O outro lado da fruta

The untold history of Portuguese Heavy Metal with: Moonspell, Tarantula, Thormenthor, Ramp, Sacred Sin, Arte & Ofício, NZZN, Braindead, Bizarra Locomotiva, Heavenwood, Procyon, and many more.

All the stories told, all the memories, dreams and lost moments were left in a tank from other generations.

"Thoughts on the moon, feet on the road, eyes on others": António Coimbra de Matos revolutionized psychoanalysis.

A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.

An engaging look into the life and journey of bodyboard athlete Joana Schenker, from her childhood to her rise as a world champion in 2017. The athlete is portrayed not only as an exceptional competitor who has won multiple sports titles but also as an advocate for noble causes and a true ambassador of bodyboarding.

For consumers, bananas are a delicious and nutritious start to the day, a healthy snack and a fixture in our fruit bowls. For millions of residents in the banana lands, the production of bananas means social upheaval, violence and pesticide poisoning. Banana Land explores the origins of these disparate realities, and opens the conversation on how workers, producers and consumers can address this disconnect.

Picture a land of boulder-strewn shorelines, isolated mountaintops, and golden prairies. Here, packs of wolves stalk herds of ancient mustangs and tree-climbing carnivores keep entire forests on edge. Meanwhile, high above the crashing surf, a pair of storks attempts to raise a family on a narrow ledge atop a towering cliff. EUROPE'S WILD WEST is a place where survival is reserved for those with the keenest senses... and the quickest draw.

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?

In the year of 2022, a late teenager and their friends film moments they would prefer not to forget: their long season.

An old hostel, located in the center of Porto, served for many years as a hostel for people with few possessions, prostitutes and people passing through who made that place a more or less prolonged residence.

A behind-the-scenes look at "Viagens", one of the greatest portuguese records of the 1990s, in the year of its 20th anniversary.

Portuguese documentary regarding the early punk scene in Portugal.

On a Summer afternoon, Pedro packs the last few boxes before having to leave his apartment in New York. 12 years ago, Pedro and Ana had arrived in America from Portugal, in search of a dream. Now, Ana's voice describes, from the other side of the ocean, that same country to which they are returning. As the rooms are emptied, Pedro bids farewell to one life, welcoming another. But the dream that brought him will remain forever in the city that never sleeps, awaiting his return.

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

Documentary on the Portugese Carnation Revolution and the following processes of self-organisation in military, factories, argicultural cooperatives and municipalities.

A showcase of bullfighting in Portugal, explaining how the country's version of the sport differs from those in Spain and Latin America and helps define the national character. After showing the training techniques for the bulls and horses, a bullfight is presented.

A documentary about portuguese punk/hardcore scene in Portugal.

Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.

A story with almost 100 years told by the 95 years old woman Floripes.

Beautiful stencil-coloured images of collecting (and eating) the fruit of India.