Discoveries from Portugal World Cinema

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.

A collective film by and with residents of Monte de Caparica, whose “development resulted from a process overseen by a permanent team of three tutors (Ana Eliseu, Luís M. Correia, and Susana Nobre), with sessions led by guest directors (Basil da Cunha, Falcão Nhaga) as well as other professionals connected to film work (Paulo Menezes, Leonardo Simões, Nuno Carvalho, Nádia Henriques, André Silva Santos).

Exploring dreams within their local community the students set out to awaken and root environmental responsibility diving into aquatic practices through an ocean literacy program.

In Mozambique, Izidine, a young police inspector, is called to investigate the murder of Vasto Excelêncio, the director of a nursing home built within the walls of an old colonial slave fortress. He is shocked when all the elderly residents, as well as the head nurse, Marta, confess to the murder. Each one has motive, given Excelêncio’s abusive behavior. With only a week to solve the case, the detective slowly unravels truths about the murder, Mozambique's colonial past, and himself.

Thomas, while walking the dog Sulis through the forest, is led to a strange bracelet that arouses his curiosity.

During the late hours of the night a form tries to fall asleep. Struggling to maintain control, it gets trapped into vicious cycles of abstract madness, visually and audibly growing into a visceral and bizarre conflict between compression and decompression.

Occupied Territories is the story of a plunder told by the people of the mountains of Caramulo. People speak of their life after the violent occupation and forestation of their community lands by the State in 1941. They speak of misery and emigration, of the ruptures and wounds imposed by the violent course of history, they tell of their resistance to this expropriation. They also have the memory of a time when communities were built in a collective perception of the territory that surrounded them.

Evocation of Salazar's birth, his passage through Coimbra and salient facts of his political life.

Découplage narrates the last day of relationship of two friends, in which the future of both is uncertain.

The historical events of the french invasions that took place in the three portuguese municipalities of Mealhada, Penacova and Mortágua.

In Fortaleza, a hacked computer keeps interviews and performances from eight Corpas Vyvas and in a constant process of artistic creation.

In a Lisbon favela, residents actively participate in decisions in the place where they live and a research team monitors the process of inclusion in society. The absence of a decent housing policy, in response to the needs of the lower-income population, resulted in unofficial housing. Residents are unemployed or have extremely precarious working conditions. What they earn is not enough to rent a house and cover basic expenses such as food, water, electricity, gas and transportation. In this context of social injustice that also turns into spatial injustice, we currently have around 42 families, a few hundred people, women, children, men, elderly people, people with disabilities and some with serious health problems. They live in a neighborhood without minimum hygiene conditions, with precarious housing, without sewage,

A documentary that surprisingly reveals that breast cancer is often a beginning of life.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

Ana dreams about being a musical actress and must not be affected by the outside and inner challenges that prevent her from making her dreams come true.

Joana and Samuel's relationship has a specif routine.

New short film by portuguese director Henrique Brazão

Family, friends and the restless look of a small camera. Times and moments, moving things, questions answered and brought about by curiosity and digital zoom. Bonds, ordinary moments and the restlessness trying to provide an answer to reality.

Portuguese documentary regarding the early punk scene in Portugal.

An urban history of fear.

Documentary about the life and work of the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, told by him in prominence for Joana, his daughter. With more than 80 years of age, Paulo Mendes is today one of the most important and renowned architects in the world, but, above all, he is a thinker who has controversial ideas and opinions about urbanism, nature, humanity, art and technique deserve to be heard. In a constant dialogue between interviewee / father and interviewer / daughter, Joana is the guiding thread of the film. As in all personal relationships, especially between parents and children, the thread that leads is also that which is conducted.

The phenomenon of Brazilian oral literature with a study on cordel literature and popular singing.

In August 1903, the King of Portugal, D.Carlos I, proceeds to, by Royal Charter, the auction sale of the Fort St. Joseph - located in a small islet near the city of Funchal. In October 2000, the old fort is acquired by professor Renato Barros, without him even knowing that the Royal Charter documented not only the sale of the property but also the domain over the islet. Overnight, the professor becomes the Prince.

VEGA is a smalltime wiseguy who teams up with the most delinquent smalltime criminals to payback BARBAS the leader of the gang that betrayed him.

In the films Untitled (#6), Untitled (#7) (both 1972–6) and Untitled (#8) (1976–7) images of cells mix with galaxies, underlining the circular shape as a crucial element of Palolo’s work.

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.

Accompanied by two botanical guides, a group of hikers embarks on a journey through the enchanting landscapes of Arrábida Natural Park. As they traverse the park's diverse flora and fauna, they uncover evidence of a troubling transformation: rather than the work of nature, it becomes clear that human intervention is reshaping this once-pristine environment.

A documentary about the 60 years of the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Using unpublished archive footage and interviews with current and former musicians, conductors and soloists, “Sum of the Parts” tells the story of an orchestra that made a decisive contribution to the enrichment of the Portuguese musical scene, recorded more than 70 albums and performed alongside many of the greatest performers in the music industry.

Vicente was a mean old man, short of words. In his collection, he lacked the pyx of mercy he so admired.

A short movie written and directed by André Marques.

Every summer Ana goes to Bustarenga, a small mountain village in the interior of Portugal. At the age of 36, this Parisian woman of Portuguese origin is still single. The inhabitants of the village, worried about her future, make her understand that the clock is ticking. Ana listens to the advice and warnings of the villagers to find a Prince Charming according to the principles of the village.

In 1989, Miguel is a child fascinated with the world of video games and the heroes of film and television. In the early hours of playing console, he comes across a message on his television that alerts him to the danger his mother is in. Miguel's efforts to warn her are in vain because she does not hear him and is in an accident.

Thousands of years ago there was a warrior who fought and gave his life for a territory that later became Lusitania. Against the advancements of the Roman Empire, which possessed an immense armada, it chose to dedicate its life to the protection of its people and their lands. His name was ... Viriato.

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.

Zé is forced to work from an early age as a fisherman, as so many others did before him, to support his sickly mother. When he leaves to the other side of the river to ask his sister for help, his resolve — even before settings that are indifferent to his misfortune — becomes clear in a poetic way, even if all that is left for him is to continue his journey.