman and recounts the struggles of a lonely life on the roads of Europe.

Pedro calls his friend Lucas to spend the afternoon at his house, but what they didn't expect is that they would be stuck in the house for days because of an alien invasion!

As the afternoon light fades, two kids play in the woods by a lake. When one of them disappears, the lake and its inhabitants take hold of the narrative and, when the darkness sets in, build up the walls of a maze that encircles the two kids. While one wanders through the forest searching for his friend, the silhouettes, textures and sounds of the forest slowly exert their mysterious grip.

A tale by H.P Lovecraft The outsider, revived in a modern adaptation.

The present has long been no more important than the future. Without two kisses, without forró or punch the clock. Everything is far, everyone is far, but the hug soon comes.

When Rodrigo goes to a party to meet a girl, he sees his ex-girlfriend, Celina, and this reunion will change everything.

Stefan has a troubled childhood living with his father and in his mother figure he finds an escape from his nightmares.

Set to the sultry sounds of a samba, this is the tale of a gay private detective hired by a desperate woman in search of her man. Hustlers, bath houses, jealousy and betrayal; all set to music you can dance to.

In the turbulence of urban life, we tend to underestimate things we need. This documentary asks seventy inhabitants from various social and age groups in the Lisbon metropolitan area to mention what they need the most, and thus a very particular portrait of contemporary Portuguese society is composed.

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

Maria's last days in the house where she lived most of her life.

Crocodile-men, a mystic river, some kids who like fishing and a war that is coming to an end, share the same Colombian land: Bojaya. In this place, villagers have strange beliefs and celebrate the “Novenario” death ritual. This might be the beginning of a very long story, where spirits and humans meet each other to learn what is there to life after the end of war.

Emilien, a hypochondriac and piano teacher in a small town in the Vercors region of France, lost his loved one in an accident six months ago, and is experiencing a difficult period of mourning. His well-adjusted daily routine between the cemetery, the pharmacy and the music school is suddenly disrupted by visits from his late beloved.

In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.

João, a blacksmith in Portugal, lives with his wife, two children and father. After work, he goes to the cabaret, where he meets up with Ana, his mistress. Ana is seduced by a fado singer, provoking João's jealousy.

The story of a kingdom where everything is forbidden and whose King builds an endless tower in his castle, while the forest, which supplies all materials, is being destroyed. The young protagonist tries to save the forest but falls in love with the path, which will prove to be a setback...

Kuduro (literally meaning 'hard arse') is an urban cultural movement that was born in Angola during the last decade of the Civil War. Created in discos and raves in downtown Luanda through a mixture between House and Techno beats and traditional Angolan rhythms, Kuduro spilled over from the center to the suburbs. It rapidly spread throughout Angola, through Africa and now all over the world. 'I LOVE KUDURO' follows the most idolized stars of this urban phenomena that today influences scores of young Africans.

A mortician and two helpers look for a man who died for his funeral. A road movie through the mountains of northern Portugal. Who lives in these places now? Why are they still living there? What Time is theirs? What secrets do they keep? It will be a service for a long journey.

A woman sells her work to the most depraved sexual fantasies in the virtual space. But everything is preferable to the reality of his days full of pain and loneliness and M becomes the super operator of the largest pornography company on the globe.

A short manifesto of self-acceptance, self-love and passionate internal conflict.

The Mesa da Unidade Popular (People's Unity Table) was part of the furniture that, in the post-independence period, the Mozambican state intended to give to all families. It brought together the socialist idea of equality and social justice with the concept of national unity, a basic assumption of Frelimo for the harmonious development of the country. Today, we sit down at that table once again to revisit the process of nation building and the utopia of a more just society.

Capô was picked up from the street during the pandemic. It now lives indoors, spending most of her time by the window, watching the outside world.

Portrait of a tannery in Beira Alta and of its workers. The film follows the lives of Carla and Lúcia, the only female workers left after the departure of Patrícia, whose disappearance is the subject of much talk among the workers and serves as a metaphor for the future of the factory after the economic crisis that stormed the country.

Marcelo D2's visual concept album tells the story of a young man who must choose the path between art and violence on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Marta, feeling estranged from Isa, her older sister, tries to get closer, but is devalued. To retaliate and get the attention she needs, she plays the cello intensely, distracting Isa to the point of ruining her photography project.

When Raul discovers that the fish, he and his younger sister took care together has died, afraid that the death of the fish will tear them apart, Raul tries to find a way to hide the truth from his sister. After making a pros and cons list, he decides to go to an animal shop to buy a replacement. Always accompanied by his older sister that tries to reason with him. Too what lengths will he go to hide the death of the fish and protect the relationship he has with his sister?

Malu and Clara are two children who in a sudden meeting create a genuine friendship full of creativity and energy – until it’s time to go home.

While Sergio Toledo's film Vera is widely recognized as pioneering for its portrait of a young transgender man struggling to find their place in Brazilian society, its narrative and lead performance by Ana Beatriz Nogueira are perhaps open to scrutiny in the year 2021. In this new video piece, Julia Katharine invites her good friends Claudia Campolina & Daniel Veiga, both of whom are active in the Brazilian film industry and cinephiles in their own right, for a discussion about how the film should be newly received today.

The past and the present as a single time.

A bunch. A missing friend, a snake, a couch thrown in the way. Nine hearts restless in search of something that is still alive.

An isolated air traffic controller in a small island of the Azores archipelago is contacted by a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic.

Two men set up a date. What at first appeared to be a BDSM session unfolds as a mysterious and intimate way to say goodbye.