The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and...
Abandonment
(within the project URB) CIDADE is a TV series that takes place in the diverse, urbanistically chaotic and multicultural periphery of Lisbon. Each...
Cidade
Miracles still happen—or so they say… What is the place of the sacred in the contemporary world? Looking again at a myth that haunts...
13 Alfinetes
On his deathbed, His Majesty Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories from the time when he dreamt of becoming a...
Will-o'-the-Wisp
When her mother dies, 40-year-old Helena now has time for herself after years of taking care of her family. She works at a film production company,...
Cidade Rabat
Paris, March 1939. While the march of the Nazi troops makes itself heard throughout Europe, exiled artists and intellectuals from all over the world...
Crónica Parisiense
Which language shall we use to tell the stories we have been told? In which language shall we write a declaration of love? Lisbon, Bairro das...
Terceiro Andar
They walk in pairs; they go door to door and visit the homes of those who wish to listen. They discuss matters of faith, family, demureness, religion...
Latter-Day Saints
Angela and Jay survive by fishing for food on the wave-beaten volcanic coast. Their life as a couple is under stress and their existence is...
Far West
Castuera, Spain, April 1939. During the night two Falangist Guards appear at the door of the house where Paz is taking refuge with her family. They...
Perpetual Night
In order to reflect upon current practices of political dissent, we delve into the past and follow the experiences of a young artist. Invited to go...
Clandestina
Sergio travels to Guinea-Bissau to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he...
I Only Rest in the Storm
Maria starts to show signs of wanting to belong somewhere else: scales appear on her skin, roots appear on her legs, and she hears the sound of water...
Dawn
One night, a group of workers realises that the administration is stealing machines and raw materials from their own factory. As they organize to...
The Nothing Factory
Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving...
Where I Grow Old
Three Portuguese queer short films brought together in a program that charts an alternative path through converging universes, forming a new...
UFO’s, Monsters and Utopias: Three Queer Shorts
Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing...
High Cities of Bone
Two lovers hit the road for a holiday. They find a car that has been hit, and a dead woman by the accident. Two production assistants try to leave...
Idle Road
Judite is a woman of faith, dedicated to her work as a sacristan and to caring for her bedridden husband. When his health worsens, she feels...
Judite, or The First Rebellion
Ana was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ruled by religion and traditions. Growing up as the middle child of...
Wolf and Dog